https://news.ketelle.co.uk/categories/crime Crime stories, told neutrally, with how each side covers them. en-gb https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/suspect-arrested-over-alleged-plot-to-attack-texas-capitol https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/suspect-arrested-over-alleged-plot-to-attack-texas-capitol Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:26 +0100 Crime Texas police arrested a suspect on Wednesday over an alleged attack on the Texas Capitol planned for 1 October. Few details have been released, and the investigation is continuing. (3 outlets: 1 left · 2 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/massachusetts-probe-finds-over-270-priests-sexually-abused-nearly-1000 https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/massachusetts-probe-finds-over-270-priests-sexually-abused-nearly-1000 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:21:42 +0100 Crime A Massachusetts attorney general report released on 30 September says more than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children in the Fall River, Springfield and Worcester dioceses. Most abuse predates 2002, and few prosecutions followed. (2 outlets: 0 left · 1 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/teenager-pleads-guilty-to-bestiality-charge-in-uk-court https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/teenager-pleads-guilty-to-bestiality-charge-in-uk-court Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:11:08 +0100 Crime Thomas Mikaelson, 19, admitted attempting to allow sexual penetration by a living animal at a Huddersfield-area farm in August 2025. Sentencing is set for 17 November. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/three-teenagers-killed-after-car-goes-into-river-wear-sunderland-boy-1 https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/three-teenagers-killed-after-car-goes-into-river-wear-sunderland-boy-1 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:52:13 +0100 Crime Three teenagers, students at Sunderland College, died on Tuesday 29 September when a black Audi A3 went into the River Wear; a 17-year-old who escaped was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Police have not said who was driving. (8 outlets: 2 left · 3 centre · 3 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/dutch-police-arrest-shinyhunters-suspect-accused-of-planning-murders https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/dutch-police-arrest-shinyhunters-suspect-accused-of-planning-murders Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:51:56 +0100 Crime Dutch police say they arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man on 15 September as a suspected ShinyHunters member and are separately investigating him over two murders abroad. The FBI calls him an alleged leader; the group denies any association. (12 outlets: 7 left · 3 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/nyt-games-engineering-director-shot-dead-in-dublin-california-in-laws- https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/nyt-games-engineering-director-shot-dead-in-dublin-california-in-laws- Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:51:20 +0100 Crime Jonathan McKinsey, 40, a New York Times games engineering executive, was shot dead in a Dublin, California, park parking lot on Saturday 26 September. His wife's parents, both 77, were arrested and charged with murder; police have given no motive. (12 outlets: 4 left · 3 centre · 5 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/south-carolina-mother-accused-of-stabbing-her-two-children https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/south-carolina-mother-accused-of-stabbing-her-two-children Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:47:24 +0100 Crime Taylor Gosnell, 35, is charged with two counts of attempted murder after her children, aged 6 and 3, were found with about 50 stab wounds between them in Spartanburg County. The 6-year-old may lose fingers or an arm. (2 outlets: 0 left · 0 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/fbi-seeks-california-firefighter-who-may-have-staged-death-while-facin https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/fbi-seeks-california-firefighter-who-may-have-staged-death-while-facin Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:51:31 +0100 Crime The FBI says the reported 2023 drowning of Charles Johnathen Harris, a firefighter charged with possessing child sexual abuse material, may have been staged. It is seeking him on a federal warrant. (4 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/tiktok-couple-arrested-for-arson-in-charleston-west-virginia https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/tiktok-couple-arrested-for-arson-in-charleston-west-virginia Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:40:28 +0100 Crime Dakota Harper, 21, and Felicity Eatmon, 22, who run a joint TikTok account, were arrested and charged with first-degree arson and conspiracy after a fire at an abandoned Charleston home that also damaged a nearby church. (2 outlets: 0 left · 1 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/judge-finds-woman-accused-of-shooting-at-rihanna-s-home-competent-for- https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/judge-finds-woman-accused-of-shooting-at-rihanna-s-home-competent-for- Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:20:55 +0100 Crime A Los Angeles judge ruled Ivanna Ortiz competent for trial on 29 September, and a grand jury indictment was unsealed the next day. She is accused of firing a rifle at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's home in March. