Month: May 2010

Gangster Curtis Warren, thought to be one of Britain’s richest criminals, has lost his appeal against a conviction for plotting to smuggle £1 million worth of cannabis, court officials said. Liverpool-born Warren, 46, started a […] […]

Three people were killed in Athens today when protesters fire-bombed a bank during violent clashes with police over government spending cuts. Two women and one man, all bank workers, died in the blaze after a […] […]

A family of Bulgarian pickpockets who stole more than £100,000 from Tube and bus passengers across London are set to be sent home at taxpayers’ expense to spend their profits. Nicolay Filipov led the gang, […] […]

Smash-and-grab raiders got away with jewellery worth hundreds of thousands of pounds when they struck at the Westfield shopping centre today. A gang of at least 10 men in balaclavas stormed the complex at Shepherd’s […] […]

THE St Andrew Central Police are now probing the murder of 27-year-old auditor Dennis Hamilton, who was killed at his home in Kintyre, St Andrew, early yesterday morning. THE STAR learnt that Hamilton was part […] […]

Three men in their 20s were denied bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday following allegations that they were involved in stealing a cellular phone and cash from two women. The men, identified […] […]

Two brothers who tortured two young boys during a prolonged attack have lost a Court of Appeal challenge against their sentences. The brothers, aged 10 and 11 at the time of the 2009 attack, were […] […]

Those killed have been identified as Damion ‘Scallawa’ Dawes, 27, and 21-year-old Ricardo Butler, otherwise called ‘Popeye’ of Irish Pen, St Catherine. Reports are that about 10 a.m., a police party was on patrol in […] […]

The artiste, widely known for his graffiti in the Corporate Area, says that he will be taking time away from the bedroom to pursue his career on a more serious level. Lewis claims that he […] […]