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Thread 'UK - West London - Girl, 8 and man seriously injured in shooting (24 Nov '24)'

Nov 25, 2024

An eight-year-old girl and a man have been seriously injured in a shooting, the Met Police has said.

The pair were taken to hospital following the shooting on Southern Row in Ladbroke Grove at about 17:30 GMT on Sunday.

The girl is in a stable condition with non life-threatening injuries. The condition of the man, 34, is unknown, while a 32-year-old woman was also taken to hospital as a precaution.

Man arrested after eight-year-old girl shot in Ladbroke Grove

A girl is undergoing surgery and a man, 34, has been left with potentially life-changing injuries.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Thread 'UK - Wendy Buckney, 71, murdered Clydach, Swansea, Aug 2022'

Nov 26, 2024

Mr Whitelock, defending himself, admits manslaughter of Ms Buckney in August 2022 on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but denies murder.

He walked out of the witness box at Swansea Crown Court when quizzed about his killing two men in 2000, including his own brother.

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He told the court: "Twenty-odd years ago I killed someone in a fight.

"People go on about a history of violence, I have no history of violence apart from that. I served a long sentence and kept my head down.

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On walking out of the witness box he told the judge, Mr Justice Griffiths: "I...

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Thread 'UK- Retired police dog, Bear, 12, on first walk since major surgery, rescues vulnerable missing man in East Sussex, 2024'

Dec 2, 2024

2 December 2024

Retired police dog on first walk since major surgery rescues missing man in East Sussex

The dog, who turned 12 on the day of the discovery, immediately "went into work mode" after sensing the lost individual and "started indicating towards an area of dense undergrowth".

news.sky.com

''The dog, who turned 12 on the day of the discovery, immediately "went into work mode" after sensing the lost individual and "started indicating towards an area of dense undergrowth," Ms Pope said.

"[He] then dragged us to it, where he located and alerted us to a vulnerable man.

"The man was confused, wet, cold and had fallen over, and was unable to get up unaided. I'm not sure he would have survived the night as it was extremely...

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https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...r-1-on-pencerrig-street-in-pontypridd.730766/

 

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UK Thread 'Joesph Bellamy, 18, last seen in Caldicot,Wales on bike'

Dec 4, 2024

We’re appealing for information to find Joseph Bellamy, 18, who is missing.

ℹ Joseph was last seen leaving his home address in Caldicot between midnight and 1am on Tuesday 3 December.

He was later captured on CCTV cycling on a red pushbike towards the M48 bridge.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call us on 101 or send us a direct message on social media, quoting log reference 2400400170.

We’re also asking any motorists who were in the area, or travelling across the bridge, between 12.30am and 1.30am to check their dashcam footage...

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UK Thread 'UK- S. Wales, Rheola Forest, 'Glamorgan Man', 40-60, 5'8''-10'', stocky, knee fused, poss. S. African visitor, bible w. name, D MALAN, 9/12/79.'

Dec 12, 2024

Dec 10 2024

Glamorgan Man: Handwriting and money among clues to identity of man found dead in woods 45 years ago

The remains of the man were found in south Wales on 9 December 1979. Now a new international effort to identify him has been launched.

news.sky.com

''Skeletal remains, referred to as Glamorgan Man, were found in the remote Rheola Forest near Resolven in Neath Port Talbot, south Wales, on 9 December 1979
''The man was aged between 40 and 60 years old, according to the new appeal. He was of a stocky build and between 5ft 8 inches and 5ft 10 inches tall.''

He is likely to have walked with a heavy limp as his right knee was fused when his remains were discovered. He may also have worn...

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UK Thread 'UK- Farley Mount Rapist, committed 5 rapes & assaults on young couples in their cars @ beauty spots, Hampshire, Jan., 1991- May 1998, *New initiative*'

Dec 22, 2024

How Farley Mount rapist cheated justice

EARLIER this week, police announced that 14 years after it began one of Hampshire's longest running manhunts had failed.

www.dailyecho.co.uk

2nd April 2005
''TERROR TIMELINE:
ATTACK 1. January 25 1991: Two 23-year-old lovers are in their car at Beech Clump car park when a masked man with a handgun pulls open the passenger door and demands cash. He then ties them up using a seatbelt and plastic garden ties and puts plastic bags over their heads before launching a serious sexual assault on the woman. When done, the victims say he removed the bags before calmly walking away into the night.

ATTACK 2. November 3 1992: A couple are in...