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/elderly-couple-charged-with-murder-of-son-in-law-jonathan-mckinsey https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/elderly-couple-charged-with-murder-of-son-in-law-jonathan-mckinsey Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:20:40 +0100 Crime Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, are charged with murder over the 26 September shooting of Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in Dublin, California. Court records show competing abuse allegations in a bitter divorce and custody dispute. (2 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/miami-mother-arrested-for-allegedly-leaving-four-children-home-during- https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/miami-mother-arrested-for-allegedly-leaving-four-children-home-during- Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:03:09 +0100 Crime Nathalie Belizaire, 29, of North Miami Beach was arrested on four child neglect counts after allegedly leaving her four children alone during a three-day cruise. Her attorney denies the allegation, and a judge set bond at $10,000. (4 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/three-shot-at-virginia-workplace-suspected-coworker-gunman-at-large https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/three-shot-at-virginia-workplace-suspected-coworker-gunman-at-large Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:50:25 +0100 Crime Three people were critically wounded in a Wednesday morning shooting at a United Rentals site in Manassas, Virginia. Police are searching for a suspect believed to be a coworker. (3 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/teenage-e-bike-riders-seriously-injure-man-in-thornaby-teesside https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/teenage-e-bike-riders-seriously-injure-man-in-thornaby-teesside Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:30:40 +0100 Crime Two teenagers on Sur-Ron e-bikes hit a 46-year-old cyclist in Thornaby on 31 January, leaving him with life-changing injuries. Both pleaded guilty and were disqualified from driving; the outlets differ on the sentencing date and some details. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/detective-in-ethan-ives-griffiths-murder-case-admits-upskirting-offenc https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/detective-in-ethan-ives-griffiths-murder-case-admits-upskirting-offenc Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:30:26 +0100 Crime Former North Wales Police detective constable Lee Harshey-Jones, 45, pleaded guilty to voyeurism, perverting the course of justice and misuse of police powers. He will be sentenced on 19 November. (2 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/uae-intercepts-16-2kg-crystal-meth-smuggling-attempt https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/uae-intercepts-16-2kg-crystal-meth-smuggling-attempt Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:30:24 +0100 Crime UAE customs authorities said they stopped an attempt to smuggle 16.2kg of crystal methamphetamine concealed in a vehicle's tyre at a land border crossing. Both outlets relay the authority's account. (2 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/dublin-car-dealer-and-salesman-convicted-of-selling-written-off-cars https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/dublin-car-dealer-and-salesman-convicted-of-selling-written-off-cars Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:20:29 +0100 Crime Dealer Brian Healy and salesman Andrius Miliauskas pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to misleading buyers about written-off cars in a Competition and Consumer Protection Commission prosecution. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/jordan-burton-jailed-for-life-for-murder-of-daniel-allright-16-years-a https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/jordan-burton-jailed-for-life-for-murder-of-daniel-allright-16-years-a Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:40:28 +0100 Crime Jordan Burton, 33, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to life with a minimum of 10 years for murdering Daniel Allright, who died in 2022 of post-traumatic epilepsy after a 2006 assault in Lewisham. (2 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/baby-found-dead-in-dumpster-near-holmes-avenue-elementary-school-calif https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/baby-found-dead-in-dumpster-near-holmes-avenue-elementary-school-calif Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:48:26 +0100 Crime A 4-month-old girl was found dead in a dumpster on Alba Street, opposite Holmes Avenue Elementary School, on Monday night. Her 19-year-old mother was arrested Tuesday; cause of death and charges are pending. