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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 9, 2022
ENCROCHAT: Man charged with gun & coke conspiracy cleared after jury hears evidence 'is unreliable'
AN alleged EncroChat user charged with a firearms and cocaine conspiracy was cleared by a jury. Louis Langfield, 23, of Renshaw Street,...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 27, 2022
SHOT AND COVERED IN ACID: Body found in Wigan street identified as that of Liam Smith, 38
THE body of a man who was shot and covered in acid has been identified as that of Liam Smith, 38. At around 7pm on Thursday 24 November...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 25, 2022
ENCROCHAT: Man tried to sell firearms through encrypted messaging system
A MAN from Biddenden has been jailed for more than eleven years following attempts to sell prohibited firearms and ammunition through the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 25, 2022
JAILED: The killers who got the wrong man who was shot dead by busy kids' playground
A GROUP of men have been jailed for fatally shooting a young man in broad daylight near a children’s playground in revenge for a robbery...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2022
Man who shot love rival in legs on his doorstep gets whopping 28-year prison sentence
A JUDGE has commended two Met detectives for their 'painstaking and thorough' investigation that led to a conviction of a man for...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2022
Man accidentally shot friend with sub-machine gun before dumping his body at side of road
A MAN has been convicted of manslaughter after accidentally discharging a firearm and killing one of his associates before dumping his...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 16, 2022
Gang who did old school cash-in-transit armed robberies jailed after Flying Squad probe
An organised crime group who stole more than £400,000 in a series of armed robberies across London and England have been jailed,...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 1, 2022
Man found with firearms and stash of class A drugs gets more than seven years in prison
A MAN has been jailed for more than seven years after officers seized a firearm and large quantities of Class A drugs. Saeed Ali, 23, of...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 31, 2022
Woman, 53, shot dead in home before man stabbed to death - the two latest murders in Merseyside
A 53-year-old woman was shot dead in the chest in her own home. She has been named locally as Jackie Rutter, 53, after the attack at...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 31, 2022
Deliveroo driver killed after being struck by car driven by drill rapper who was then shot dead
A CAR apparently being pursued by another vehicle crashed into a Deliveroo driver, killing him, before the drill rapper driver was shot...
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