When detectives opened her diamante-studded white shoulder bag and found it stuffed with more than £1,000, the suspect — code-named Breaststroke — claimed she’d been lucky at the casino.
Police blitz 16 cocaine and heroin dealers in Soho after undercover operation
Undercover police have swooped on Soho’s most wanted drug dealers in a pre-Olympics blitz on the street trade in heroin and crack cocaine.
Barry George, wrongly convicted of Jill Dando murder, in fight for compensation
The man, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of the TV presenter Jill Dando, is to fight a test case for compensation.
Eight arrested in west London Mozart Estate dawn swoop to smash gangs’ violent drug war
Police swooped in on suspected gang members engaged in a violent tit-for-tat drugs war.
'Not from the same species': North London park stalker Ali Koc was raging after having benefit cut off
Juror weeps as victim's son brands killer "not same species as rest of humanity"
2012-05-18 12:26:13.0
‘He said he had a child on way, but killers shot him’ says partner of murdered Devon Scarlett
A young mother today condemned the “petty” murder of her partner by a stranger after a row at a fast food restaurant.
2012-05-18 09:47:57.0
North London optician and butcher accused of trafficking woman
Six people have been charged with crimes including raping, assaulting and threatening to kill an Indian woman allegedly trafficked into Britain.
2012-05-18 09:30:53.0
Masseur ‘in sex assault on two lawyers’
A masseur sexually assaulted two friends within minutes of each other after they booked treatments through a health and beauty discount website, a court heard today.
2012-05-17 15:22:39.0
New hub lets police monitor CCTV ‘within seconds’ of a crime
Police could track crimes as they happen with a giant new CCTV network unveiled today.
2012-05-17 13:30:39.0
Pensioner, 77, breaks nose of burglar who tried to force his way into his home (but he was a former sparring partner of the Krays)
Two teenage burglars picked on the wrong man when they tried to break into 77-year-old Michael Mather’s house.
2012-05-17 12:01:03.0
Stolen one-ton dragon found in police raid on scrapyard
A one-ton bronze dragon stolen from a garden by metal thieves has been recovered in a police raid on a scrap-yard.
2012-05-17 08:30:53.0
Mother of children killed in Nappy Valley tragedy stays in hospital as inquest is told her babies were suffocated
Two babies allegedly murdered by their mother in south London’s “Nappy Valley” were suffocated, an inquest heard today.
2012-05-17 08:25:36.0
Teenager facing life in jail for killing student who stood up to him for throwing conkers
A 15-year-old boy today faces a life term for stabbing to death an architecture student in a confrontation about throwing conkers in the street.
2012-05-16 16:36:36.0
Wrongly convicted of murder: Sam Hallam, 24, released after seven years in prison
A kitchen fitter wrongly jailed for life for murder in 2005 because of the failures of the police and prosecution will be dramatically released this afternoon.
2012-05-16 15:00:16.0
Sadistic park killer bludgeoned pensioners to death in random attacks in Alexandra Park and Queen's Wood
Killer wore scull and crossbones gloves and beat elderly men to death in month of violence
2012-05-16 14:38:16.0
Global money laundering ring smashed in London
Police today arrested a suspected leading member of a £150,000-a-day money laundering ring during a series of raids across London.
2012-05-16 12:26:17.0
Chef murder on Clerkenwell estate: case review to begin today
A man found guilty of murder in 2005 will have his case reviewed by leading judges today.
2012-05-16 08:55:45.0
Fatal flaws that led to carnage at gates of Tottenham school
Knife-wielding schizophrenic jailed for 20 years
2012-05-16 08:28:48.0
Tax official arrested in probe into bribery by journalists
An employee of HM Revenue and Customs was arrested today by police investigating illegal payments to public officials.
2012-05-15 12:30:43.0
Stars come out to celebrate women in film in Cannes
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Action needed now on Romanian beggars who are turning Park Lane into an eyesore
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Baroness Warsi: Some Pakistani men think young white girls are "fair game" for sex abuse
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'Death threat' at London 2012 Olympics borough council meeting
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British banks hit by crisis as Spanish savers withdraw cash in euro crisis
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Public enemies: why Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton's favourite nightclub has closed
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London's latest Banksy: graffiti artist's new work gets protection
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Video: Random act of kindness cyclist says he could not stand by and watch homeless man rummage through bin for food
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