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Two held over alleyway shooting
Two men now remain in custody on suspicion of murder after two teenagers were shot dead as they were chased down an alleyway.
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Man held over double death crash
Saturday, 28 May 2011
A motorist was arrested by police today after a crash left two men dead and another critically injured.
Man shot in 'punishment' attack
Saturday, 28 May 2011
A man was recovering today after being shot in what police described as a punishment-style attack.
Corrupt prison officer jailed
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Police today pledged to crack down on corrupt prison officers after a male officer was jailed for smuggling drugs to inmates.
Teenagers shot dead in council estate alleyway
Saturday, 28 May 2011
A gunman killed two teenagers with shots to the head after ambushing them in a darkened alleyway on a council estate.
Teenagers shot dead in alley chase
Friday, 27 May 2011
Two teenagers were shot dead as they were chased down an alleyway, police said today.
Nat Fraser to wait for retrial decision
Friday, 27 May 2011
A man whose conviction for murdering his estranged wife was ruled unsafe will have to wait to learn if he will face a retrial.
'Evil' labourer convicted of two 1980s double murders after cold case review
Friday, 27 May 2011
A farm labourer has been jailed for life over the murders of four people in Pembrokeshire after evading detection for more than 20 years.
Expenses peer Lord Hanningfield is found guilty – on day disgraced MP is freed early
Friday, 27 May 2011
Nigel Morris: A former Tory frontbencher faces jail after being found guilty yesterday on six counts of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.
Police wheelchair attack 'lawful'
Friday, 27 May 2011
Police officers were justified in pulling a protester from his wheelchair and "inadvertently" hitting him with a baton at the student fees demonstrations, an inquiry has found.
Man who brutally killed cat jailed
Friday, 27 May 2011
A cat killer has been jailed for 16 weeks after he picked up the animal by its hind legs and swung it head-first into a wall four times.
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