Crime News

A former soldier who carried out a string of sex attacks has been jailed indefinitely.

Police arrested a woman who works for Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm News International on Friday as part of an investigation into the bribery of public officials, the company said.

A former security chief of Britain's Lloyds Banking Group was charged on Friday with a £2.5 million ($3.9 million, 3.1 million euro) fraud.

A police officer received minor injuries after he was attacked with bricks, stones and petrol bombs while attending a security alert in Newry.

British detectives probing the 1984 murder of a policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London have been granted visas to pursue the investigation in Libya, police said.

A schoolboy who was stabbed while trying to prevent a fellow pupil being attacked and a man shot in the stomach while seeking to foil a robbery at a jeweller's have been honoured at a police bravery awards ceremony.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Scotland Yard team is to fly to Libya to investigate the murder of police officer Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday. Fletcher, 25, died after being hit by a shot fired from the embassy during a demonstration …

The sister of murdered teenager Shafelia Ahmed finally told police she witnessed what happened because she "just had to let it out", a court has heard.

A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of Wpc Yvonne Fletcher, the Prime Minister has announced.

A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with assault after another boy collapsed during an altercation and later died.

A 14-year-old schoolboy who collapsed during an altercation with another boy has died in hospital, police said.

A shopkeeper found guilty of bludgeoning his postmistress wife to death has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his murder conviction.

A clearer definition of what constitutes police corruption is needed to improve public confidence, a report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has found.

Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks has had her bail renewed over allegations of phone hacking and illegal payments to police and other officials.

A 25-year-old man arrested in Italy has been charged with murdering a crane driver whose body was found in his burnt-out car in Britain.

Kevin Pietersen was fined an "undisclosed sum" by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday following a Twitter attack on former England batsman Nick Knight.

A goalkeeper jailed for killing two young boys in a car crash while drink-driving has been offered the chance to restart his career after he is released from prison.

Calcium supplements, taken by millions of elderly people and post-menopausal women to prevent bone thinning, may double the risk of having a heart attack, a study has found.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's embattled Serious Fraud Office pushed for the arrest of Robert Tchenguiz, one of the country's most high-profile property magnates, in part because of an unverified report in a free London tabloid, a court heard on Wednesday. Ken Macdonald, lawyer for Robert the younger brother of Vincent Tchenguiz …

Government plans to enable residents to force police to take action over anti-social behaviour after three separate incidents or five complaints are not good enough, a victims' group has said.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has been urged to call in police to investigate the scandal of a failed bid involving senior Northern Ireland civil servants to set up a bioscience and technology institute, a report has revealed.

Three police detectives face accusations of taking illegal payments from private investigators for information in an alleged case of "apparent corruption right at the heart of Scotland Yard".

Two men have been arrested in Belfast about a murder in the Irish Republic in 1998.

The deadline for an inquiry into alleged Garda and IRA collusion in the murder of two senior RUC officers during the Troubles has been extended.

A British student jailed for making offensive Twitter comments about English Premier League footballer Fabrice Muamba after he collapsed during a match was on Tuesday banned from his university.

A wealthy jeweller's son has been jailed for at least 16 years for killing his "trophy" girlfriend in a jealous rage.

A seven-year-old boy who was taken to hospital following a house fire has died, police said.

An anti-paedophile vigilante who murdered a gay man he wrongly believed to be a child molester has been told he may never be released from prison.