Cliff Notes – It looks like a professional hit A 24-year-old man was fatally stabbed near a five-star hotel in Knightsbridge, London, shortly before 9.30pm…
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WTX News reports on the latest crimes around the United Kingdom.
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
Cliff Notes Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley advocates for reforming the policing system in England and Wales, proposing a reduction from 43 county forces…
Prosecutors are reviewing additional evidence for potential criminal charges against Lucy Letby, focusing on deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at two hospitals where she worked.
David Botham, 65, has been charged with the murder of a 93-year-old woman found deceased in Bude, Cornwall.
Three former senior staff members at the Countess of Chester Hospital have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
A 65-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 93-year-old woman in Bude, Cornwall; both individuals were known to each other.
A murder investigation has been initiated following the discovery of 27-year-old Sarah Montgomery, a pregnant woman, dead in her home in Donaghadee, Co Down.
Inspector Moloy Campbell described severe injuries sustained while confronting Marcus Monzo during a rampage, highlighting the sharpness of the samurai sword used in the attack.
Kai West, a 25-year-old British man, has been charged in the US for allegedly leading a global hacking scheme that led to losses exceeding £18 million.
Jack Watkin, 26, pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud for a designer handbag scam, leveraging a fabricated luxurious lifestyle to con victims out of significant sums.
A 22-year-old British man has been arrested at Disneyland Paris after allegedly organising a staged wedding ceremony involving a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl.
A 75-year-old woman, Louisa Dunne, was raped and murdered in her Bristol home almost 60 years ago; her case was reopened in 2023 after new DNA evidence linked it to Ryland Headley.
The Home Office today announced a major, nationwide police operation targeting grooming gangs, led by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Over 800 historical cases have been reopened, with specialist teams—including Operation Hydrant and the Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce—mobilised to identify and prosecute offenders who had been previously overlooked.
For a second night, violence erupted in Ballymena, County Antrim, after a vigil over an alleged sexual assault by two 14-year-old boys descended into rioting.
A crime gang was dismantled after producing “assassination kits” that included handguns, silencers, and ammunition, with extensive police investigation revealing their operations.
Ibrahima Seck, a 14-year-old boy, was fatally stabbed in New Moston, Manchester, prompting an immediate emergency response where he later died in hospital.
Peter Brooks, 61, sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 22 years for attempted murder, arson, and knife possession after stabbing his former boss, Graeme Perks, in January 2021.
A man who has admitted to aggravated arson at a Ukraine-linked warehouse was told to watch a Cold War spy drama as his “manual”, the Old Bailey has heard.
A 20-year-old man, Aaron Strachan, has been charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Edinburgh, following an attack on 25 May.
German and Portuguese police are to begin a new search for the missing Madeleine McCann – who disappeared on holiday in Portugal when she was three years old in 2007. The search will cover the municipality of Lagos, which sits next to Praia da Luz, the town in the Algarve where she went missing nearly two decades ago. Portuguese police confirmed on Monday that they were carrying out the search between 2-6 June on warrants issued by German prosecutors.
Organised criminal gangs are increasingly using rented houses and flats to operate illegal cannabis farms – and police say it is putting the lives of innocent neighbours at risk.
A 16-year-old boy from East Kilbride has died following a disturbance at Irvine Beach, discovered by police at approximately 6.45pm on Saturday.
An 18-year-old British teenager was arrested at Tbilisi international airport in Georgia, allegedly attempting to smuggle 12kg of cannabis and 2kg of hashish into the country.
Reece Galbraith, 33, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for manslaughter following a house explosion in Newcastle that resulted in the deaths of seven-year-old Archie York and 35-year-old Jason Laws.
Many of the UK newspaper front pages are today leading with the news that Peter Sullivan has been freed after spending 38 years behind bars. New DNA evidence has led to Sullivan’s conviction being overturned – he is believed to be the longest-serving victim of a miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner in modern British legal history.