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The former fraudster helping councils catch criminals

November 17, 2024 World Justice News 0

Alex Wood says that to his “mother’s shame” he committed some of the most “high profile” financial offences in recent history. Those crimes span from staying in Mayfair hotels pretending to be the Duke of Marlborough to […]

Lapsus$: Grand Theft Auto 6 clips hacker handed indefinite hospital order

December 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who is autistic, was a key member of international […]

Four men charged over Blenheim Palace gold toilet theft

November 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace in 2019. The £5m lavatory was stolen from the stately home in Oxfordshire shortly before 05:00 BST on 14 […]

Violent armed gang members jailed for more than 100 years after attacking security guards refilling cash machines

November 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

Members of a gang of armed robbers have been jailed for more than 100 years after a wave of violent attacks on security guards refilling cash machines. They used guns, knives, hammers and crowbars to […]

Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal

March 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

A 16-year-old from Oxford has been accused of being one of the leaders of cyber-crime gang Lapsus$. The teenager, who is alleged to have amassed a $14m (£10.6m) fortune from hacking, has been named by […]

Michigan school shooting: Suspect’s parents arrested in Detroit

December 4, 2021 World Justice News 0

The parents of a teenager suspected of a deadly school shooting have been arrested in a Detroit basement hours after going on the run, police say. James and Jennifer Crumbley were found unarmed hiding in […]

A Soldier On Horseback by Anthony Van Dyck

Van Dyck painting stolen from University of Oxford gallery

March 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

A work by 17th century master Anthony Van Dyck is among three “very high value” paintings stolen from a University of Oxford art gallery. A Soldier On Horseback by the Flemish artist, a leading court […]

Machete-gang attack four guilty of murder

October 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

Four members of a gang that left a 27-year-old man with more than 80 injuries in a machete attack have been convicted of murder. Christopher Lemonius died after being attacked by a gang that was […]

Boy stabbed to death near playground

January 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A boy has been stabbed to death in Oxford. The victim, believed to be aged 16 and from the Birmingham area, was found near a children’s playground in Friars Wharf, at about 19:55 GMT on […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]