Crime News from Singapore & World

US serves justice to African-American man murdered by cop

A policeman from the US has been given 20-year jail term for killing an African-American man in 2015.

Dec 8, 2017

By IANS

Singapore Customs seizes more than 1,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes, 4 arrested

Under the Customs Act and the GST Act, buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, having in possession or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences.

Dec 7, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Man jailed for two years after attacking traffic warden

A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to jail for two years after he assaulted a traffic warden. The traffic warden was issuing a ticket for an illegally parked vehicle when he was attacked and pushed into a restaurant.

Dec 2, 2017

By Staff Reporter

London Police Hunt For Serial Sex Attacker

London police have released footage of man they would like to speak to following 25 sexual assaults in south London, mainly in Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs but also including Southwark, Bromley and Bexley.The first incident took place on Oct. 16, 2016 against a 13 year old girl and most recently a 15 year old girl reported she was sexually assaulted on Nov. 22, 2017. The victims have all described a a very similar attacker - a white man between the age of 40 and 50 and many of the attacks have taken place between morning and evening rush hour.

Nov 30, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Gone in 60 seconds: Car thieves steal Mercedes by remote control

West Midlands Police are yet to recover a Mercedes that was stolen by thieves who tricked the car to deactivate its locks. Investigators have released video footage showing the car being stolen from a drive in Solihull, UK, in September.

Nov 26, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Oxford Circus incident: Police evacuate area amid reports of gunshots

Armed police have been seen evacuating Oxford Circus station in London on 24 November. This video show people evacuating as police close down the area in the busy underground station in the city centre.

Nov 25, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Upside-down Christmas trees are this years craziest festive trend

Christmas Season is officially starting to begin, but this years latest Christmas trend of hanging trees upside down has sparked a debate online. An historic tradition, the now new trend of upside down Christmas trees have some people wondering why, and other even going as far as calling it sacrilegious and disrespectful.

Nov 25, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Four-year-old swipes cash straight from under ATM users nose

CCTV footage recorded at a bank branch in Valpraiso, Chile, on 20 November shows a four-year-old snatching some 97,000 pesos, or $150, from under the nose of a man using an ATM. The man, named as Don Juan Alberto Ibarra, then grappled with the tiny thief, who, he told local press, shouted let me go, let me go.

Nov 24, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Who is Cyntoia Brown and why are celebrities demanding her freedom?

The case of 16 year old sex trafficed Cyntoia Brown has resurfaced.In 2004 she was sentenced to life in prison for murder despite a horrific past of abuse and sex trafficking. Celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Rihanna demand she is freed on social media.

Nov 23, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Ratko Mladić sentenced to life imprisonment for Bosnia genocide

Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide. Mladic was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanities including persecution, murder and extermination committed in the 1990s Bosnian war. Mladic was removed from the court moments before the verdict was announced for shouting at the judges.

Nov 22, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Watch CCTV of vicious glass attack in London Wetherspoons pub

A man has been jailed for two years after admitting smashing a glass into his victims face in a pub. Dramatic CCTV footage shows the moment Anjungi Lam raced towards the victim and smashed a pint glass against the right side of his face, cutting his nose, lip and neck, chipping his tooth and injuring his cornea.

Nov 22, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Off-duty cop in deadly shoot-out whilst holding infant son

An off-duty military policeman was being hailed in Brazilian media on November 18 after he shot and killed two suspected robbers in a pharmacy, all the while holding his young son in his arms. Dramatic CCTV footage shows the incident, in which Sgt Rafael Souza, of the 49th Metropolitan Battalion, fired on the intruders while in the company of his wife and young son.

Nov 21, 2017

By Staff Reporter

CCTV shows vicious unprovoked attack in London

Officers investigating a vicious and unprovoked attack on a young man on a night out in east London on 8 October have released footage of the incidentk. A man suddenly punched the victim in the face, before booting him in the face when he was on the ground.

Nov 20, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Charles Manson was the ultimate white supremacist

Charles Manson, the leader of a 1960s cult whose followers murdered seven people, died of natural causes at the age 83 on 19 November 19. Mansons death was confirmed by Debra Tate, sister of actress Sharon Tate, who was one among the seven killed in 1969.

Nov 20, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Who is Toto Beast Riina? Italy mafia boss of bosses dies at 87

Italys most notorious and feared mafia boss, Salvatore Toto Riina, has died at age 87. Known in Italy as the boss of all bosses, he died of natural causes early on Friday (17 November) after almost a quarter century in jail, Italys Justice Ministry said.

Nov 17, 2017

By Staff Reporter