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Thread 'UK, Male, 19, taken by 2 unknown men and raped, Steine Lane, Brighton, 21 December 2024, *Photo of suspects*'

Dec 27, 2024

Dec. 24 2024

Brighton: Man raped in city centre, police say

Sussex Police release CCTV images of the two men they want to talk to.

www.bbc.com

''A 19-year-old man has been raped in the centre of Brighton, according to police.
The man was approached by two unknown men near Harry Ramsden's restaurant, in Old Steine, at around 03:30 GMT on Saturday, officers said.
He was taken to Steine Lane by the men who then allegedly raped him''.

"Your information could be key as we work to identify those responsible.
"There is no place for sexual violence in Sussex, and we take any reports of this nature extremely seriously."

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[Luwin]

Thread 'UK - Louis Price, 31,murdered on Christmas Day, Staffordshire. Arrest made'

Dec 28, 2024

Kirsty Carless charged with Christmas Day murder of Louis Price

Police say Louis Price, 31, was found suffering a cardiac arrest at an address in Norton Canes.

www.bbc.co.uk

A woman has been charged with murder after a man died at a house in a Staffordshire village on Christmas Day.
Kirsty Carless, 33, has been charged with the murder of Louis Price in Norton Canes.
Father-of-six Mr Price, 31, was found suffering a cardiac arrest at a property on Elm Road at about 03:30 GMT on Wednesday. Despite medical efforts he died at the scene.

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Thread 'UK - 2 women murdered in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day'

Dec 28, 2024

A man accused of murdering two women in a suspected stabbing at a block of flats on Christmas Day has appeared in court.

Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, were pronounced dead at the scene in Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, after police arrived at 18:36 GMT on 25 December.

Jazwell Brown, 49, of Santa Cruz Avenue, has appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court, charged with two counts of murder.

He spoke only to confirm his name, age and address and was remanded in custody until a further hearing at Luton Crown Court on Tuesday.
Mr Brown has also been charged...

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Thread 'Vietnam - Greta Otteson (British National) and Arno Quinton (South African National),both found dead in a holiday villa in Vietnam, 26 December 2024'

Jan 3, 2025

British woman and fiance found dead in Vietnam villa

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered dead in a room at a tourist villa in Hoi An, police said.

www.bbc.co.uk

A British woman and her South African fiance have been found dead in a holiday villa in Vietnam, local police have said.

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered by staff dead on a bed in a first-floor room in Hoi An, a coastal city in the central region of the south-east Asian nation, at around 11:18 local time (04:18 GMT) on 26 December, police said in a statement on Monday.

Her fiance Els Arno Quinton, 36, was found dead on a bed in another room in the villa that had reportedly been locked from the inside.

Police said a...

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UK Thread 'Eliza & Henrietta Huszti, sisters both 32, CCTV captures them near a river at 2am, Aberdeen, 7 Jan 2025.'

Jan 9, 2025

A desperate search has been launched for two sisters who have been reported missing after being last seen on CCTV just after 2am.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, have gone missing from their home in Aberdeen city centre.
The pair were last seen on CCTV in Market Street at Victoria Bridge around 2.12am on Tuesday, 7 January, 2025. They have crossed the bridge and turned right onto a footpath next to the River Dee heading in the direction of the Aberdeen Boat Club.

Sisters vanish in Scots city as CCTV captures them near river at 2am

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, have gone missing from their home in Aberdeen city centre.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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Thread 'UK- Covert police officers to be used to catch sexual predators in Bristol as offences soar, Jan. 2025'

Jan 26, 2025

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2025-01-23/covert-police-officers-to-be-used-to-catch-sexual-predators-as-offences-soar

Jan 23 2025
“In the coming months we’ll be launching a proactive operation in the city centre," he told councillors.''

"We’ll be deploying officers, overtly and covertly, to try and identify predatory offenders who are exhibiting behaviours of concern, and then being able to intervene at an early point to deal with them accordingly", Supt Runacres added.

Last year, the number of rapes of women aged 16 and over rose by 23 per cent, from 423 in the...

