The Independent says a solicitor who injected supermarket food with his own blood causing almost half a million pounds worth of loss has denied guilt by reason of insanity.
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In the UK the Home Office is responsible for the reduction and prevention of crime and oversees policing. The Ministry of Justice oversees prosecution and sentencing. For both victims and perpetrators, crime can mean lives are never the same again.
The Metro says A man and woman who allegedly ate 12 burgers between them and left a restaurant without paying have been dubbed ‘Britain’s greediest couple’.
The Guardian says The sister of the Wall Street fraudster Bernie Madoff and her husband were found dead in Florida in what investigators said was an apparent murder-suicide.
The Independent says a man has been charged with murder in Australia after allegedly using a saw to amputate a 66-year-old man’s leg as part of a suspected “arrangement” between the pair.
Sky News says A teenage boy has denied murdering 12-year-old Ava White in Liverpool city centre last year.
Belfast Telegraph says the family of a teenager shot dead in north Belfast 30 years ago returned to the scene on Thursday night for a memorial service.
Daily Record says A heartless fraudster has admitted conning hundreds of pounds from families for a non-existent trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park.
The Independent says Staff at a Mississippi prison are facing punishment after waiting more than a day to alert the state’s Department of Corrections that a double murderer had escaped.
The Independent says a woman and her partner in Greece have been arrested and charged with manslaughter over the killing of her seven-year-old son by suffocation five years ago.
The Metro says The dad of a police officer was glassed and repeatedly stabbed in the head with a fork after he confronted some diners about them ‘insulting’ police, a court heard.
The Independent says Lord Alan Sugar has described being left in fear of an attack after receiving antisemitic letters – including one that read “I would like to murder all Jews in Britain, Alan”.
The Metro says a TikTok influencer and her mum are among five people charged with murder after a crash on a dual carriageway left two men dead.
TRT World says Eighteen people have been killed in an attack in a remote village in DR Congo by a notorious ethnic militia, a local official and a civilian campaigner have said.
The Independent says Police in Paris shot a man who threatened officers with a knife at a train station.
The Metro says a murder investigation has been launched after a fatal fight broke out at a hospital.
Sky News says police are searching for a sex offender who escaped from prison on Sunday morning – with the force warning he poses a “particular danger to women and young children”.
The Independent says New footage has revealed the moment double killer Ian Stewart accused police of “making things up” as he was arrested for murdering his first wife.
Wales Online says The body of a woman has been discovered in the River Taff, police report.
Belfast Telegraph says A Co Antrim man who brandished a hammer at his neighbours after slapping one of them on the buttocks has been jailed for seven months.
Daily Record says Police locked down several streets in the west end of Glasgow this morning amid reports of ‘concern for a person’.
The Independent says The brother of a man found dead in a Glasgow house has said he is “shocked and devastated” by the death as detectives launch a murder investigation.
The Metro says A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing his 15-year-old sister at a holiday park in north Wales.
Euronews says German investigators have found nearly 400 cases of online hate speech related to last week’s killing of two police officers.
The Independent says A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a Canadian teenager who flew to the UK to see her English boyfriend was found dead in Essex.
The Metro says a teenage girl has been found guilty along with two men of the homophobic murder of a doctor in a Cardiff park.