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Police ran 'unbelievably inept' rape inquiry
Thursday, 21 October 2010
A rape allegation against a known sex offender was not investigated properly in a case "so inept that it borders on the unbelievable", the police watchdog said today.
MP's wife to face trial over 'kitten theft'
Thursday, 21 October 2010
An MP's wife appeared before magistrates today charged with burgling the house of her husband's lover and stealing a tabby kitten worth �20.
Rape-accused policeman 'pestered' drug addict
Thursday, 21 October 2010
A police officer accused of raping vulnerable women pestered a heroin addict to go out with him and telephoned her mother to warn her that her daughter's boyfriend was "trouble", a court heard today.
Plot existed in Tommy Sheridan's mind, court told
Thursday, 21 October 2010
A plot to "bring down" former Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan "existed mostly in his mind", a court heard today.
Two guilty of shopkeeper murder
Thursday, 21 October 2010
The men battered a shopkeeper to death with wine bottles from his own shelves during a botched robbery.
Men jailed for life for stabbing murder
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Two men were jailed for a minimum of 19 years today for stabbing a young father and running over his body.
Recorded crime falls by 8 per cent
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Crime recorded by the police fell by 8% to 4.34 million crimes in the last year, official figures showed today.
Animal rights activists to be sentenced
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Six animals rights activists who targeted companies linked to Huntingdon Life Sciences in an attempt to close down the animal testing lab will appear in court today at the start of their sentencing hearing.
West Ham star faces sexual assault charge
Thursday, 21 October 2010
West Ham defender Manuel Da Costa has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault by police investigating an alleged incident at a night club, it emerged today.
Teenagers killed man after sex abuse case was dropped
Thursday, 21 October 2010
A boy and girl killed a suspected paedophile "to teach him a lesson" after discovering that a sex abuse case against him had been dropped.
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