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Justin Fenton: 'Disputes are pettier than in Baltimore'
In our week-long job-swap the Baltimore Sun crime correspondent joins Manchester police tackling gang violence in Moss Side
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Murder hunt launched to find firework killer
Sunday, 8 November 2009
A murder hunt was under way today after a devoted mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox.
Three arrested over flat murders
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Detectives investigating the murder of two men found bludgeoned and stabbed to death in a south London flat have made three more arrests, Scotland Yard said.
Police hunt arsonists after blaze kills mother
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Police said today they are pursuing a number of lines of enquiry in their hunt for the killers of a devoted mother of nine who died in a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox.
Man held after tonnes of illegal e-waste are exported to Africa
Saturday, 7 November 2009
'Scavenger children' at risk from toxic fumes produced by broken equipment
The Crime Exchange
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Our correspondent swaps places with his Baltimore Sun counterpart. Minutes after I arrived, writes Mark Hughes, I was at the scene of a shooting...
Toddler punched by muggers
Saturday, 7 November 2009
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
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas was questioned by police in connection with a drink-drive collision, it emerged today.
Killer jailed after police hear prayer for mercy
Saturday, 7 November 2009
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.
Justin Fenton in London: The sound of fireworks reminds me of home
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Today marks the first part of a unique collaboration between The Independent and The Baltimore Sun in which our crime correspondent, Mark Hughes, swaps places with his counterpart, Justin Fenton. From the streets of Brixton to Baltimore's projects, we’ll report on the reality of crime in Britain and Baltimore to find out if the shadow Home Secretary is right when he said our streets are going the same way as those portrayed in the US TV series The Wire
Aunt must repay £57,000
Saturday, 7 November 2009
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.
Crime exchange: A tale of two cities
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