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At the weekend there was another killing of law enforcement officers in the US, but this one was every bit as unusual as it was tragic. Four officers were gunned down whilst working on their laptops at a café in an incident investigators are still trying to figure out the motives for. In a further [...]

Coercion of witnesses seems to have transcended boundaries to find itself on the internet, after 2 people have been sent to prison for producing a rap video in which they threatened witnesses to a murder. The rappers, Ishmael McLean and Rowan Simon, threatened anyone who may have come forward with evidence regarding the shooting of [...]

Today saw the funeral of Pc Bill Barker, a police officer of 25 years who was swept away when the bridge he was policing in Cumbria collapsed due to extremely heavy rainfall and flooding. While no crime was involved, I thought it would be important to remember that ordinary police officers can find themselves in [...]

Winter is apparently the worst time of year for car-related theft, according to police statistics. A combination of the festive season and bad weather seem to be the main culprits, with officers warning people to take appropriate care of their vehicles. Car break-ins are always higher in the run-up to Christmas and during the January [...]

A story making waves on Twitter at the moment is about an ex-soldier who has ended up facing 5 years in prison when he is sentenced in the near future. His crime? Handing in a discarded shotgun to the police. Yes, this sounds a bit nutty doesn’t it? Well, it all boils down to the [...]

… and so are the thieves. Christmas is that time of year where theft and burglaries increase, fuelled by combinations of factors. So what should you do so you don’t get caught out? Go shopping with someone else This one sounds like an odd suggestion, but this is a time of year when people go [...]

The married couple who conned the authorities and their own sons into thinking that the husband and father had died in a canoeing incident at sea have been ordered to pay back £600,000 of their ill-gotten gains. Anne and John Darwin concocted a scheme back in 2002 to make John Darwin’s disappearance look like a [...]

You may remember the case of Jimmy Mizen – a 16 year old lad murdered in a bakery in London over a silly argument. You may also remember the case of Rhys Jones, a 11 year old who was shot dead by a cowardly gangster wannabe in Liverpool for absolutely no reason or warning. Well [...]

These days, everyone claims they live in the worst possible area for crime and that “things aren’t like they used to be”. But how often is this actually the case? When I was living at home with my parents, I always thought that the towns and villages around mine could be a little shifty at [...]

With access to emails and personal information via the internet, Identity Theft is now a rising crime.  Individuals have their name, address and other personal information stolen which is then used to commit fraud.  This can include financial information which are then used by criminals to purchase goods in your name.  At the moment in [...]