November 2008 - Crime in the news

• Motorcycle gang members to be sentenced for murder

  Seven members of a motorcycle gang 'The Outlaws' who were convicted of murdering a Hells Angel who was shot in the head on the M40 in Warwickshire will be sentenced later. [28 November 2008]

• Double murder investigation

  A double murder investigation has been launched after a young man discovered the bodies of his parents stabbed to death at their London home. [28 November 2008]

• Two more arrests over Derby teenager's death

  Police have made two more arrests in connection with the murder of Derby teenager Kadeem Blackwood. [28 November 2008]

• Man denies plotting kidnap

  A man accused of kidnapping Shannon Matthews has denied being part of a family plot to benefit from the £50,000 reward for the child's return. [27 November 2008]

• Individuals arrested for ticket scam

  Five people accused of an online ticket scam, have been arrested by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). [27 November 2008]

• Request to find gun

  A search for the gun used to kill a Derby teenager is under way. [27 November 2008]

• German man charged with murder

  A German man has been charged with the murder of a Nottingham student. [26 November 2008]

• Review over daughters' rape

  An independent review is to investigate the contact agencies had with the victims of a man who raped his two daughters over a period of years. [26 November 2008]

• Court hears youth murder charge

  A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of a 28-year-old man in south east London. [26 November 2008]

• Moves to reclaim money from canoeist's wife

  Legal moves are to begin to reclaim money illegally claimed by the wife of a back-from-the-dead canoeist are due to begin. [25 November 2008]

• British boxer arrested over drugs

  British Olympic boxer Bradley Saunders has been questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine. [25 November 2008]

• New laws to prevent forced marriages

  New laws to prevent forced marriages and protect current victims have been introduced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. [25 November 2008]

• Juror axed after using Facebook poll on trial

  A female juror was kicked off a trial after using Facebook to ask friends if they thought the defendants were guilty.[24 November 2008]

• Police Officer attacked by gang

  A gang of four, including a girl of 15, attacked a senior police officer in Surrey and hit with a brick while out with his wife and son. [24 November 2008]

• Websites investigated over Baby P

  Detectives are investigating an internet hate campaign which has breached an order to protect the identity of those convicted in the Baby P case. [21 November 2008]

• Man arrested over student murder

  A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Qatari student who died after an incident in Sussex. [21 November 2008]

• Drug drivers face crackdown

  People who drive after taking illegal drugs could be banned for a year and fined up to £5,000. [21 November 2008]

• 13-year-old gang member caught with gun

  A 13-year-old boy was found with a handgun and ammunition in a sock, a court was told on Wednesday. [20 November 2008]

• Child abuse man jailed

  A Scottish charity worker who ran a home for orphans in Albania has been jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of sexually abusing children. [20 November 2008]

• Half of violent crimes unsolved

  Fewer than half of violent crimes recorded in England and Wales last year were solved by the police. [18 November 2008]

• Violent crime victims hampered by red tape

  Victims of violent crime are being prevented from claiming compensation because of excessive bureaucracy and complex forms. [20 November 2008]

• Changes urgently needed at prison

  The prisons inspector has called for 'urgent' changes to be made at Wormwood Scrubs prison in Hammersmith, west London. [18 November 2008]

• Banker accused of strangling wife

  A City banker has appeared in court accused of strangling his wife to death. [18 November 2008]

• Identities sold for 80 pounds

  Online fraudsters sell financial identities for just £80, according to the online safety group Get Safe Online. [17 November 2008]

• Shannon Matthews case

  Karen Matthews, the mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, was a "Jekyll and Hyde" character during the 24-day search for her daughter, Leeds Crown Court heard. [14 November 2008]

• Man jailed for five and half years for manslaughter

  Sukhdev Singh, 27, of Shawbury has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after being convicted of beating two men to death in a flat above a Shropshire chip shop. [14 November 2008]

• Hannah accused denies murder

  Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, 41, the man accused of murdering 17-year-old Hannah Foster, has told a jury he was kidnapped, bound and blindfolded and forced to have sex with her. [14 November 2008]

• Women arrested for baby and toddler's deaths

  In Greater Manchester, two boys, a three-month-old and a three year old, have been found dead at an individual's property. [13 November 2008]

• Police ask witnesses to help

  After the murder of a 20-year-old university student in Dorset, Police investigating have urged five potential witnesses to contact them. [13 November 2008]

• Street attack leaves woman in hospital

  After a brutal street attack in Inverclyde, a woman is in a stable condition in hospital after being stabbed. [13 November 2008]

• Appeal for information

  After being shot in the chest on a Derby street, a 15-year-old boy is left dead at the scene. [12 November 2008]

• Jersey home liberated of abuse accusations

  A former children's home in Jersey was under investigation by detectives over alleged cases of historical child abuse, but found that no children were murdered there. [12 November 2008]

• Model's murderer charged

  A man has been charged with the murder of teenage model, Amy Leigh Barnes. [12 November 2008]

• Nine youths face jail for gang rape

  Nine youths face jail for the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl. [11 November 2008]

• Three charged for teenager's murder

  Three men have been charged with the murder of a teenager in east London. [11 November 2008]

• Man arrested after fatal crash

  Following the death of a mother-of-two in car crash in Exminster, a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. [11 November 2008]

• Alcoholism strains resources

  Reckless drinking is placing a heavy burden on police time and pub happy hours should be banned, according to the Home Affairs select committee. [10 November 2008]

• Man arrested over woman's stab murder

  A man is being held on suspicion of murder after a model was stabbed to death in her Greater Manchester home. [10 November 2008]

• Cocaine seized from yacht

  Cocaine worth an estimated £406million has been seized by authorities 200 miles off the southwest coast of Ireland. [7 November 2008]

• British teenager's murder investigation commences

  Police in New Zealand have started a murder investigation into a British teenager whose body was found in a stream. [5 November 2008]

• Youth hurt in shooting

  A 17-year-old has been seriously injured in a shooting in Liverpool. [5 November 2008]

• Businesses fear hi-tech crime

  UK companies think that the police and government are not doing enough to tackle hi-tech crime, according to a report by the Corporate IT Forum. [3 November 2008]

• Teenagers appear in anti-knife crime drive

  Young people's faces will appear on billboards across England and Wales as part of a government campaign against knife crime. [3 November 2008]

• Car crash killer stabbed to death

  A driver who killed two friends in a car crash has been stabbed to death in a suspected revenge attack, after he was released from prison. [3 November 2008]