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A 24-year-old black man shot dead by a police sniper in London was a key member of a gang involved in murders and shootings; a few days before his death, he shot a member of a rival group in a nightclub, according to information released on Tuesday.more

A bottle of perfume contained enough Novichok (a paralytic-convulsant agent created in the USSR) to ‘kill thousands of people’ - assessed yesterday the lawyer leading the public enquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, a British woman who died in 2018 after coming into contact with the poison, AP reported.more

Hate crimes against Jewish people more than doubled while there was a 13% rise in hate crimes against Muslims, writes 'The Guardian'.more

Snatch thefts of mobile phones soared by 150% in the last year, with victims left unable to work, use their bank, travel or use their diaries. Why are police finding it so hard to stop?more

The trial of three defendants in the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sh., a girl from a Polish-Pakistani family whose body was found in her home near London last August, began yesterday before a London court. The accused are the girl's Pakistani father, his partner and his brother.more

An Afghan man who raped and robbed a young Polish man at the Max-Weber-Platz underground station in the Bavarian capital in August 2023 was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison by the Munich state court.more

A 96-year-old woman has been spared an immediate prison sentence for killing a fellow member of her bridge club when her car mounted a kerb. June Mills struck Brenda Joyce, 76, after applying too much acceleration to her Vauxhall Corsa in Formby, Merseyside, on 2 August 2023.more

Two 13-year-old boys who killed a 19-year-old with a machete in an unprovoked attack last year were yesterday sentenced to sentences of at least eight and a half years in prison. They are the youngest killers in the UK since 1993.more

The scams widely reported in the media, e.g. ‘on a grandchild’ or ‘on a policeman’, are being joined by others. The criminals are now claiming to be law firms specialising in providing services to borrowers. During the conversation, they claim that the caller's savings are at risk, but that by following their recommendations the funds can be saved. more

Two Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists have been jailed for throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting after they came close to "destroying" the masterpiece. Phoebe Plummer, 23 and Anna Holland, 22, were previously convicted of criminal damage after the contents of two tins of tomato soup were poured on to the priceless 1888 piece at the National Gallery in central London.more

A man who is accused of committing a sexual offence within hours of being let out of prison under the government's early release scheme was freed in error, the BBC has been told. Amari Ward, 31, was one of 37 prisoners who should not have been eligible for the early release scheme because they had breached restraining orders.more

An American, accused of attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump, told a Swedish photojournalist at the train station in Przemyśl in the spring of 2022 about his plans to build an international town in Kyiv as a human shield, writes the newspaper ‘Dagens Nyheter’ today.more

In America, the number of the most serious crimes fell significantly last year compared to 2022. Homicides and manslaughter cases were an estimated 11.6 percent lower. - which is the largest one-year decline in two decades. Rape decreased by 9.4 percent.more

UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted today that it had twice in the past failed to charge Mohamed al-Fayed, the late former owner of London's luxury department store Harrods, although it had received material from police about his sex crimes.more

The management of London's famous luxury department store Harrods yesterday apologised for inappropriate sexual behaviour by its former owner, Egyptian billionaire Mohamed al-Fayed, who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted several female employees years ago, according to the BBC.more

Barcelona authorities are helping to finance the legal costs of victims of repeat pickpockets who have become a plague in the Catalan capital, the daily La Vanguardia reported on Monday. The pilot program, whose results are awaiting final evaluation, was launched in mid-August. The police have a list of criminals who have committed petty thefts or robberies involving violence.more

Domestic abuse specialists will be embedded in 999 control rooms in England and Wales as part of the government's pledge to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. The measure is part of "Raneem's Law" in memory of Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem who were murdered by Ms Oudeh's estranged husband in 2018.more

A British court sentenced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards to six months in prison, suspended for two years. The journalist admitted to possessing paedophile images.more

An explosive device detonated on Monday morning next to a club near the Hohenzollernring in the center of Cologne, in western Germany. According to the daily "Bild," the only person injured in the explosion was a 53-year-old Polish citizen.more

Milan, Rome and Florence are the least safe cities in Italy. A ranking based on crime rates was published yesterday by the daily Il Sole 24 Ore. The top ten places in this ranking are occupied, the analysis noted, by cities massively visited by tourists.more

Around 600 members of gangs operating in Sweden are hiding in 57 countries, including Poland, from where they carry out their criminal activities, according to a report by the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish police.more

The hack is understood to have potentially exposed the bank account details of about 5,000 passengers.more

Southwark has emerged as the UK’s third-highest area for pickpocketing, with nearly 20 out of every 1,000 people falling victim to theft. According to research by security firm Get Licensed, 5,935 pickpocketing incidents were reported in the borough between March 2023 and March 2024.more

The Swedish prosecutor's office announced today that the gun used to murder a 39-year-old Polish man in Stockholm in April has been found. The indictment of the 18-year-old murder suspect is expected to be ready in November and the trial could start later this year.more

Wanted by the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for drug offences, the 38-year-old Pole was detained at the Łódź airport. He was wanted by the French justice system. He was taken into custody.more