August 2012 - Crime in the news

• Schoolboy murderer loses appeal bid to reduce sentence

  The 20-year-old man jailed for killing an 18-year-old schoolboy has lost his appeal bid to have his jail sentence reduced [30 August 2012].

• Murder inquiry launched after woman's 1989 disappearance

  A murder investigation has been launched by detectives searching for Caroline Graham, from Portadown, who went missing in 1989 [30 August 2012].

• Driver sought after fatal car crash

  Police are appealing for information after a road accident in east London in which one teenager was killed and another seriously injured. [29 August 2012]

• Children in hospital after accident

  Three young children and their father have been taken to hospital after being hit by a car which mounted the pavement. [28 August 2012]

• Police appeal over loitering man

  Police are appealing for information after a man reportedly followed a woman in York. [24 August 2012]

• Missing teen urged to call police

  A Northampton teenager who went missing earlier this month is being urged to contact police to let them know he is safe. [23 August 2012]

• Teenager charged with stab murder

  A teenager has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed outside a party at a social club in Smethwick. [22 August 2012]

• Two teenagers charged over East Sussex murder

  Two teenagers have been charged over the murder of Chris Poole, 46, after he was killed in the Hydneye area of Eastbourne [20 August 2012].

• Ten arrested after body found in garden in Essex

  Police have made ten arrests after a man's body was found in the back garden of a house in Chelmsford, Essex [20 August 2012].

• Armed robber who tied up and beat couple gets 10 years in prison

  A man, aged 22, has been given a jail sentence of almost 10 years after he was found guilty of a robbery in which he tied up and beat his victims in their own home [17 August 2012].

• Man badly injured in attack with machete

  A 35-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was attacked with a machete [17 August 2012].

• Fourth arrest over Greater Manchester gun murder

  A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Mark Short, who was shot in a pub in Greater Manchester [16 August 2012].

• Five jailed for drugs trafficking in Stirling

  Five people have been jailed after the seizure of over £1.5 million worth of drugs as part of Operation Nomad in Scotland [16 August 2012].

• Man charged over hoax bomb threats at mosques

  A man has been charged over making hoax calls claiming bomb threats against mosques in the Southampton area [14 August 2012].

• Five appear in court over Great Yarmouth murder

  Five people have appeared in court over the murder of Ian Church in Great Yarmouth [14 August 2012].

• Appeal for information after sex attack on 10-year-old girl

  Those with information are being urged to pass it on after a girl, aged 10, was sexually assaulted near a beach in Dorset [13 August 2012].

• Man shot in the face after disturbing vehicle thieves

  Thieves shot a man in the face after he tried to stop them stealing his vehicle in Rye, East Sussex [13 August 2012].

• Man charged with school sex attacks

  A former teaching assistant from Berkshire has been charged with sex offences against pupils at an independent school. [10 August 2012]

• Burnt body is of woman in her 40s

  A badly burnt body discovered among the debris of a fire in a supermarket car park in Wiltshire is that of a woman, police have said. [9 August 2012]

• Hunt on for taxi stabbing suspect

  A police manhunt was under way tonight after a man fled the scene of a fatal stabbing in a taxi. [8 August 2012]

• Second child dies after Leicester pushchair car crash

  A second child has died after a crash in Leicester which killed a one-year-old boy in a pushchair. [7 August 2012]

• Cash machine dumped in the street

  Police are searching for two men who abandoned a cash machine in the middle of a West Sussex street after using an industrial digger to pull it out of a wall. [6 August 2012]

• Murder inquiry launched over missing oil executive

  Police have now launched a murder inquiry after oil executive Carole Waugh, 50, went missing in April this year [2 August 2012].

• Charity sale Arsenal strip stolen

  A 1996-7 Arsenal football strip signed by the team at the time is among pieces of memorabilia destined for a charity auction which have been stolen. [1 August 2012]