Police chiefs have insisted that pet thieves who terrorise families will be punished by a law which lets officers “get on with the job”. Tory MP Anna Firth’s Pet Abduction Bill would make forces take the issue more seriously and ensure harsher
British Judges have been told to consider handing out more lenient sentences for convicted offenders from “deprived” or “difficult” backgrounds. The Sentencing Council, the official body charged with setting guidelines for judges and magistrates, has identified “mitigating” factors for the first time.
Nearly 161 prison staff have been arrested since 2020 on suspicion of supplying drugs in jails, the Express can reveal. Forty seven arrests were made for supplying drugs in prisons in 2023, compared to 37 the previous year and 43 in 2021
Matthew Scott And Martin Round (Image: KENTLIVE) A once peaceful village in Kent has been nicknamed the ‘Wild West’ due to a recent surge in crime and anti-social behaviour. One local, a man in his early 60s, shares a story about a
Russia has changed the rules allowing its prisoners to fight in Ukraine to beef up its army. For several months, even people convicted of a violent crime who signed up to fight in the war were granted a pardon and freedom after
Corrupt French taxi drivers are being recruited by organised crime gangs to ferry small boat migrants to the sea to avoid being caught. People smugglers are giving taxi drivers a cut of the profits to ferry them to the coast – often
Ministry of Justice officials have revealed that thousands of crimes – including serious offences such as murder, manslaughter, rape, child sex offences and burglaries – were carried out by people who had been released on bail. In the last five years there
They have been using facial recognition technology to match people in photographs and live CCTV footage with the Police National Database. The technology was used in last month’s Arsenal v Tottenham football match, where police discovered three suspects, including one wanted for
As more pharmacies close across the U.S., a growing number of people are going online for their prescription medications — but some experts are warning that fake pills pose a very real risk. Earlier this month, Rite Aid declared bankruptcy and announced
Alex Chalk has insisted the Government is not going soft on low-level criminals like shoplifters (Image: Getty) Sentences of less than a year are likely to be suspended and offenders given community service instead. Mr Chalk announced yesterday some less serious convicts