Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Met Police Louis Ahearne (left) and Stewart Ahearne (right) were sentenced for the museum heist last January. Although Daniel Kelly (centre) has not been charged or convicted by Swiss authorities, the Old Bailey heard it was accepted he had taken part in the raid A gang of thieves from London who...
Burkina Faso’s military government has said it foiled a “major plot” to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the coup attempt was led by current and former soldiers working with “terrorist leaders”. The intention was to attack the...
A high school student from Wisconsin killed his parents as part of a larger plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump, the FBI has said. Nikita Casap, 17, has been charged with the killing of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and his stepfather Donald Mayer, 51, who were found dead at their home on 28...
Libyan authorities have accused aid groups of plotting to change the country’s ethnic make-up by encouraging African migrants to stay there, and has ordered them to close their offices. Ten groups have been singled out – including Doctors Without Borders, the UN refugee agency, and Norwegian Refugee Council. “This plan to settle migrants of African...
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London Met Police The iPad Mini was found buried one inch under the sand of the River Thames and linked to a near fatal shooting five-and-a-half years earlier A Ming vase stolen from a Swiss museum. A shooting at a comedian’s house in Woodford, east London. The robbery of a luxury...