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A crook who fled to Leicester to escape being extradited to Poland was caught hiding outside a cannabis factory, a court heard. Slawomir Jasiecki (43) was found crouching down in a neighbour's garden when the police attended a rented property in Woodbine Avenue, Highfields, Leicester, on Thursday, November 23.more

A man is being questioned in Cork over the fatal stabbing of a Polish national in Cavan after an apparent dispute during a New Year's Eve card game. Marek Swider (40) was found with fatal injuries in a house in Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, last Sunday night.more

A stabbing victim is believed to have died following a dispute over a card game. The Polish man, named locally as Marek Swider, is believed to have been living in Dublin Street, Ballyjamesduff with several of his compatriots.more

Drug dealers are increasingly using the post to send large consignments of cannabis around the UK in efforts to evade checks at ports, police have warned.more

Shocking video footage has emerged of a policewoman and her captain being brutally stamped on by a gang of thugs in a Paris suburb.more

Detectives are investing separate stabbing incidents in London as four young men were killed during New Year celebrations.more

A man who contacted the Department of Social Welfare in order to "make amends" for falsely claiming over 136,000 EUR in welfare payments has been jailed. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced David Aminu (42) to two years imprisonment for using his cousin's name to fraudulently claim various benefits for seven years.more

A 38-year-old man has been jailed for 12 years after a jury convicted him of assaulting and twice raping a young Cotswolds woman in his Gloucester home. Przemyslaw Stojko, of Southgate Street, was also convicted of witness intimidation and told the 23-year-old woman to ring the police and change her story.more

An electrician who looted three tanning salons on Christmas Eve in Northern Ireland claims he was seeking money for unpaid work, a court has heard. Polish national Grzegorz Szawica, 35, raided studios in Belfast and Newtownabbey, taking £450 (€506) in cash and a number of gift cards.more

Convicted killer Marta Herda who is serving a life sentence for killing a man who was in love with her by driving him into a harbour has outlined her strategy in the event of an appeal in an interview from prison.more

A Polish man, who headbutted a schoolboy at a bus station and bit a police officer before shouting 'we Polish can drink more than you Scots', has been spared jail. Tomasz Sokolowski, 40, from Coupar Angus, had spent the day drinking before an unprovoked attack on a 15-year-old boy at Perth bus station. more

A racist thug who kicked a police officer and told him: "All you Poles should have been wiped out by the Nazis," has appeared in court again. Kevin Harwood, of Highcroft Crescent in Almondbury, was found guilty after a trial of racially-aggravated assault.more

Two men have been remanded in custody following a Garda investigation into the activities of a gang allegedly stealing quad bikes in Munster for export and sale abroad. Maciej Kanai (37) of no fixed abode and Mykola Lastovetskyy (55) were both brought before Midleton District Court following their arrest in Charleville in Co Cork on Tuesday.more

Kamil Wladyslaw Snios, 29 and from Tottenham, was found guilty today at Wood Green Crown Court of grievous bodily harm and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.more

Metropolitan Police tweeted: "We were dealing with a suspicious vehicle in Hyde Park Corner from 2100hrs. A controlled explosion was carried out at around 2140hrs and the incident was stood down - road closures now lifted. Thanks to the public for cooperation".more

Chief Supt Barry McPolin told a meeting of the Cork City joint policing committee that gardaí found return airline tickets to Romania in the possession of members of a group who were arrested in the city recently for obstruction, and who were later prosecuted for offences under begging legislation.more

Australian police have arrested two people after a car drove into a crowd in Melbourne.more

The High Court has dismissed a case by a man who claimed he was injured after he was hit by a taxi and carried on its bonnet for up to five metres before falling. Polish national Waldemar Markowski now faces a legal costs bill for the two day case after losing his action as a result of the alleged incident in Drogheda town in November 2013.more

A WOMAN racially abused her Polish housemate and told him " you need to go home we don't want you here", York Magistrates Court heard. Krystyna Sierbien, 29, also slapped the victim, spat at him and told him "sleep well, I am going to ..... kill you", said Simon Ostler prosecuting.more

Shots were fired at an RAF base in Suffolk today after a man tried to ram the gates.more

A man has been charged with murder after being arrested in Edinburgh this Wednesday (13 December).more

A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead in the basement of their Toronto mansion.more

The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was punched with a knuckleduster by an older pupil at the Lanarkshire high school, who has since been suspended.more

Gardaí have issued a warning to anyone in the North Cork area about 'high-quality' fake €50 notes in circulation. A number of the fake fifties are believed to have been exchanged in Charleville and Rathmore over the past couple of weeks, according to the Corkman.more

This is the first picture of young man stabbed to death following an argument in an off-licence. Patryk Jezmanski, 23, who moved to the UK from Poland with his mother, was found collapsed in the street after staggering out of the shop in Perivale, west London.more