New York police have filed a murder charge against the man suspected of assassinating healthcare executive Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, was arrested in a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Monday, ending a five-day manhunt. After Mr Thompson was shot in the early hours of Dec 4, the suspect was seen racing … Read more
The family of a Jaguar restoration expert whose death prompted a murder investigation have paid tribute to a “loving husband, father and grandfather”. John Brown, 82, died in hospital on November 29 following a report of an assault in his home in Bulkington, near Coventry, on November 23, Warwickshire Police said. Jakob Walpole, 32, has … Read more
A suspected flasher nicknamed the “Naked Carpenter” has been found guilty of trying to kill a police officer by stabbing him 23 times with a pair of scissors. Robert Jenner, 50, was convicted of the attempted murder of Kent police constable Sean Quinn after he stabbed him in the head, face and neck on June … Read more
Britain cannot solely fix its problems with a lack of prison places by just building more prisons, the Justice Secretary has said, amid warnings that existing jails are “little more than human warehouses”. Shabana Mahmood said she will publish a “realistic” plan later this week to build 14,000 spaces, but cautioned that “we simply cannot … Read more
A Chinese couple has agreed to hand over two luxury homes in Hampstead worth £7million which are suspected to have been acquired through “large-scale” fraud. Wenjun Tian and Jiangbo Hao will forfeit two luxury homes in the north London suburb, two blocks of student accommodation in Coventry and cash found in several bank accounts as … Read more
A prolific sex offender from Northern Ireland, who posed as a teenage boy on Snapchat and Instagram to trap his child victims, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. David John Andrews, 55, was told at Downpatrick Crown Court that he would serve a minimum of 13 and a half years, after which parole … Read more
Schoolgirl Elianne Andam used her hand to try to defend herself after she was stabbed by her friend’s ex-boyfriend in a row over a teddy bear, the Old Bailey has heard. The 15-year-old was attacked by Hassan Sentamu during a meeting outside the Whitgift shopping centre, and died at the scene despite desperate attempts to … Read more
Luigi Mangione, a suspect named in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was valedictorian of the Gilman School in Baltimore in 2016, resurfaced video shows. Mr Thompson was shot dead on 4 December outside a Manhattan hotel, which prompted a huge search for the suspect who eluded police for nearly a week. … Read more
An 80-year-old man has died after an argument over a parking spot outside a Texas grocery store turned violent, according to authorities. Earl Hollins, an 80-year-old military veteran, and Anthony Ray Boyce, 57, had both gone to a Food Town grocery store in north Harris County, Houston, on Friday afternoon, according to court documents seen … Read more
Between 1988 and 1990, the Broward county sheriff’s office (BSO) in Florida manufactured and sold crack cocaine as part of a controversial sting operation to arrest people for purchasing the illegal drug. Many of those who are arrested for purchasing the BSO-made drugs were given lengthy prison sentences. The Florida supreme court declared the operation … Read more