Investigators believe the person who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel earlier this week “could possibly be a disgruntled employee or a disgruntled client,” according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. “This isn’t ‘Blue Bloods,’” Kenny said at a press conference on Friday, referring to a popular TV show … Read more
The gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday is believed to have traveled to New York City on a Greyhound bus 10 days before the killing as the manhunt for the suspected shooter enters its fourth day. Thompson, 50, a father of two, was shot at point-blank range near the New York … Read more
Police have lost the trust of the public because of their “unacceptable” failure to get the basics right, says their watchdog. Andy Cooke, Chief HM Inspector of Constabulary, said it was increasingly normal for the public to feel the police did not listen to them, did not take them seriously and would not to get to … Read more
A son of Mohamed Al Fayed has said the former Harrods boss should have been prosecuted for his alleged sexual abuse of dozens of women and girls as if he were “a Nazi general”. Omar Al Fayed, the youngest of the businessman’s five children, told The Mail on Sunday he wished investigations by the Metropolitan … Read more
Police divers were seen searching a lake inside Central Park close to where the New York assassin’s backpack was found. Two specialists plunged into the water just after 2pm on Saturday as detectives focused their investigation on a specific area of the city’s famous park. An NYPD officer told The Telegraph the backpack was found … Read more
Images of arrested people who were innocent of any crimes are still being stored in a police database that may be used for facial recognition purposes, an official report has warned. In 2012, the high court ruled that keeping the images of people who faced no action or who were charged and then acquitted was … Read more
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not know how many rape cases have collapsed after defence claims of “sexsomnia” despite fears the rare medical condition is being exploited. The prosecutions agency for England and Wales has previously pledged to “robustly challenge” sexsomnia claims after a string of high-profile cases where sexual offence suspects were acquitted … Read more