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Toddler punched by muggers

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:15:21 GMT

Muggers punched a two-year-old girl in the head as they demanded money from her mother, Scotland Yard said today.

Coronation Street star questioned over crash

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:12:20 GMT

Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas was questioned by police in connection with a drink-drive collision, it emerged today.

Firework death was murder say police

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Police are treating the death of a woman in a house fire sparked by a firework as murder, and warned the culprits today that they would be caught.

Mark Hughes In Baltimore: Just minutes after I arrived, I was at the scene of a shooting ...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Just 15 minutes after stepping off the train at Baltimore's Penn station I found myself standing behind the yellow crime-scene tape after a shooting. We had been alerted to the attack on N Milton Avenue, in the east of the city, via Twitter. In the UK, the micro-blogging site is used mainly by people wanting to follow the thoughts and inanities of celebrities such as Stephen Fry. Here in Baltimore, the police use it to alert the media to shootings and homicides, such is their regularity.

Aunt must repay £57,000

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

A woman who spent her nephew's inheritance during a five-year shopping spree was ordered to repay him £56,982.67 after a proceeds of crime hearing at Bolton Crown Court yesterday.

Justin Fenton in London: The sound of fireworks reminds me of home

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Catching some rest after my overnight flight, I woke up to the sound of police sirens and a constant pop-pop-popping outside the Kentish Town flat where I'm staying. I assumed it was fireworks – I would later learn it was part of the Guy Fawkes celebrations – but where I'm from, it was instinctive to wonder if such sounds could also be gunfire.

Mark Hughes In Baltimore: Just minutes after I arrived, I was at the scene of a shooting ...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Justin Fenton in London: The sound of exploding fireworks reminds me of home

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Killer jailed after police hear prayer for mercy

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

A murderer whose prayers for forgiveness were overheard by police who bugged his car was jailed for life yesterday. George Maben's "confession" was played to an Old Bailey jury, which found him guilty of murdering his girlfriend's wealthy mother. It was after detectives heard his emotional, whispered words "God, forgive me for what I have done" that they arrested Maben for strangling Maureen Cosgrove, 65.

Man held after tonnes of illegal e-waste are exported to Africa

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

The director of a British waste export company suspected of illegally shipping defunct televisions and electronic goods to Africa has been arrested after a joint investigation by The Independent and Sky News.

Jail for woman who killed unborn twins

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:46 GMT

A woman who killed her unborn twins after injecting herself with drugs to induce their birth was finally jailed today after going on the run.

Police chiefs worried by rise in gang rapes

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:56:56 GMT

Senior Scotland Yard officers admitted tonight they are deeply concerned about the rising number of gang rapes.

Miss England steps down after arrest

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:49 GMT

Miss England Rachel Christie has relinquished her crown after being arrested on suspicion of a nightclub assault sparked by a row over a TV gladiator.

Parents can 'choose to know' if Vanessa George abused their child

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:07 GMT

Parents whose children may have been abused by nursery worker Vanessa George should be able to choose to know if their children were among her victims, a judge said today.

'Praying' murderer jailed for at least 13 years

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:13:45 GMT

A murderer whose prayers for forgiveness were overheard by police who bugged his car was jailed for life today.

2,000 DNA tests in hunt for 'night stalker'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:44 GMT

Detectives hunting Britain's most wanted serial rapist-burglar have obtained more than 2,000 DNA samples from suspects, it emerged today.

Cash crisis threat to victims of honour violence

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Funding for the front line organisations which locate and save the victims of forced marriages and honour killings has been slashed by the Government, The Independent has learnt.

Father guilty of killing baby daughter

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:04:55 GMT

A father was found guilty today of murdering his seven-week-old baby.

Shannon Matthews' aunt jailed for benefit fraud

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:43:05 GMT

The aunt of abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was jailed for a year today after she admitted benefit fraud amounting to more than £35,000.

MEP Wise confesses to expenses fraud

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:01:40 GMT

A former British MEP who masterminded a £36,000 expenses fiddle was facing jail today after he confessed during his trial.

Police worker sentenced for child webcam sex

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:14:02 GMT

A police community support officer (PCSO) who persuaded a 12-year-old girl to perform sex acts on a webcam will be sentenced today.

Police fear man tortured for card codes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:27 GMT

A burglar might have brutally tortured a businessman to death so he would hand over the codes to his bank cards, police said today.

Tricolours daubed on Protestant farmer's sheep

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:07:05 GMT

Six pregnant sheep belonging to a Northern Irish Protestant farmer from Co Tyrone have been daubed with Irish tricolours in an apparent sectarian attack.

Riot police return to street dogged by crime

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:50:33 GMT

Riot police returned to a street dogged by crime 20 months after an unprecedented raid tried to flush out criminals for good.

Young recruits 'swell NI terror ranks'

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:02 GMT

Dissident republican groups are getting bigger, more dangerous and are being helped by former members of the mainstream IRA, the International Monitoring Commission said today.