Category: victims

In a damning report, the HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) Andy Cooke urged forces to get “back to basics” and properly investigate crimes that “compromise people’s feelings of safety…

The prosecution has rested its case in the penalty phase of the trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Cruz faces life imprisonment or the death penalty for 17 counts…

The mother of a six-year-old boy murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has testified in the Alex Jones defamation case, and spoke directly to the right-wing Infowars host…

A community is reeling after a nine-year-old died of suspected stab wounds in Lincolnshire. Two people were nicked on Friday over the death of Lilia Valutyte, after a “profoundly shocking”…

A compensation payment of no less than £100,000 should be paid to all infected blood victims and bereaved partners across Britain, the chairman of the inquiry into the scandal has…

More than 4,000 surviving victims of the contaminated blood scandal should each receive no less than £100,000 “without delay”, a judge has said. Sir Brian Langstaff, the chair of the…

The governor of Alabama has decided to go ahead and plan for the execution of a man who killed his girlfriend decades ago, despite the victim’s family’s wishes to spare…

Far-right US Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene was among 20 Republicans in the US House of Representatives to vote against a bill that reauthorises federal programmes to combat human trafficking. The…

Human remains found at a burnt out mill in Oldham indicate there were at least two victims of the fire, Pigs have said. Specialist officers began searching Bismark House Mill…

The Big City’s mayor has demanded the government urgently address the “severe” court backlog as he warned services to help rape and sexual assault victims are “stretched to breaking point”.…