A self-proclaimed Nazi carrying a six-inch knife, who planned to carry out an attack on a solicitor at a law firm, was disarmed by a receptionist. Cavan Medlock, 32, of Austen Road, Harrow, was found to have committed the act of making a threat to kill and the preparation of terrorist acts. The court heard … Read more
Who is Luigi Mangione? UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect charged with murder A 26-year-old, Luigi Mangione, has been arrested after a manhunt lasting several days following the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. The killer, who was wearing a mask, approached Mr Thompson outside a Hilton in Midtown New York and opened fire several times, … Read more
An asylum seeker convicted of manslaughter after four migrants died as he steered a boat across the English Channel has lost his bid to challenge his convictions and sentence. Ibrahima Bah was sentenced to nine and a half years’ detention after the deaths as he piloted the “unseaworthy” boat between France and the UK on … Read more
Luigi Mangione allegedly considered using a bomb in Manhattan in an murder plot against the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, he reportedly scribed in his notebook. A so-called “to-do list” was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned along with the shooting suspect’s 262-page manifesto, a ghost gun and false ID cards upon his arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania … Read more
People will “have to accept” a new prison being built in their neighbourhood, says Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood given the scale of the jail crisis. She also signalled that punishments for offenders, such as home curfew, could be increasingly used to stop so many of them going to prison. Fewer criminal cases are also set … Read more
A Croydon man has been fined over £800 after dropping a cigarette butt in public. The resident of New Addington was in court after failing to pay a fine for littering in Bromley town centre. Court documents stated Carl Smith dropped a cigarette butt in Market Square, Bromley, on May 23 this year. The resident … Read more
Prisons will run out space within three years despite multi-billion pound plans to create an extra 14,000 places, the Justice Secretary has admitted. Shabana Mahmood said that “building alone is not enough” to deal with the chronic shortage of prison spaces and the increasing number of criminals being held in jails. She published a 10-year … Read more
A dedicated police squad has arrested 93 members of organised shoplifting gangs amid an explosion in retail thefts. Operation Pegasus has “impacted 28 organised crime groups and high-harm individuals” responsible for more than £4 million in losses to businesses, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said. Among those arrested were three brazen shoplifters from west … Read more
South Korea’s former defence minister Kim Yong Hyun, who has been arrested for his role in the president’s botched attempt to impose martial law, attempted to kill himself in custody, officials from the correctional service told parliament. Members of the National Assembly were informed of Mr Kim’s suicide bid as police raided the presidential office … Read more
In 2016, Luigi Mangione took to the stage to deliver his high school valedictorian speech. “The world needs thinkers, leaders, and doers,” he told his classmates at the $40,000-a-year Gilman School in Baltimore. “Let’s be all three.” He received a standing ovation. Now, less than a decade later, Mr Mangione has been charged as a … Read more