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Death of popular grandad killed by falling window was ‘unbelievable’, says widow

Property developer St James Group Ltd and specialist contractor Lindner Prater have been fined £1 million and £300,000 respectively over the death of a man killed by a falling window. Coach driver Mick Ferris, 53, died after being crushed by the 130kg window pane, which fell 300ft from the 26th…

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Full timeline of Simon Levy’s crimes: From first assault to guilty verdict

The sex attacker’s crime spree spanned from 2018 to 2025

The Independent UK · Aug 7

French Crypto Millionaires Tortured, Burned and Forced To Pay $30,000 as London Court Convicts Six Men

Six men were convicted after kidnapping and torturing two French crypto investors in London, highlighting Europe's rise in crypto wrench attacks.

International Business Times UK · Aug 3

Asylum seeker who raped girl, 16, in south London is detained for seven years

Shahram Rasouli, 19, carried out the attack on the girl in August last year after she and a friend were convinced to go to his Salvation Army-run accommodation in Denmark Hill, south London

Evening Standard · Apr 30

Ex-HSBC banker dodged £5,900 in London train fares by using 'doughnutting' fraud

Joseph Molloy, a former HSBC executive, exploited the scam over 740 times in 11 months, saving a total of £5,911 on Southeastern train fares, Inner London Crown Court heard

Evening Standard · Feb 18

Husband who stabbed wife to death and manipulated their young child to maintain his web of lies jailed

Robert Rhodes had coached the couple’s child to claim he had acted in self-defence

The Independent UK · Jan 16

Killer who got away with murdering wife for years after manipulating child to cover up crime is finally jailed

Robert Rhodes, 52, ordered to serve a minimum term of 29-and-a-half years for murdering his wife Dawn after discovering she was having an affair

Evening Standard · Jan 16

Man faces life sentence for wife’s murder after child provides new evidence to therapist

Robert Rhodes had stabbed himself and inflicted a cut on the child’s arm – wounds he blamed on his wife

The Independent UK · Jan 16

Man found guilty of murdering wife after child reveals new evidence in rare retrial

The child told police that during contact with Rhodes he continued to give them instructions to stick to the plan

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025

Justice Secretary to set out reforms to tackle ‘courts emergency’

David Lammy will lay out reforms to overhaul the system on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025