East of England - Crime in the News

• Banker dies after street attack

  Detectives are investigating the murder of a banking executive in Norwich, after he intervened in a street fight. [30 September 2008]

• Raiders steal whole cash machine

  Three men used a stolen 4x4 vehicle to drag a cash machine out of a village post office in Bedfordshire. [23 September 2008]

• Paedophile pilot launched

  A new scheme will mean that parents can find out if anyone with access to their children is a sex offender. [15 September 2008]

• Man arrested after boat deaths

  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two people on a canal boat near Milton Keynes. Emergency services were called to Stoke Hammond just after midnight after receiving reports of a man and a woman seriously hurt on a canal boat. [8 September 2008]

• Baby's body found

  The body of a newborn baby has been found at a waste recycling plant in Cambridgeshire. [28 August 2008]

• Wanted man found

  A prolific Norfolk burglar has been found after he breached the terms of his licence when he was released from prison. [11 August 2008]

• Bowling to beat crime

  Throughout the month of July, Crimestoppers teamed up with the Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association (TBPA) to promote the charity through a ‘111' competition. [5 August 2008]

• Offenders help churchyard conservation

  Offenders will spend the next two months helping churchyards manage their conservation [29 July 2008]

• Thanks a Million!

  Crimestoppers has received its one millionth actionable call at its 24:7 call centre. The call was about a knife crime. [29 July 2008]

• Knife offenders are still not being prosecuted

  Figures suggest that in some areas, up to half of all adults caught carrying a knife receive a caution instead of being prosecuted. [21 July 2008]

• Three charged with Norfolk student's murder

  The body of engineering student, Simon Everitt, was found buried in woods in Mautby in June. [14 July 2008]

• Shadow CS anti-gun and knife week continues

  Following the recent high profile reports of gun and knife crime among young people in the media, Crimestoppers' youth website www.shadowcs.co.uk for 11-16 year olds is running an anti-gun and knife week this week. [1 July 2008]

• Sleeping father stabbed by robbers

  A man had been sleeping on his living room couch when he was attacked by two robbers. [2 June 2008]

• Man is charged after Sunday evening street fight

  A 35-year-old man has been charged with causing “grievous bodily harm” after hurting another man in a Maldon street fight. [27 May 2008]

• Corpse exhumed in DNA search

  The headless corpse of a woman found 33-years ago has been exhumed by police in an attempt to discover her identity and that of her killer. [20 May 2008]

• Police recover cannabis worth nearly £1million

  Police have seized £961,000 of cannabis found in a vehicle on the M1 in Bedfordshire. [19 May 2008]

• Norwich kidnapper on the run

  A man who was jailed three years ago for kidnapping his girlfriend is being hunted by police after failing to return to prison. [24th April 2008]

• Most Wanted criminal caught

  An escaped rapist who was featured on Crimestoppers' Most Wanted website has been found and arrested by armed officers. [18th April 2008]

• Body found in empty building

  A murder inquiry is underway after the body of a man was found in a disused building at a park in Essex. [17th April 2008]

• Woman and child escape arson attack

  A woman managed to put out a fire at the door of her flat in Eastwood, near Southend, while her child was sleeping inside. [11th April 2008]

• Train victim's partner remanded

  A man has been charged and remanded in custody for the manslaughter of his partner, who died after being hit by a train at a level crossing. [4th April 2008]

• 87-year old raped in her home

  A woman, 87, was raped in her home in Great Yarmouth on Easter Monday. [27th March 2008]

• Immigration raids in Essex

  Five people have been charged with immigration offences and fraud after raids in Essex. [27th March 2008]