Offences committed in England and Wales have included murder, kidnap, and child rape, study of data shows Nearly 900,000 offences including murder, kidnap, and child rape, have been committed by people on bail in England and Wales since the Conservatives came to power, a new analysis has found. The latest government figures show more than 20,000 offences were committed by those released from custody as they awaited a hearing, equating to 55 offences a day.

Nicholas Rossi, 35, says he is being taunted with John Denver song over his possible extradition to the US An alleged fugitive fighting extradition to the US is seeking to be freed on bail from a Scottish jail because fellow prisoners are taunting him by singing John Denver’s hit Leaving on a Jet Plane. Nicholas Rossi, 35, faces extradition to the US over charges of serious sexual assault in Utah, after he was arrested in

Essex police make two arrests after body parts of local 59-year-old discovered on New Year’s Eve Police have named the 59-year-old man whose remains were discovered in a pond in Essex. Essex police announced on Tuesday that the remains had been discovered in Oakwood Pond in Harlow on New Year’s Eve and were likely to have been there for weeks. Continue reading… ​Essex police make two arrests after body parts of local 59-year-old discovered on

Parole Board says Russell Causley, who killed Carole Packman in 1985 and has never revealed location of her body, poses low risk A man convicted of killing his wife, who faced the first public parole hearing in England and Wales, should be released from prison, a panel has decided. Russell Causley was freed from prison in 2020 after serving more than 23 years for the murder in 1985 of Carole Packman but was returned to

Maggie Oliver Foundation says it would be ‘unethical’ to accept money raised on crowdfunder page in aid of Eleanor Williams A charity that helps victims of sexual exploitation has refused £10,000 originally raised to help Eleanor Williams, convicted this week of lying about being trafficked by an Asian grooming gang and making false rape claims. Maggie Oliver said it would be “unethical” for her charity to accept any of the money. Oliver is a former