TRIPLE MURDERER DOUGLAS GARLAND IN HOSPITAL AGAIN AFTER BEING BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS BY INMATES

The assault took place at the Edmonton Institution, just hours after Garland was transferred to the maximum security prison from the Calgary Remand Centre... READ MORE›

'I ATE ... HUMANS' SAYS FLORIDA TEEN ACCUSED IN FACE-BITING, KILLINGS

The state is expected to seek two counts of first-degree murder against Harrouff, if he is indicted by a grand jury... READ MORE›

SWEDEN CHARGES 5 TEENAGE REFUGEES WITH BEATING GANG-RAPING BOY FOR OVER AN HOUR

One said that he was not present during the assault, while two more admitted that they were, but claimed that their actions did not constitute rape... READ MORE›

DECADES IN JAIL FOR ANOTHER MANS CRIME

Robert Jones was accused of being behind a crime spree of rape, robbery and then the murder of holidaymaker Julie Stott in New Orleans in 1992... READ MORE›

BALTIMORE GRAND JURY INDICTS SIX OFFICERS IN FREDDIE GRAY'S DEATH

Rice, a lieutenant who initiated a chase with Gray, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, two counts of misconduct in office, and reckless endangerment... READ MORE›

UNPRECEDENTED SEX HARASSMENT IN HELSINKI AT NEW YEAR, FINNISH POLICE REPORT

Three sexual assaults allegedly took place at Helsinki's central railway station on New Year's Eve, where around 1,000 mostly Iraqi asylum seekers had converged... READ MORE›

NEW YORK PRISON WORKER CHARGED WITH HELPING FUGITIVES

A New York state prison worker who police say provided tool parts to help two convicted murderers escape has been arrested... READ MORE›

SEX OFFENCES ON TRAINS AND STATIONS REACH RECORD LEVEL

The number of recorded sexual offences on trains and at stations has risen 25 percent to a record level, British Transport Police figures suggest... READ MORE›

GUATEMALAN JUDGE ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR PRESIDENT OTTO PA(C)REZ MOLINA

On Wednesday the country's top prosecutor's office tweeted that the attorney general Thelma Aldana had asked for an arrest warrant for P rez Molina... READ MORE›

UNDERWEAR THIEF USED CUSTOM-MADE FISHING ROD TO STEAL MORE THAN 285 BRAS

The man confessed that his crime spree had not been brief, but had been stealing the items of clothing over a three-year period... READ MORE›

GIRLS IN JUVENILE DETENTION ARE OFTEN THE VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, REPORT FINDS

Of those girls now in the US juvenile justice system, 84 percent have experienced family violence, according to new research... READ MORE›

BILL COSBY ARRIVES FOR DAY 2 OF HEARING THAT COULD DECIDE HIS FATE

According to his testimony Tuesday, Castor believed Constand had been molested by Cosby but he thought he couldn't prove it a year after the alleged crime... READ MORE›

IRAQI REFUGEE DETAINED IN GERMANY OVER RAPE & ABUSE OF 2 CHINESE STUDENTS

Police are trying to determine if he has committed other crimes, seeking tip-offs from other Iraqi refugees, Die Welt reported... READ MORE›

ESCAPED NZ MURDERER FOUND IN BRAZIL

New Zealand Police Detective Superintendent Mike Pannett said in a press conference on Thursday that it was a relief to have Smith back in custody... READ MORE›

COLOGNE VIOLENCE SUSPECTS INCLUDE ASYLUM SEEKERS

Three were related to sexual assaults, but police had no names linked to them... READ MORE›

Watenpaugh is being held in Shasta County Jail, Redding, on charges of animal cruelty, domestic violence, false imprisonment and stalking... READ MORE›

SHOULD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BE SPECIFIC CRIMINAL OFFENCE, ASKS LAW COMMISSION?

Should domestic violence be specific criminal offence asks law commission?... READ MORE›

2 TEENS ARRESTED IN ATTACK ON MARINE AT D.C. MCDONALDS

Christopher Marquez, a Bronze Star recipient, who served in the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2011, told police he was assaulted while eating at a McDonald's... READ MORE›

2 OTHER PEOPLE ALSO FACING CHARGES, OTTAWA POLICE SAY

Ottawa police have issued a warrant for a 19-year-old man on charges including attempted murder and aggravated assault following a stabbing on Spruce Street last week... READ MORE›

6 ANTI-MUSLIM INCIDENTS IN ONTARIO SINCE PARIS ATTACKS

There has been an uptick in reported hate crimes targeting Muslims and others in Ontario since ISIS took responsibility for the Paris attacks last week... READ MORE›

DNA TEST SEES CONVICT FREED AFTER 34 YEARS

Prosecutor Patrick Dougherty admitted that the new evidence was sufficient to vacate the conviction... READ MORE›

MINIMUM ALCOHOL PRICING CUTS SERIOUS CRIME, STUDY REVEALS

Imposing a minimum unit price for alcohol leads to a dramatic fall in drink-related crime, including murders, sexual assaults and drink-driving, a new study shows... READ MORE›

ALPS KNIFE ATTACKER STABBED FAMILY AFTER FATHER OF VICTIMS 'SCRATCHED THIGH' IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE

While he didn't say a word during the attack, according to the victims, during questioning he shouted Allahu Akbar three times and then refused to talk... READ MORE›

KANYE WEST SAYS THAT BILL COSBY IS 'INNOCENT'

Kanye West is weighing in on the controversy surrounding Bill Cosby... READ MORE›

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ACTIONS AMOUNT TO 'EXTERMINATION'

UN report Syrian government actions amount to 'extermination'... READ MORE›

ACCUSED IN WINNIPEG TEEN'S DEATH WAS ON PROBATION AT TIME OF WEEKEND ARREST

There's no excuse for you assaulting a 16-year-old boy, Wiebe told Bell-Wright at the sentencing hearing last summer... READ MORE›

BRITISH RIGHTS ACTIVIST CHARGED WITH DEFAMATION IN THAILAND

Separately, he is facing two civil defamation cases where Natural Fruit is asking for damages of 400,000,000 baht, around ?7m... READ MORE›

GETAWAY CAR FOUND, AS SIX MORE ARRESTED AND IT EMERGES ATTACKER OMAR ISMAIL MOSTEFAI WAS KNOWN TO SECURITY SERVICES

It comes as French authorities named one of the attackers as Omar Ismail Mostefai, a French citizen with a criminal record... READ MORE›

JEWISH, MUSLIM AND LGBT COMMUNITIES OPPOSE HATE-CRIME HOTLINE PLANS

Last year some of the UK's biggest police forces recorded a rise in the number of violent homophobic crimes... READ MORE›

FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED TO 2-1/2 YEARS FOR HAVING SEX ON THE BEACH IN FRONT OF A CHILD

A Florida man convicted of having sex on a public beach has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, according to a state prosecutor... READ MORE›