Browsing: UK crime

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.