Kids being offered £380 to snatch an iPhone – with a £100 bonus for stealing 10
[ad_1] In the UK, the Met has seen adverts on Snapchat offering children as much as £380 to steal a single iPhone, with a bonus of £100 for stealing 10 (Picture: Getty Images) The head of Britain’s biggest police force has urged phone companies to turn stolen devices into ‘unusable bricks’ so they are less […]
This tool stops people from finding out where you live after Googling your name
[ad_1] It might not scrub the web clean, but it’s the next best thing (Picture: Metro) If you’ve ever Googled your name (don’t worry, we all have) then there’s a good chance you’ve seen your email and even phone number pop up. The reason for this is data brokers, companies that flog people’s personal information […]
Fake taxi driver picked up and raped woman after forcing his way into her home
[ad_1] Shabir Sultani was given a seven-year extension to his prison sentence due to dangerousness, and he will be on the sex offenders’ register (Picture: Derbyshire Constabulary) A predatory driver who pretended to be a cabbie attacked and raped a woman in her home after forcing his way in. Shabir Sultani, 27, has been jailed […]
Study shows worrying lack of awareness about the realities of domestic abuse
[ad_1] A new survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of Refuge shows that most UK adults still believe home is where women feel safest (Picture: Getty) A woman is safer down a dark alley than she is in her own home. It is a stark truth, long backed up by facts – but despite one […]
Drill rapper DSavv finally arrested ‘after smuggling himself to France on lorry’
[ad_1] Daniel Boakye DSAVV has been caught in France A drill rapper and armed robber on the run from prison for weeks has finally been arrested. Daniel Boakye, 21, who also goes by the rap name DSAVV, fled police for a second time on February 15. Met police have confirmed he was arrested after a […]
Security guard stabbed to death in shopping centre ‘was just doing his job’
[ad_1] Gary Stanley, 52, has been named locally as the security guard who was stabbed to death a Milton Keynes shopping centre (Picture: Facebook) A security guard who was ‘just doing his job’ has been stabbed to death at a Milton Keynes shopping centre. Police and emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing […]
Police taking London ‘school wars’ so seriously they’ve launched an operation
[ad_1] Sharp objects are being encouraged to be brought along, which parents fear could lead to serious injuries (Picture: Metro) The school wars spreading over London have reached new heights, with Operation Cedarfield being by police to clamp down on who is responsible. Since Metro first broke the story two weeks ago, the schools across […]
First picture of man stabbed to death in Wimbledon during a night out
[ad_1] Luke Brereton, 40, from Mitcham, was on a night out on the busy high street when he was attacked shortly after half past midnight (Picture: Metropolitan Police) This is the first picture of a man who was fatally stabbed in the centre of Wimbledon in south west London at the weekend. Luke Brereton, 40, […]
Violence erupts across Mexico after drugs kingpin El Mencho assassinated
[ad_1] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The killing of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader, ‘El Mencho’ has sparked unrest, fires and chaos across tourist hotspots in Mexico. ‘El Mencho’, whose real name is Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, was killed in the […]
Cab driver jailed for raping woman who fell asleep in his car
[ad_1] Dominic Dalton raped his sleeping passenger at her home (Picture: Wales News Service) A predatory taxi driver has been jailed for raping a sleeping passenger after carrying her to bed. Dominic Dalton took advantage of his victim after she fell asleep in his cab, a court heard. The woman had been picked up along […]