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/ex-nca-detective-paul-chowles-ordered-to-repay-1-8m-bitcoin-taken-from https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/ex-nca-detective-paul-chowles-ordered-to-repay-1-8m-bitcoin-taken-from Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:41:46 +0100 Crime A confiscation order requires former National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles, jailed for stealing Bitcoin seized from Silk Road 2.0 operator Thomas White, to repay about £1.8m. (2 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/abby-choi-murder-trial-opens-in-hong-kong https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/abby-choi-murder-trial-opens-in-hong-kong Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:31:46 +0100 Crime The trial of Abby Choi's ex-husband, his brother and their father opened in Hong Kong's High Court, where prosecutors said a dispute over selling a luxury flat drove the killing. All three deny murder; two admit preventing her lawful burial. (4 outlets: 0 left · 3 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/shooting-at-burke-high-school-in-omaha-leaves-one-injured https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/shooting-at-burke-high-school-in-omaha-leaves-one-injured Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:52:06 +0100 Crime A shooting at or near Burke High School in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday morning left one person with a non-life-threatening injury. Police say another person is detained and a firearm was recovered. (3 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/man-charged-after-met-police-officer-stabbed-in-london https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/man-charged-after-met-police-officer-stabbed-in-london Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:20:35 +0100 Crime A 56-year-old man has been charged with wounding with intent after a Metropolitan Police officer was stabbed in the leg during a raid on a suspected organised crime group. Two other men were also charged, and 18 people were arrested in total. (2 outlets: 0 left · 1 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/gardai-renew-appeal-on-36th-anniversary-of-dessie-fox-murder https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/gardai-renew-appeal-on-36th-anniversary-of-dessie-fox-murder Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:01:32 +0100 Crime Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information on the 1990 shooting of bookmaker Dessie Fox in Prosperous, Co Kildare, 36 years after his death. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/mark-duffy-disappearance-in-navan-upgraded-to-murder-investigation https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/mark-duffy-disappearance-in-navan-upgraded-to-murder-investigation Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:50:27 +0100 Crime Gardaí now believe Mark Duffy, a homeless man last seen in Navan, Co Meath, on 3 October 2022, was murdered. They have upgraded the missing persons inquiry. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/two-indian-citizens-indicted-over-counterfeit-ozempic-smuggling-scheme https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/two-indian-citizens-indicted-over-counterfeit-ozempic-smuggling-scheme Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:38:09 +0100 Crime The US Justice Department says two Indian nationals were indicted for allegedly smuggling counterfeit Ozempic from China and selling it to US distributors. One was extradited from Italy; the other is at large. (3 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/doj-charges-17-over-1-3m-social-security-fraud https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/doj-charges-17-over-1-3m-social-security-fraud Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:37:37 +0100 Crime The Justice Department announced charges against 17 people accused of stealing over $1.3 million in Social Security benefits. The best-known case is a Chicago woman accused of collecting benefits after hiding her dead mother's body in a freezer. (3 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/arizona-authorities-say-new-nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-is-not-legitimat https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/arizona-authorities-say-new-nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-is-not-legitimat Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:22:56 +0100 Crime The Pima County Sheriff's Department said on 29 September that a possible ransom text announced a day earlier was not credible. It warned of scammers and said the investigation remains active. (4 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/jury-reaches-verdict-in-caleb-flynn-murder-trial-in-ohio https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/jury-reaches-verdict-in-caleb-flynn-murder-trial-in-ohio Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:40:41 +0100 Crime An Ohio jury found Caleb Flynn, a former music pastor who appeared on American Idol in 2013, guilty on all nine counts over the February shooting of his wife Ashley. Prosecutors said he staged a break-in; the defence called the case circumstantial. (19 outlets: 9 left · 5 centre · 5 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/lindsay-clancy-lawyer-questions-evidence-after-mistrial https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/lindsay-clancy-lawyer-questions-evidence-after-mistrial Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:54:53 +0100 Crime At the first hearing since the Sept. 4 mistrial, Lindsay Clancy's lawyer argued prosecutors had not proved she killed her children, a shift from the trial defence. Prosecutors called it "laughable"; the judge put decisions off until Nov. 2. (10 outlets: 6 left · 0 centre · 4 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/woman-found-dead-below-alderney-cliffs-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-mu