There can be no doubt that we are living through an extraordinary and emotional time. It is a hard time for everyone, as we are all asked to stay at home in order to keep our families, friends and communities safe. But for some people it is even harder, because home is not the safe … Read more
A crime boss and his county-lines drugs gang have been told to pay back just £60,000 after making £2.4million selling drugs through a major underworld syndicate. Kingpin Carl Hannan, a 36-year-old from Teesside, headed up the cross-country drug trafficking network that sprawled from the North East to the North West of England, designed to flood … Read more
CLASSIC CRIME By Barry Turner for the Daily Mail Published: 22:12 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 26 March 2020 KILLING WITH CONFETTI by Peter Lovesey (Sphere £8.99, 336 pp ) KILLING WITH CONFETTI by Peter Lovesey (Sphere £8.99, 336 pp ) It is a tough life for Peter Diamond. As head of … Read more
While many marriages end in divorce, they rarely end this explosively, or with a body count. Amanda Peet and Christian Slater star in the second season of anthology true crime series Dirty John, which became a hit when it first premiered in 2018. In the second installment in the series, titled Dirty John: The Betty Broderick … Read more
A crime wave of coronavirus-related incidents have surfaced across the UK with brazen thieves stealing food supplies from the elderly and police officers being ‘coughed at’ in the street as the country continues to battle the pandemic. This is while raiders in north London broke into a pub just before 7am on Tuesday, taking supplies … Read more
Organised crime gangs are enforcing their own coronavirus lockdown in Rio de Janeiro by ordering people to obey a curfew. Threatening messages which circulated in the city’s notorious favelas warn that gangsters will teach people to ‘respect’ an 8pm shutdown, Brazilian media says. ‘Attention all residents of Rio das Pedras, Muzema and Tijuquinha! Curfew from … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a rare surge of online posts in Thailand questioning King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the monarchy. On Sunday a government minister subsequently warned that inappropriate posts could lead to jail. Insulting the monarchy is a crime, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy … Read more
Criminals pose as health officials to trick coronavirus victims into handing over financial details Gangs will exploit the outbreak to commit fraud and steal financial information School closures will also leave children vulnerable to online predators Stretched police forces will prioritise crimes as they turn to 10,000 volunteers Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should … Read more
Man, 59, appears in court for ‘making fake coronavirus treatment kits and sending them across the world’ after being arrested in a Post Office Frank Ludlow, 59, was arrested in post office near to his Sussex home yesterday He was charged with making counterfeit coronavirus treatment kits, police said He appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court … Read more
Large scale rioting and crime is ‘unlikely’ during the coronavirus pandemic – unless the Government is incompetent or large numbers of police fall sick, the government’s scientific advisers warn. The insights come in newly released papers from the government scientific panel, called SPI-B, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviour. The scientists said rather than … Read more