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Tracking calls, texts and emails is vital to fighting crime, says DPP

19.11.09

New powers to track the email, text message, phone and computer activity of every citizen are 'vital' for law enforcement, Britain's top prosecutor warns... more

Email snooping powers to win go-ahead despite abuse warnings

09.11.09

Ministers vow to press ahead with new powers to retain the email, text message, computer and phone records of every citizen despite warnings that the safeguards against abuse are inadequate... more

Girl led boy to 'merciless' gang murder

04.09.09

Teenage girl who acted as a 'honeytrap' to lure a smitten 16-year-old to his death at the hands of a love rival is to be sentenced... more

Police 'should have held honeytrap killers before'

13.07.09

Two youths involved in the "honey-trap" murder of a teenager should have been arrested months earlier for a previous stabbing... more

Girl, 16, murdered boyfriend by luring him into gang ambush

08.07.09

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Guilty: 'Animals' who killed Ben Kinsella

11.06.09

Three knife-wielding thugs who stabbed 16-year-old Ben Kinsella to death in a row over "respect" have been convicted of his murder... more

‘I phoned son minutes before honeytrap killing’

23.04.09

The mother of stabbed schoolboy Shakilus Townsend told the Old Bailey how she rang her son on his mobile phone minutes before he was killed in a honeytrap... more

‘Two-timing girl lured her boyfriend to be killed by rival’

20.04.09

A teenager was lured to his death in a honey trap by his 15-year-old girlfriend, the Old Bailey heard... more

Family release first picture of son stabbed to death in bedsit

16.07.08

This is the first picture of the latest teenager to be killed in London... more

Girl, 15, on 'honeytrap' murder charge

10.07.08

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with the murder of a south London teenager after he was allegedly lured to his death in a "honeytrap"... more

200 arrests over four days as Met targets knives

09.07.08

More than 200 people have been arrested over four days in an unprecedented Met crackdown on knife crime in London... more

'Former girlfriend was used to lure Shakilus to death at hands of gang'

07.07.08

A teenage girl allegedly used to lure a teenager to his death as part of a " honeytrap" was the victim's former girlfriend, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Another knife victim: Stabbed 16-year-old dies after begging for his mother

04.07.08

The latest teenage victim of London's knife crime crisis was chased like an animal and left pleading for his mother as he lay dying in the street... more

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