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A 19-year-old fugitive burglar and internet folk hero dubbed the “Barefoot Bandit” has been extradited back to the US, just hours after pleading guilty to illegally landing a plane on the Bahamas. Law enforcement officials […] […]

William Imona-Russel was in the witness box for about an hour before he confessed to killing Yasmin Ashareh. A few days before her death in July 2006, the 20-year-old woman had rented the bedroom across […] […]

PONTIAC, Mich. — A woman who pleaded guilty to having sex with the biological son she gave up for adoption and later tracked down on the Internet has been sentenced nine years to 30 years […] […]

Gunman Raoul Moat’s final moments remain a mystery, an inquest has heard. Although Moat was hit by police Tasers, it was unclear if officers fired before or after the father-of-three shot himself in the head, […] […]

ITALIAN police yesterday made more than 300 arrests in their largest operation for 15 years against the country’s most powerful mafia. About 3000 police made arrests in southern Calabria and in several parts of the […] […]

LOS ANGELES—From prosecutors in Los Angeles to justice officials in Washington, the Swiss decision to free Roman Polanski was described as a disappointment and to some, an injustice. The Swiss, for their part, described Polanski […] […]

The long arm of the law is failing to reach the most dangerous organised crime gangs, Britain’s most senior police officer warned. Sir Paul Stephenson said sophisticated gangsters of all kinds are using cutting edge […] […]

By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE I hope the Swiss are happy with themselves, they have allowed a man who plead guilty to having sex with a minor to get away with his crime. If an American […] […]

UNITED States authorities say they have not given up on their bid to extradite film director Roman Polanski over child sex charges. Switzerland has declared Polanski a free man after refusing a US request that […] […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A gunman opened fire at an Albuquerque fiber optics manufacturer on Monday, killing five people and wounding four others before turning the gun on himself in what police said was a domestic […] […]