An Italian man has been arrested after allegedly disguising himself as his deceased mother in a shocking attempt to continue collecting her annual pension of more than €50,000. The suspect, reported to be an unemployed nurse in his mid-fifties, reportedly presented himself at the town hall in Borgo Virgilio, near Mantova, on November 11, claiming […]
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A man accused of exploiting and raping a 16-year-old girl who ran away from home has told Birmingham Crown Court that it was “obvious” she was interested in him. Arqash Zaffar, 41, also known as “Mikey,” claimed he had a “flirty exchange” with the girl before she got into his car on Alum Rock Road,
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A large cannabis farm has been uncovered in a Solihull property near the town’s Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plant. West Midlands Police carried out a drugs warrant at a property on Rowood Drive, off Lode Lane, on Tuesday, 18 November. Officers discovered more than 50 cannabis plants along with specialist growing equipment, including Omega Infinity
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A five year old girl will be required to keep the surname of the father who raped her mother after the High Court ruled that the name forms an essential part of her identity and family heritage. Mr Justice Peel upheld an earlier decision stating that the child, referred to as D, should retain her
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Police in Nottingham have arrested a burglar who was caught hiding inside a large commercial waste bin after breaking into an optician’s shop and stealing designer eyewear worth thousands of pounds. The incident occurred in the early hours of 5 November, when 37-year-old Ashley Lawrence forced his way into Gray and Bull Opticians on Pelham
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Anthony Crozier, 54, from Seaham, has been sentenced to six years in prison with an additional two years on extended licence after attempting to arrange the sexual abuse of a child he believed was real. Crozier had also admitted possessing indecent images of children, Teesside Crown Court heard. The court revealed that Crozier contacted a
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A former prison officer and church minister, Neville Husband, has been described as “possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history”, according to a new inquiry. Husband, who worked as a prison caterer, Sunday school teacher, and Scout leader, was found to have raped and abused teenagers and young men at a detention centre
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Convicted fraudster David Ames, who conned thousands of British investors in a vast international property scheme, is alleged to be hiding millions of pounds in foreign assets despite claiming to be bankrupt, a court has heard. Ames, 73, was jailed in 2022 after defrauding more than 8,000 victims in a £400 million resort development scam
A woman behind one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency scams has been jailed after defrauding more than 128,000 victims and triggering the UK’s biggest-ever Bitcoin seizure worth over £5 billion. Zhimin Qian, 47, also known as Yadi Zhang, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after
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A 34-year-old woman, Katie Fox, has died after being stabbed in the neck during what police have described as an unprovoked attack at a bus stop in Birmingham city centre. The attack took place on Smallbrook Queensway shortly before 9pm on Friday. Ms Fox was rushed to hospital in critical condition but later died from
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