Crime
Read the latest crime news and shocking real life stories from the UK and beyond.
Prosecutors called Kouri Richins 'a black widow' in court before she was found guilty of aggravated murder
The victim said she still carries the 'trauma and nightmares' with her every day
13 Mar 2026
LGBTQ+ adult film star Billy Newton was murdered in 1990 by Darrell Lynn Madden, who wouldn't be brought to justice for a further 35 years
11 Mar 2026
Charles 'Sonny' Burton was sentenced to death for his role in a 1991 Alabama convenience store robbery that saw a customer killed
Jayden Ryan Wallace, 18, said he will live out the rest of his life 'in a manner that honors the memory of Coach Hughes'
10 Mar 2026
Jayden Ryan Wallace, 18, is facing charges including first-degree vehicular homicide and reckless driving
09 Mar 2026
North Hall High School teacher Jason Hughes died after a harmless prank went tragically wrong on Thursday (5 February)
Jason Hughes, 40, died after a prank went horrifically wrong
Ian Huntley murdered 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002
Jason Hughes, 40, a teacher at North Hall High School in Gainesville, Georgia, died following the horrific accident on Thursday (5 March)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has since responded to the incident
26 Feb 2026
Los Angeles Police Department officers discovered the remains of Rivas, 15, in the trunk of a vehicle registered to D4vd
24 Feb 2026
Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, following his parents' deaths in December
23 Feb 2026
The UK Foreign Office has warned holidaymakers in areas of Mexico to stay indoors amid the ongoing violence
20 Feb 2026
Greater Manchester Police arrested Usama Al-Sari in September last year and he's since been sentenced to 14 years in prison
18 Feb 2026
A number of famous faces and high-profile individuals appear on the list - here's what it means
17 Feb 2026
A host of politicians, musicians, and actors appear on the infamous list
Marcus Freeman, Wesley McKinley and Brittany Palumbo all died within weeks of one another following hypnosis sessions with Dr George Kenney
The British supermodel's name appears more than 300 times in the Epstein files
13 Feb 2026
The doctor has called for Jeffrey Epstein's cause of death to be re-examined
Nancy Guthrie, 84 - mother of TODAY host Savannah Guthrie - was last seen on 31 January at her home outside Tuscon, Arizona
12 Feb 2026
Gisèle Pelicot was subjected to a decade of abuse at the hands of her husband and more than 70 other men
Lucy Harrison, from Warrington, Cheshire, had been visiting her father, Kris, at his home in Texas when he fatally shot her with a 9mm Glock
11 Feb 2026
Billionaire businessmen Leslie Wexner and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem are among the names
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at around 9.45pm on 31 January at her home just outside of Tucson, Arizona
04 Feb 2026
Last week, the Department of Justice shared millions of documents relating to the disgraced criminal financier