https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/woman-found-dead-below-alderney-cliffs-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-mu Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:00:41 +0100 Crime Hannah Benfield, 34, was found dead at the base of cliffs on Alderney on Monday 28 September. A 44-year-old man is in police custody on suspicion of murder, reportedly the island's first such arrest since the Second World War. (2 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/lindsay-clancy-new-trial-hearing https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/lindsay-clancy-new-trial-hearing Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:26:39 +0100 Crime At the first hearing since the 4 September mistrial, Lindsay Clancy's lawyer argued the evidence did not show she killed her three children and asked for the case to be dropped. Prosecutors called this "laughable". No ruling was made and a further hearing is set for 2 November. (4 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/kentucky-state-trooper-shot-dead-on-i-65-near-bowling-green https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/kentucky-state-trooper-shot-dead-on-i-65-near-bowling-green Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:25:22 +0100 Crime Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips was shot and killed on Interstate 65 in Warren County on Monday. Emonnie Branch, 51, who was on probation for fraud, was arrested in Louisville and denied bond on a murder charge. (4 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/investigators-review-new-possible-ransom-note-in-nancy-guthrie-case https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/investigators-review-new-possible-ransom-note-in-nancy-guthrie-case Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:23:51 +0100 Crime The Pima County Sheriff's Department and FBI task force say they are checking the credibility of a new possible ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie case. A law enforcement source told Fox News no new notes are being treated as credible, and a woman who says she received the demand says the video sent with it was AI-generated. (5 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 3 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/henry-nowak-s-killer-vickrum-digwa-granted-permission-to-appeal-senten https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/henry-nowak-s-killer-vickrum-digwa-granted-permission-to-appeal-senten Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:22:36 +0100 Crime Vickrum Digwa has been given permission to appeal the length of his life sentence for murdering Henry Nowak. The Court of Appeal will hear it on 5 November alongside the Attorney General's challenge that the sentence was too lenient. (5 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 3 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/graeme-dott-jailed-for-seven-years-for-child-sexual-abuse https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/graeme-dott-jailed-for-seven-years-for-child-sexual-abuse Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:08:18 +0100 Crime Graeme Dott, the 2006 snooker world champion, was sentenced to seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh after being convicted of abusing a girl and a boy. The judge cited a gross violation of trust and the hallmarks of grooming; Dott maintains his innocence. (2 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/93-year-old-woman-found-dead-at-toulouse-home-sudanese-man-34-arrested https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/93-year-old-woman-found-dead-at-toulouse-home-sudanese-man-34-arrested Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:11:09 +0100 Crime A disabled 93-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Toulouse on Sunday, and a 34-year-old Sudanese man was arrested at the address. Prosecutors are investigating murder preceded or followed by rape. (2 outlets: 0 left · 0 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/connecticut-man-sentenced-for-attempting-to-join-isis-in-syria https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/connecticut-man-sentenced-for-attempting-to-join-isis-in-syria Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:10:32 +0100 Crime Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced to 92 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS, the Justice Department said. (2 outlets: 0 left · 1 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/suspect-in-pittsburgh-pediatrician-killing-accused-of-earlier-sexual-a https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/suspect-in-pittsburgh-pediatrician-killing-accused-of-earlier-sexual-a Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:50:28 +0100 Crime Allegheny County police say Elijah Hemingway, already accused of fatally stabbing pediatrician Idris Evans, is now also charged with rape, sexual assault and robbery over an attack on a woman in Wilkinsburg hours before. (2 outlets: 0 left · 0 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/dublin-couple-accused-of-perjury-in-conor-mcgregor-appeal-sent-for-tri https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/dublin-couple-accused-of-perjury-in-conor-mcgregor-appeal-sent-for-tri Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:01:34 +0100 Crime Samantha O'Reilly and Steven Cummins, who swore affidavits for Conor McGregor's planned appeal in the Nikita Hand civil case, were charged with perjury and are to face trial on indictment. (3 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 1 right)