Death by honeytrap: Why men sometimes fatally fall for women who are ‘too good to be true’
The “honeytrap” is a very old trick, used by criminals and spies for more than 100 years.
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The Royal Navy’s worst kept secret: The fight to keep ‘serial killer’ and sex fiend locked up
The crimes of Allan Grimson
Sixteen years after the mysterious death of boxer Arturo ‘Thunder’ Gatti, has lightning struck twice?
In July 2009, former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti (pictured, left) was found dead while on holiday in Brazil, and suspicion fell on his wife Amanda, who was later cleared by the Brazilian police.
As half-blind man convicted of two murders, does Simon Levy prove how hard is it to become a serial killer nowadays?
On Friday (7 August) Simon Levy was convicted of the murder of two sex workers, Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo (pictured, right), and Sheryl Wilkins (left) in London.
Scandinavian teenager’s conviction in UK highlights how youths are recruited by the Foxtrot Network's for ‘violence-as-a-service’
A Norwegian teenager was convicted last week of conspiracy to murder a mystery target in England, on behalf of Sweden’s Foxtrot Network.
When the music stops: The shooting of heavy metal singer Dimebag Darrell, the Bataclan attack and the Station nightclub fire
I recently attended a Metallica gig at the London Stadium, where the chief support act was Pantera, and it got me thinking about an infamous shooting.
Get Sayers: Is he the king of the Geordie underworld or the victim of a police-backed conspiracy?
Earlier this month John Sayers senior, and his son John, were acquitted of causing grievous bodily harm by a jury at the Old Bailey, which had been given the case after it was transferred from Newcastle Crown Court.
The killer who preyed on elderly people and had the ‘dead eyes’ of a great white shark
The murders of elderly people can sometimes be overlooked and that was very nearly the case with serial killer Stephen Akinmurele.
The mystery within a mystery of how a Monet masterpiece was stolen from a Polish museum
The Beach in Pourville heist
Crushed to death on a night out: How an innocent joke led to the death of two young women
The family of two young women had to wait four years to find out why they died, and in the end it turned out their deaths were the result of a stupid joke by a nightclub DJ.