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Crooks con £55,000 a day out of lonely hearts during an online dating boom in lockdown By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 Romance fraudsters are stealing more than £50,000 a day during an online dating boom in lockdown. There was a … Read more
More criminals are escaping with a slap on wrist: Crooks are increasingly given a caution or put on ‘restorative justice’ scheme instead of being prosecuted, new report reveals Study says Covid-19 pandemic had ‘clear and profound’ effect on justice Police are issuing more cautions rather than taking offenders to court during lockdown Experts fear it … Read more
BBC pundit Garth Crooks is ridiculed by fans for including Liverpool’s Joel Matip in his team of the week after he ‘survived one or two scary moments’ against Tottenham – even though he didn’t even PLAY! Joel Matip included in BBC pundit Garth Crooks’ Premier League team of week But fans were quick to point … Read more
Complaints over cold call crooks DOUBLE as the scammers cash in on coronavirus lockdown By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 Telephone pests are stepping up their efforts to harass, pressurise and steal money from the elderly with a deluge of ‘nuisance’ … Read more
The convicted cocaine dealer father of a Premier League academy footballer was among criminals set for deportation to Jamaica on the flight challenged by Labour MPs and celebrities. Courts have ruled the crook – whose identity cannot be reported under a restriction order – should be transported to the country after serving three years for … Read more
Covid road closure chaos ‘helps crooks flee police’: Measures brought in to make way for low traffic neighbourhoods fuel crime and hold up ambulances, report claims Hundreds of roads across the country are being closed to make way for LTNs Officials say that the Government schemes have cut pollution on busy streets Schemes have also … Read more
An international gang flew into the UK to carry out a burglary spree on the homes of the rich and famous including Formula 1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone, a court heard. The alleged thieves stole £26million in jewellery and cash in the 13-day blitz which also targeted footballer Frank Lampard and the billionaire owner of Leicester City. … Read more
The makers of Grenfell Tower’s cladding system have been accused of being ‘little more than crooks and killers’, the inquiry into the disaster has heard. The manufacturers were also said to have promoted construction materials despite knowing they ‘would burn with lethal speed’. Lawyers for a group of bereaved, survivors and residents told the public … Read more
Fears rising that crooks will launch second wave of fraud on Chancellor’s £40bn bounce-back loans scheme By Helen Cahill And Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 7 November 2020 Fears are rising that crooks are set to launch a second wave of fraud on Rishi … Read more
Detectives arrest two after heartless crooks stole purse and iPhone from woman, 84, as she lay dying in bed after they lied to her blind husband, 87, that they were calling an ambulance Dorothy Crowther was dying in her bed in Brierfield, Lancashire, on October 16 Blind husband Ronald, 87, was desperately trying to get … Read more