Crime News from Singapore & World

Las Vegas shooting: 2 dead in Mandalay Bay casino attack

During a Route 91 Harvest country music festival performance, a firing of a weapon was heard, and the shot's appeared to be coming from an upper floor of the hotel.

Oct 2, 2017

By Rishvi Pragasam

Video shows robbers wearing ponchos raiding store

Police are looking for information on two men who robbed a shop in Etwall, Derbyshire while wearing ponchos. The men stole cigarettes, alcohol and the till and tied up the staff before fleeing the scene.

Sep 29, 2017

By Staff Reporter

EUs Guy Verhofstadt mocks UK PM Theresa May over Florence speech and Brexit

Verhofstadt, the European Parliaments lead negotiator in the Brexit talks, said that May chose Florence to make her speech about leaving the EU because Florentine politics in the 15th Century made her feel at home. He said, backstabbing, betrayal, noble families, fighting for power and so on, so I think that it is an environment that she recognised very well.

Sep 29, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Officers Release CCTV After Hit And Run Driver Collides With Mother And Pram

A 28-year-old woman was crossing the road with her four-day-old baby in a pram in Great Barr, West Midlands, when they were hit by a passing car. Police were called to the A34 Walsall Road, near to Beeches Road at 6pm on Saturday 23 September following a collision between a car and a pedestrian.

Sep 26, 2017

By Staff Reporter

CCTV footage of Ivan Griffin on the streets of south London

Ivan Griffin was found guilty of murdering 38-year-old Sabrina Mullings in a satanic rage just hours after they had a party to celebrate their engagement in the early hours of Monday (13 March).

Sep 26, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Who is Tennessee church shooting suspect Emanuel Samson

Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, has been charged with murder and attempted murder…after opening fire at Burnetts Chapel Church of Christ Antioch in Tennessee. A 39-year-old woman, Melanie Smith, was killed in the church parking lot. Six others were wounded inside the church after Samson entered through the back entrance. Robert Engle, a church usher, interfered quickly, resulting in Samson being shot in the left pectoral. Police said Samson had previously attended the church within last two years. The shooting is still under investigation and it is unknown if Samson has a criminal record. He is scheduled to appear in court on 27 September.

Sep 26, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Police cordon off area after alleged acid attack in London

Police cordoned off an area in Stratford Station after at least six people were injured by an attack with a noxious substance on 23 September.

Sep 24, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Uber loses London license

Transport for London (TFL) have decided not to renew the license to operator for the minicab company, after years of pressure from the citys black cab drivers. TFL said in a statement that the controversial company is not fit and proper to hold the operating license.

Sep 22, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Zimbabwes Mugabe embarrassed by biblical giant gold goliath Donald Trump

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe gave a scornful speech at the United Nations General Assembly on 21 Septmeber, calling U.S. President a giant gold Goliath. Africas oldest ruler at 93, who has ruled the southern African nation since its independence from Britain in 1980 called on Trump to blow your trumpet in a musical way towards the values of unity, peace, cooperation, togetherness, dialogue.

Sep 22, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Over 80 arrested at Stockley protest

A third night of protests started peacefully but turned violent following the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white former St. Louis officer found not guilty in the 2011 shooting death of black driver Anthony Lamar Smith.

Sep 19, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Singapore: Father- son duo sues art gallery owners for fraud

The art gallery owners were taken to the High Court after allegedly selling the businessman fakes at least thrice. .

Sep 19, 2017

By Rishvi Pragasam

Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drink driving

Footballer Wayne Rooney was met by photographers as he arrived at Stockport Magistrates court on 18 September, as he faced drink-driving charges. Rooney pleaded guilty to the charges and has been banned from driving for two years and ordered to perform 100 hours of unpaid work.

Sep 18, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Police raid in Surrey following Parsons Green bomb arrest

Police raided a house in Surrey following the discovery of a bomb on an underground train. Residents of surrounding buildings were evacuated. 29 people were injured when the home-made device partially exploded on Sept. 15. A 18-year-old suspect was arrested in Dover a day later. Following the explosion, the U.K. terror threat level was raised to critical.

Sep 17, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Parsons Green Tube Station reopens one day after terror attack

Parsons Green Tube station has reopened one day after a terror attack. A home-made bomb engulfed a tube carriage in flames but failed to detonate. 29 people were injured in the blast or the panicked stampede that followed. An 18-year-old was arrested at Dover port in connection with the attack early on Sept. 16. The terror threat level remains critical. It is the fifth major terror attack in the UK in 2017.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Islamic State claims responsibility for London attack

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a blast on September 15 that injured 29 people on a packed commuter train on the London underground network.

Sep 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter