November 2011 - Crime in the news

• Woman jailed after stabbing man 26 times

  30 November, 2011

  A woman has been given a jail sentence after she was found guilty of murdering a 47-year-old man [30 November 2011].

• Man dies in Merseyside knife attack

  30 November, 2011

  A man has died after being stabbed in the Huyton area of Merseyside at approximately 9pm Tuesday evening [30 November 2011].

• 'RoboCop' policeman critically ill after hit-and-run

  A policeman once nicknamed "RoboCop" for his work on a city estate remains critically ill in hospital after a hit-and-run collision in Nottingham.

• Black Friday iTunes infected credit malware alert

  Criminals are targeting internet users with a new gift certificate scam. Users receive an email that claims to be from Apple's iTunes store, but the attached ZIP file contains malware that may allow hackers to gain access to the recipient's computer.

• Two boys quizzed over widow murder

  A murder investigation has begun after the death of a woman in Greater Manchester during an apparent mugging. Nellie Geraghty, 79, died in Oldham Hospital on Friday, a day after being found with head injuries in Shaw.

• Pensioner conned out of £40,000

  Police in Scotland have issued a warning after a man claiming to be from the police conned a pensioner out of more than £40,000 [11 November 2011]

• Pensioner victim of carjacking

  03 November, 2011

  A man, aged 69, has suffered head injuries during a carjacking incident in Surrey [3 November].

• Murder investigation launched after robbery in Lincoln

  03 November, 2011

  A murder inquiry has been launched after a victim suffered substantial injuries during a robbery at his home in Lincoln [3 November 2011].

• Man jailed in Inverness for possession of indecent child images

  A man caught with the largest haul of downloaded child pornography in the Highlands has been jailed for 18 months [1 November 2011]

• Woman accused of racist rant on Croydon-to-Wimbledon tram

  A woman has been charged after a video apparently showing a passenger abusing ethnic minority people on a south London tram was posted online.

• Met Police officers crackdown on neighbourhood crime

  Up to 4,000 police officers have begun a crackdown on neighbourhood crime across London, based on intelligence from local communities [24 November 2011]

• Three men convicted of £3.5 billion drug-cutting scam

  Three men have been convicted of leading a multibillion-pound drug cutting ring to produce huge amounts of substandard cocaine [23 November 2011]

• Thieves steal taxi driver's car at knifepoint

  Two thieves have robbed a taxi driver at knifepoint in Edinburgh before stealing his private hire car [23 November 2011]

• Man jailed for running over cyclist in Oxford

  A driver who deliberately ran over a cyclist after an argument in Oxford has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison [22 November 2011]

• Worthing man arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty

  A Porsche driver allegedly drove with a dog tied to the back of the car in Sussex [22 November 2011]

• Bus driver in Lincolnshire attacked

  A driver was injured and vehicles damaged when metal objects were thrown at three buses in Lincolnshire [18 November 2011]

• Arrests over 150,000 fake DVDs and CDs seized in Bognor flat

  Two men have been arrested after 150,000 DVDs and CDs, 100 computer hard drives and counterfeiting equipment were seized from a West Sussex flat [17 November 2011]

• Sex attack on man in Bedfordshire park

  A 41-year-old walker was sexually assaulted by a gang of men in the woods at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire [15 November 2011]

• Three arrested over kidnap of boy in Oldbury

  Three men are being questioned on suspicion of kidnapping after a 10-year-old boy was found at an address in the West Midlands on Sunday [15 November 2011]

• Man shot during post office raid in Upholland

  A man has been shot in the leg during an armed robbery at a post office in Lancashire [14 November 2011]

• Pensioner beaten as she helps injured men in Newtownards

  A 70-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after she was attacked whilst helping two men who had been assaulted by a gang [14 November 2011]

• Nottingham sex attacker has been jailed

  A man has been jailed indefinitely after attempting to rape a 21-year-old student in Nottingham [11 November 2011]

• Landlord stabbed in violent pub burglary

  A landlord has been stabbed in the hand as he disturbed a burglar at his Nottingham pub [10 November 2011]

• Appeal after man caught swinging a cat by its tail

  The RSPCA has appealed for help to trace a man caught on CCTV in Kent swinging a cat by its tail [10 November 2011]

• Family attacked after walking home from firework display

  A family of five suffered multiple injuries in an unprovoked attack by a group of about 20 youths in Carlisle [9 November 2011]

• Family robbed while eating dinner at home

  A family in Worthing were robbed while they sat at home eating their dinner, Sussex police have said [8 November 2011]

• CCTV released after arson attack in Bromsgrove

  CCTV images of five men police would like to speak to in connection with an arson attack in Worcestershire have been released [8 November 2011]

• Rape attempt on woman in Oxford alleyway

  A man tried to rape a woman in an alleyway in east Oxford on Sunday morning, police have said [7 November 2011]

• Three men from Kent have been jailed for rape of teenager

  Three men in their 20s have each been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl at a party [2 November 2011]

• Elderly woman burgled in broad daylight as she watches TV

  An elderly Solihull woman had her garage burgled in broad daylight as she watched television in her lounge. Thieves crow-barred open locks on the garage doors, in Shakespeare Drive, Shirley, before making off with an off-road Kawasaki bike.