robbery – World Justice News

“Priceless” objects stolen by thieves in daring heist at the Louvre museum in Paris

October 20, 2025 World Justice News 0

Police face “a race against time” to recover “priceless” objects stolen by thieves in a daring heist at the Louvre museum in Paris, Sky News has been told. The world-famous museum was forced to close […]

Woman, 85, shoots dead masked intruder while handcuffed to a chair in ‘heroic act of self-preservation’

April 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

An 85-year-old woman shot and killed a masked intruder who broke into her home and handcuffed her to a wooden chair – with a prosecutor calling it “one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation […]

French police nab first-class wig gang suspects

September 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

A suspected gang of thieves who allegedly stole items worth €300,000 (£260,000) from first-class passengers on French trains has been captured. It is thought they stole luggage from passengers after sitting beside them on high-speed […]

Brazil woman and psychic con mum out of $140m in art and cash

August 13, 2022 World Justice News 0

A woman in Brazil has been arrested on suspicion of using a psychic to swindle her mother out of more than $140m (£114m) in art, cash and jewellery. The alleged victim is reportedly the widow […]

Dudley double murder: Men stabbed at cannabis farm

February 20, 2020 World Justice News 0

A double murder investigation has been launched after two men were stabbed during a robbery at a cannabis factory. Witnesses reported windows of a house being broken and men running away carrying plants in Pensnett […]

Tamara Ecclestone: ‘£50m worth’ of jewellery stolen from heiress’

December 16, 2019 World Justice News 0

Thieves have reportedly stolen £50m worth of jewellery from the Kensington home of Tamara Ecclestone. The daughter of ex Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, was left “shaken and angry” after the robbery on Friday. According […]

Thieves take medals and gold from Stasi Museum in Berlin

December 2, 2019 World Justice News 0

Burglars have stolen communist-era medals and jewellery from the Stasi Museum in Berlin, housed in the former secret police headquarters. The break-in happened just six days after diamonds worth millions of euros were stolen from the […]

Michael Winner’s ex-lover jailed for robbing his widow

September 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

A former lover of film director Michael Winner has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years for a violent robbery against his widow. Geraldine Winner, now 81, was robbed of at least £100,000 worth of jewellery, art […]

Sweden royal jewels: Police ‘recover stolen treasures’

February 5, 2019 World Justice News 0

Sweden’s priceless royal treasures which were stolen last July may now have been recovered, police say. An online statement says police “are working intensively” to confirm the items are genuine. Thieves took two crowns and an […]

Hatton Garden jewellery raider Terry Perkins dies

February 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

One of the £14m Hatton Garden jewellery raiders, Terry Perkins, has died in prison aged 69. Perkins from Enfield, north London, was serving a jail term for the “largest burglary in English legal history”. One […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

Human Rights

The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]