Who is Matteo Messina Denaro? The notorious mafia boss captured in Sicily after 30 years on the run
Messina Denaro was arrested in Palermo on Monday morning (January 16), 30 years since he became a fugitive. Italian anti-mafia police caught Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro “inside a health facility in Palermo, where he had gone for therapeutic treatment”,
Brothers who shot dead police officers in Australia ambush ‘obsessed with guns’, their dad says
The father of brothers who shot dead three people including two police officers in Australia has revealed they were “obsessed” with guns as children.Gareth and Nathaniel Train opened fire at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland, in an ambush around
The new rule which could see killer drivers jailed for life
A change in sentencing rules coming in this week could mean that killer drivers will be sentenced to life in prison. It gives judges the power to hand full life sentences to dangerous drivers who kill and careless drivers who
Beds man captured by Russia while fighting in Ukraine sentenced to death
A man from Bedfordshire who had joined Ukrainians in defending their homeland from Russian armed forces has been sentenced to death after being captured. Following his capture Shaun Pinner, 48, originally from Bedfordshire was then handed out the sentence in
Bedfordshire crime: Two men assaulted a woman and snatched her dog attack near Kempston woods
Two men assaulted a woman walking her dogs in Kempston before attempting to steal the dogs themselves. The attack happened in a wooded area behind Hillgrounds Fields, near an opening by the riverside, opposite Queen's Park. A man emerged from
Birmingham man charged after spate of burglaries in Luton
A man has been charged after a number of burglaries took place in Bedfordshire. Dwellings were targeted in burglaries in Luton on May 1 and May 4 earlier this year. On Friday (June 17) a Birmingham man appeared in court
Luton man extradited back to the UK from France to face rape and kidnap charges
A Luton man charged with kidnap and rape has been extradited back to the UK from France to appear in court. 39-year-old Daoud Khan was issued charges following an incident in Milton Keynes and Luton on across March 8 and
Gangster’s girlfriend took ‘enormous risk’ couriering six guns to Luton
A gangster's girlfriend has been jailed after driving six deadly guns to Luton from Manchester at the height of the first coronavirus lockdown. Holly Caldwell, a former nightclub hostess, has been jailed for seven years after she drove the weapons,
Cannabis factories dismantled and eight arrested in Bedfordshire Police raids
Eight men have been arrested and three cannabis factories dismantled after raids including in Bedfordshire. Police searched six properties in Bedford and two in Rugby, Warkwickshire, and Rushden, Northamptonshire, yesterday (June 16). The raids were pre-planned, intelligence-led warrants as part
Bedfordshire crime: Pensioner targeted in ‘disgusting’ distraction burglary in Luton as police launch CCTV appeal
A pensioner has been targeted in a "disgusting" distraction burglary in Luton. Bedfordshire Police have launched a CCTV appeal after a woman, aged in her 80s, was a victim of a distraction burglary, after a man offering to jet wash