A seventh person has been charged with murder in connection with an acid attack. Danny Cahalane suffered a serious assault involving acid at his home on Lipson Road, Plymouth, in February and died in hospital on 3 May. The 38-year-old was described by his family as an “outstanding father and son”. Jude Hill, 43, of...
A young Syrian national has been charged by German authorities with supporting a foreign terror group over a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last August. Mohamed A, who is described as a juvenile and still at liberty, is accused of following the ideology of jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and...
Champion jockey Oisin Murphy has been charged with drink driving and failing to co-operate with police after a car crash in April. The 29-year-old was arrested after a grey Mercedes A Class crashed into a tree in Hermitage, Berkshire. Thames Valley Police said he has been charged with one count of driving a motor vehicle...
BBC Fiona (left) took her case to the police 20 years ago and they were also told of Fee’s case Four women have told a BBC investigation they were sexually assaulted or raped by the same man in the 1980s and 90s. The alleged attacks took place in Dumfries over an 11-year period when the...
Metropolitan Police Jacky Jhaj is on the sex offenders register, and is currently in pretrial detention in France The British paedophile charged in connection with organising a “mock wedding” to a child in Disneyland Paris is Jacky Jhaj, who was found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in 2016, the BBC understands. Jhaj, 39,...
Seven people have been charged following a Palestine Action protest in central London on Monday where 13 were arrested. The charges include a racially aggravated public order offence, assaulting an emergency worker and breaching the Public Order Act, the Metropolitan Police said. A 31-year-old woman has also been cautioned for assaulting an emergency worker. Hundreds...
A British man has been charged in connection with organising the “mock wedding” of a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl in Disneyland Paris. French prosecutors said the 39-year-old man was a convicted sexual offender who is wanted in the UK. His name has not been made public. He was arrested when police were called to the amusement...
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to demand justice. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat filed a complaint, accusing the blogger of...
BBC A man has been charged with the murder of a woman stabbed after a gas explosion at her home in Stoke Newington, north-east London. Annabel Rook, 46 was found fatally injured just before 05:00 BST on 17 June. Clifton George, 44, of Dumont Road, was also charged with arson with intent to endanger life....
Seven men have been charged with grievous bodily harm after two people were allegedly assaulted outside the Iranian embassy during a protest. Officers had responded to reports of an altercation in Princes Gate in Knightsbridge, west London, shortly after 09:50 BST on Friday, the Metropolitan Police said. The officers intervened and additional police were deployed...
A Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been charged with rape. Sgt James Rawlinson, 36, was postal requisitioned over one charge of raping a woman aged 16 or over, said Devon and Cornwall Police. The force said it related to an alleged incident while he was off-duty in Exeter in August 2018. It said Sgt...
A 69-year-old-woman has been charged with murdering another woman who was found fatally stabbed in her home in Camden, north London, on 13 June. The Metropolitan Police has previously said 69-year-old Jennifer Abbott’s death may have been linked to a missing Rolex watch. Nancy Pexton, of Gloucester Place, Westminster is due to appear later at...
Two people have been charged over the shooting of a 15-year-old boy at a home in Cardiff. The incident, which left the boy with non-life-threatening injuries happened in Clos y Ffynnon, Pontprennau, at about 20:00 BST on 7 June. Ashley Corbin, 20, and a 17-year-old boy, both from Bristol, are due to appear at Cardiff...
Seven men from California have been charged in the “largest jewellery heist in US history”, involving the theft of $100m (£75m) worth of gold, gems, and luxury watches. The heist has been a mystery in California for nearly three years after a Brinks company truck transporting the jewellery was robbed at a remote stop as...
Former Premier League referee David Coote has been charged by the Football Association for comments made about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during a video that was leaked on social media. The 42-year-old was suspended on 11 November 2024 after a video showed him making derogatory comments about Klopp and Liverpool. Coote was sacked by the...