August 2008 - Crime in the News

• Man charged with teen's murder

  A 30-year old man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a 17-year old teenager last week. [21 August 2008]

• Husband charged with wife's murder

  The husband of a successful businesswoman has been remanded in custody charged with her murder. [21 August 2008]

• Chinese media used over double murder

  Detectives investigating the double murder of Chinese students in Newcastle will make an appeal for information through the Chinese media. [21 August 2008]

• Teenage boys forced to flog themselves

  Teenage boys were forced to flog themselves with a whip which had chains and blades attached as part of a religious ceremony. [20 August 2008]

• Paedophiles banned from travelling

  New laws to ensure tighter controls over the movement of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. [20 August 2008]

• Concern over levels of prison violence

  A British prison is experiencing concerning levels of violence, with rising gang links and more convicted terrorists. [20 August 2008]

• Footballers join anti-knife crime campaign

  David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand and David James have come together to launch an anti-knife campaign called 'It Doesn't Have to Happen'. [19 August 2008]

• Paedophile jailed

  A man who was found to possess at least 241,000 child abuse images has been jailed for at least three years and nine months. [19 August 2008]

• Two charged with Antigua murders

  A 20-year old and a 17-year old have been charged with the murders of honeymoon couple Ben and Catherine Mullany. [19 August 2008]

• Concern over hidden CCTV in schools

  23% of teachers have said that there may be hidden cameras in their schools, whose existence was unknown to both staff and pupils. [18 August 2008]

• Two more teenagers murdered

  A 16-year old boy from Manchester and a 17-year old from south London have become the lastest knife crime victims over the weekend. [18 August 2008]

• Girl attacked at music festival

  A 17-year old has been the victim of a serious sexual attack in a Scarborough music festival. [18 August 2008]

• Three arrested by terror police

  Three men are being held by police on suspicion of committing terror offences. [15 August 2008]

• Fatal shooting gun found

  The gun used in the murder of 18-year old Ryan Bravo has been found by police. [15 August 2008]

• Careless drivers could face jail

  Laws will get tougher next week for those who cause death while driving due to preventable distractions. [15 August 2008]

• CCTV released after double murder

  CCTV images have been released of the last known movements of a woman who was murdered with her boyfriend in their Newcastle flat. [14 August 2008]

• Security to be reviewed at psychiatric hospital

  A secure unit will be reviewed following the recapture of two mental health patients who were on the run for 24 hours. [14 August 2008]

• Compensation in Rachel Nickell murder

  The man who was wrongly accused of murdering Rachel Nickell in 1992 has won £706,000 in compensation. [14 August 2008]

• Girl freed from armed siege

  A six-year old girl, who was held hostage in a North Yorkshire house for 39 hours, has been freed. [13 August 2008]

• Child hostage in armed siege

  A six-year old girl has been held hostage in a North Yorkshire house for a second night in a row, with a man believed to be armed with knives. [13 August 2008]

• Canoe wife launches appeal

  Anne Darwin, wife of canoeist John Darwin who faked his own death, is appealing against her conviction and sentence for fraud and money laundering. [13 August 2008]

• Death penalty introduced after Antigua honeymoon murders

  The death penalty will be introduced in Antigua for crimes involving weapons, following the violent murder of honeymoon couple Ben and Catherine Mullany. [13 August 2008]

• Drunk rape victim receives full compensation

  A rape victim who was told her compensation would be cut because she had been drinking before she was attacked, has had the decision overturned. [12 August 2008]

• More British arrested in Spain

  The number of British people arrested in Spain rose by 32% last year, according to the Foreign Office. [12 August 2008]

• Football clubs should pay for police

  Football clubs should pay all the costs of policing matches, according to the Association of Chief Police Officers. [12 August 2008]

• Murdered students in Newcastle

  Police will release more information today about two Chinese students found murdered in a flat in Newcastle. [11 August 2008]

• Man arrested over Sussex attacks

  A man has been arrested following a string of violent attacks on women in Hastings. [11 June 2008]

• Knives sold to children in undercover investigation

  A girl, 14, and a boy, 15, were both sold knives illegally during an undercover Trading Standards investigation in Cumbria. [11 August 2008]

• More gangs due to lack of role models

  A lack of adult and parent role models is fuelling gang activity among young people, according to a survey by the Prince's Trust. [8 August 2008]

• Shot teenager was caught in gang crossfire

  A 19-year old is being questioned over the murder of an 18-year old, who was an innocent bystander caught in a gang shooting. [8 August 2008]

• Baseball bat murder in Cornish village

  A 66-year old man, who police believe was assaulted with a baseball bat, has died from his injuries in hospital. [8 August 2008]

• Children ignore online dangers

  A fifth of British children have met up with a stranger they first came across online. [7 August 2008]

• Teenager shot dead

  An 18-year old has been shot dead while in a Costcutter supermarket in south-east London. [7 August 2008]

• Most overcrowded jails named

  The Prison Reform Trust has revealed the 20 most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales. [7 August 2008]

• Madeleine 'sighting' revealed

  Private detectives for the McCanns are looking into claims that a girl calling herself 'Maddy' was seen in the Netherlands shortly after Madeleine McCann disappeared. [6 August 2008]

• Child sex abuse suspect sent back to UK

  A man has been sent back to the UK from the Czech Republic following allegations that he abused young girls. [6 August 2008]

• Immigrant police cells 'squalid'

  A police custody suite where immigration detainees are held should be closed because it's 'unhygienic and unsafe'. [6 August 2008]

• DNA evidence in McCann case exaggerated

  Kate and Gerry McCann have accused Portuguese police of exaggerating DNA evidence before naming them as suspects in their daughter's disappearance. [5 August 2008]

• SIA information from Crimestoppers doubles

  Information to Crimestoppers about unlicensed activity in the security industry has doubled since the Security Industry Authority (SIA) - the government authority responsible for licensing the private security industry - started sponsoring Crimestoppers' website in May. [5 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]

• Man arrested as Antigua victim Ben Mullany dies

  Honeymoon shooting victim Ben Mullany died yesterday after he was flown back to a Swansea hospital. [4 August 2008]

• Madeleine police files to go public

  Police files collated by Portuguese detectives while investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will be released today. [4 August 2008]

• US gunman detection technology to be trialled

  Technology used by the US military to locate snipers in the Middle East will be trialled in the UK next month. [4 August 2008]

• Foreign inmates reach record high

  One in eight male prisoners and one in five female prisoners are foreign, according to new government figures. [1 August 2008]

• British teenager murdered in Brazil

  A British teenager's Brazilian boyfriend has admitted to her murder. Some of her remains were found in a suitcase. [1 August 2008]

• Mental health killings drop

  The number of murders committed by people with mental health problems has dropped by two-thirds in the last 30 years. [1 August 2008]