A millionaire's daughter was jailed for two years today for driving looters on a late-night crime spree at the height of last summer's riots.

A man was jailed for life today for two murders and a string of "senseless" assaults.

Two men have been charged over the theft of a hoard of Chinese art from a Cambridge museum.

A man has been charged in connection with a raid on a university museum where Chinese artefacts worth more than £2m were stolen.

A 35-year-old man has been charged with conspiracy to commit burglary by police investigating the theft of Chinese artefacts worth more than £2 million in a raid on a university museum.

Street thefts and pick-pocketings have gone up by 10% in the biggest leap for a decade, police figures showed today.

'I'm a good villian'

The rioter who set fire to a 140-year-old furniture shop, burning it to the ground in a scene which became a symbol of last summer’s riots, has been sentenced to 11-and-a-half years in prison.

A pregnant woman has described how she was left "terrified" by machete-wielding burglars who tied her to a chair after threatening her three-year-old son.

Five men have been found guilty of a burglary where a man was found dead by his business partner.

A Scotland Yard detective is under investigation for allegedly sending "inappropriate" text messages to the daughter of a millionaire businessman, who was found guilty yesterday of driving a gang of thieves around south London during last summer's riots.

A millionaire's daughter was warned she could be jailed after being convicted today of driving looters on a late-night crime spree at the height of last summer's riots.

A man wanted over a knife attack has been charged with kidnapping after he allegedly hijacked a mother's car and led police on a mile-long chase with her two young children still strapped in the back seat.

A "lifelong burglar" who broke into a 60-year-old woman's flat and raped her was jailed for 12 years today.