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Justin Fenton in London: Police think ignorance of crime is bliss
Hours before I arrived in the London neighbourhood of Kentish Town last Thursday, a transgender prostitute named Destiny Lauren was found dead a few streets away from where I was staying.
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Calls over boy rapist were ignored, says judge
Thursday, 12 November 2009
A judge criticised a social department today for ignoring pleas from a child psychiatrist who said an 11-year-old boy needed to be taken into care.
Judge banned for motorway drink-driving
Thursday, 12 November 2009
A former judge caught on the motorway nearly three times the drink-drive limit was banned from driving for two years today.
A mother in Whitehall
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Joanna Moorhead: Sara Payne's campaign for a sex offenders' register divided Britain. Now she is making waves again.
Terror suspects' DNA could be held for life
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Under the plans, police would review each case every two years on national security grounds.
32 years on, man accused of Capt. Nairac's murder
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
David McKittrick: The killing of the British army undercover officer is regarded as one of the most intriguing incidents of the troubles.
Canoe death fraudster to pay back £600,000
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Anne Darwin will see her assets confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Crackdown! Police officers mount huge drug swoop
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Police today swooped on a busy shopping street as part of a major clampdown on crack cocaine dealers in north-west London.
Teenage attacker behind bars after second child rape
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
The teenager raped a five-year-old boy days after being spared a custodial sentence for a previous attack.
Man jailed for drowning partner's dog
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
A man has been jailed after drowning his partner's dog in the kitchen sink while drunk, the RSPCA said today.
Sentencing date for nursery worker paedophile
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Vanessa George pleaded guilty last month to a string of offences of assault and making and distributing indecent images.
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