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A third teenager, aged 16, has been arrested and charged regarding the death of 15-year-old Amen Teklay in Glasgow.

Rene Graham, a 15-year-old, was shot dead in Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park during a Notting Hill Carnival warm-up event on 21 July 2024, prompting his mother to call for public assistance in the ongoing investigation.

Cliff Notes Murder arrest after woman in her 40s dies in Clacton in Essex. A man in his 20s has…

Nicholas Prosper, 19, has been sentenced to 49 years behind bars. The teen was sentenced for the triple murder of his own family members. He had attempted to carry out a school massacre plot in a bid to become an infamous school shooter. Prosper idolised American gunman Adam Lanza was planning to kill 34 people – one more than Lanza’s deadliest shooting. 

Police were able to stop Prosper from reaching the school after a neighbour called the police that morning due to the noisy attack. Cops arrived at the family flat at 05:50 am where they found his little sister, brother and his mother slain. Police arrested him after he escaped to a wooded area, stopping him from carrying out his school massacre plot. 

Jamie Cooper, 33, escaped from a prison van on the M55 motorway while being taken to court after overpowering escort officers during a medical emergency.

Teenage boys in the UK, particularly those aged 14 to 17, are being targeted by Nigerian crime gangs using online “sextortion” scams that involve threatening to share sexual images unless payment is made.

Families of Lucy Letby’s victims oppose calls for a suspension of the public inquiry, describing it as a “bold and misguided move” by hospital managers seeking to deflect blame.

Cliff Notes – Teen planned on killing at least 30 school children Teen planned on killing at least 30 school…

Nottingham attacks wouldn’t have happened if authorities if had listened. The NHS trust that failed to stop the killer behind the Nottingham attacks in June 2023 has been accused of failing other victims. In August 2022, Brenton Marriott was stabbed to death by his son Rudi at their home in Nottingham.

Cliff Notes – Prisoner numbers approaching pre-release scheme levels Current government figures indicate the prison population is returning to pre-early…