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GUILTY Thread 'UK- Zhenhao Zou, 27, Chinese National, PHD student, raped 10 women he had plied with alcohol or drugs & videoed attacks, London, Sep.'19 - May '23'

Jan 29, 2025

Jan 29 2025

London PhD student raped 10 women he plied with drink or drugs, court told

Zhenhao Zou, 27, a Chinese national, is also accused of filming his attacks as ‘souvenirs’ for his own gratification

www.theguardian.com

A drawing of Zhenhao Zou at Inner London crown court. Illustration: Elizabeth Cook/PA
''A student raped 10 women he had plied with alcohol or drugs and videoed his attacks as “souvenirs” for his own gratification, a court has heard.
Zhenhao Zou, 27, a Chinese national, was described as a “predator, voyeur and...

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UK Thread 'UK- Alfie St John, 16, traveled from Southampton to Liverpool, disappeared after reportedly meeting an "unknown person", 24 January 2025.'

Jan 29, 2025

Jan 29 2025

Fears grow for missing boy, 16, who vanished after 'meeting unknown person'

FEARS are growing for a missing teenager who disappeared after reportedly meeting an “unknown person”. Alfie St John, 16, vanished after travelling from Southampton to Liverpool, and wa…

www.thesun.ie

''FEARS are growing for a missing teenager who disappeared after reportedly meeting an "unknown person".
Alfie St John, 16, vanished after travelling from Southampton to Liverpool, and was last in touch with his family on Friday afternoon.''

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Thread 'UK- Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, former doctor, travelled 7,648 miles around the country to carry out “unsanitary and dangerous” circumcisions, Hampshire,'

Jan 30, 2025

Jan 16 2025 rbbm

Former Hampshire doctor jailed for carrying out ‘dangerous’ circumcisions

The court heard one child almost died after the procedure carried out by Mohammad Siddiqui

www.getsurrey.co.uk

''A former Hampshire doctor who travelled 7,648 miles around the country to carryout “unsanitary and dangerous” circumcisions has been jailed. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor in Hampshire when he started visiting homes by appointment to carry out circumcisions on children.

Some of his procedures caused “gratuitous pain and suffering” to the children and left them “screaming” in agony, Inner London Crown...

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Thread 'British couple, Andrew and Dawn Searle, found deceased in Les Pesquiès, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue 6th February 2025'

Feb 7, 2025

British couple found dead in French villa 'after burglary gone wrong'

Haven't seen any thread on this story yet but curious as to where it goes.

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UK Thread 'UK- Talailah Francis, 14, last seen @ Whittlesford Service Station, Cambridge, 25 Jan., 2025'

Feb 12, 2025

Police issue missing person appeal to trace teenage girl - Voice Online

Police have issued a missing person appeal for teenager Talailah Francis and are appealing to the public for help to find her

www.voice-online.co.uk

12th February 2025
POLICE HAVE issued a missing person appeal in a bid to help trace a teenage girl who has believed to have travelled to London.

Talailah Francis, 14, was last seen at Whittlesford Service Station in Cambridge on Saturday, 25 January.

Since then there have been potential sightings of Talailah in in Hackney, Lambeth, Enfield and Southwark. In a CCTV image, released by police, Talailah was seen in what appeared to be the capital. She also appeared to be close to an Oyster...

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Thread 'UK - Mid-Wales, White male, Age 30-60, 6ft+, found Oct 2024 in Claerwen Reservoir wearing wetsuit'

Feb 23, 2025

Despite forensic tests, extensive inquiries and searches and appeals for information, detectives still have not solved the mystery of the man in the wetsuit.

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Investigators suspect he might have been in the vast Claerwen Reservoir for up to 12 weeks - so could have been in the water since as far back as July and in the height of summer.

What police say is "highly unusual" about the man in the wetsuit is that no evidence of his personal belongings or an abandoned car or bike were ever discovered.

But with no clothes or vehicle found and the nearest bus stop about four hours' walk...

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Thread 'UK- Van containing fireworks deliberately set alight in the middle of the night, Clydebank, Scotland, 23 Feb., 2025, *Video*'

Feb 24, 2025

'Sheer terror' as van loaded with fireworks set alight in Clydebank

Homes were evacuated when the van parked in a driveway exploded in the middle of the night in Clydebank.

www.bbc.com

''Families in Clydebank faced "sheer terror" when a van containing fireworks was deliberately set alight in the middle of the night.

Homes were evacuated and roads closed when the vehicle, which was parked on a driveway, exploded with a shower of fireworks on Braes Avenue at about 01:00 on Sunday.

There were no reported injuries.''

''Police said the man was described as white, in his 30s, with slim build and a shaved head and wearing a dark hooded jacket and dark bottom.

He was seen making off in the direction of the Forth and Clyde...

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