A former BBC journalist has been jailed for eight years after paying money to watch livestreams of children being sexually abused in the Philippines. Duncan Bartlett, 52, was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court in north London after pleading guilty to 35 offences in August. The Metropolitan Police said he was first arrested in September … Read more
An Arizona man has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison after being convicted of choking his ex-roommate to death and using an ax to dismember her remains. Timothy Sullivan, 66, received 31 years and six months behind bars for the murder of Amy “Ruby” Leagans, 49, in 2020. He pleaded guilty to … Read more
Germany will close a legal loophole that has allowed the country to become a hub for Channel migrant boats. Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, signed a landmark deal with Berlin on Monday under which it agreed to introduce a law that will criminalise facilitating the smuggling of migrants to Britain. Such activities are not currently … Read more
Germany has pledged to tighten its law to make it easier to prosecute people-smugglers enabling small-boat crossings to Britain, as the two countries signed a new deal aimed at tackling immigration crime. Berlin confirmed plans to reform its legal framework make it a clear criminal offence to “facilitate the smuggling of migrants to the UK” … Read more
Germany has vowed to strengthen its laws to make it easy to prosecute people-smugglers enabling small-boat crossings to Britain, with the two nations signing a new agreement targeting immigration crime. Berlin confirmed plans to reform its legal framework make it a clear criminal offence to “facilitate the smuggling of migrants to the UK” as part … Read more
Father Thaddeus Kotik.Photograph: WALES NEWS SERVICE A monk was able to abuse children for four decades on an island off the Welsh coast despite operating in “plain sight” and his victims’ repeated complaints, an independent review has concluded. Father Thaddeus Kotik groomed, raped and sexually assaulted boys and girls on Caldey Island, which is home … Read more
Criminals are being allowed to work from home to complete their community sentences, The Telegraph can reveal. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures obtained through Freedom of Information (FoI) requests show that offenders ordered by the courts to complete community payback carried out more than 540,000 hours of online courses last year. This accounted for up to … Read more
Luigi Mangione studied computer science at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the most prestigious universities in America The suspect being questioned in connection with the murder of American insurance boss Brian Thompson was an Ivy League student who thought the Unabomber was an “extreme political revolutionary”. Luigi Mangione, 26, was reading in McDonald’s in Altoona, … Read more
Chilling CCTV footage reveals the moment that Elianne Andam’s killer runs towards her just moments before stabbing her to death. Hassan Sentamu, 18, is accused of murdering 15-year-old Elianne outside a Croydon shopping centre by stabbing her in the neck. The defendant, who was studying sports science at Croydon College, has admitted manslaughter but denied … Read more
A former human rights lawyer due to be sentenced for fraud charges linked to claims made against Iraq War veterans has been branded a liar who “duped the legal establishment glitterati into thinking he was on some kind of crusade” by a former soldier. Phil Shiner, who was the principal solicitor of the law firm … Read more