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Father ‘stabbed 50 times at tram stop’
An asylum seeker suffering from paranoid schizophrenia stabbed a man over 50 times at a tram stop in a random attack, a court has heard. Anthony Banting, 57, had got off a tram in Winson […]
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Larry Nassar: USA gymnastics cuts ties with training centre following abuse scandal
USA gymnastics has announced it will no longer use the national team training centre where former team doctor Larry Nassar carried out abuse of athletes, including Olympian Simone Biles. The Karolyi Ranch in Texas was […]
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Hacker Alex Bessell jailed for cyber crime offences
A computer hacker has been jailed for two years for committing thousands of cyber crimes, including attacks on Google and Skype. Alex Bessell, 21, of Aigburth, Liverpool, was also convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of […]
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‘mailbag thief’ jailed in 1976 overturns conviction
A man who served eight months in a youth jail for stealing mailbags in the 1970s has had his name cleared. Stephen Simmons from Dorking, Surrey, was found guilty of thefts from Clapham Goods Yard […]
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Kim Dotcom Loses Megaupload Domain Names
The U.S. Government has won another civil forfeiture case against Megaupload and Kim Dotcom. As a result, the U.S. now owns several online bank accounts, cars, servers, as well as Megaupload’s domain names. Around the […]
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Belgium ‘abduction’: Woman uses phone map to provide her location
A woman who says she was abducted in Belgium has been found after locating herself on her smartphone and sharing the address with her brother. The 19-year-old student said five men kidnapped her in front […]
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Trump Russia: Bannon ‘ordered to testify to grand jury’
Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to US President Donald Trump, has been summoned to testify before a grand jury, US media report. He was reportedly subpoenaed by former FBI director Robert Mueller, who is leading […]
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Denmark Facebook sex video: More than 1,000 young people charged
More than 1,000 young people have been charged by police in Denmark with distributing sexually explicit material. They are accused of using Facebook Messenger to share indecent video clips of two 15-year-olds having sex. Police […]
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HMP Woodhill officer left noose with suicidal inmate
A senior prison officer failed to remove a noose from an inmate who was later found hanged, a court has heard. Ryan Harvey hanged himself in his cell at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes, 90 minutes […]
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Toronto police say scissor attack on a girl’s hijab ‘did not happen’
Canadian police say an alleged scissor attack on an 11-year-old girl’s hijab never happened. The girl made headlines last week after she said a man came up to her and tried to cut her hijab […]