Crime

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A British father is due to appear before a court in Cyprus on Tuesday, accused of causing the death of his two-year-old son after the child fell from a fourth-floor window during a family holiday near Paphos in July. The 37-year-old man, who has not been publicly named, is facing a charge alleging that his actions were negligent,...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Lawyers representing Lindsay Clancy have asked a Massachusetts judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who opposed the other 11 members of the jury during deliberations over the deaths of Clancy's three young children. In a motion filed on Friday and made public on Monday, Clancy's defence team asked the court to question juror Michael Desronvil...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Canadian province of British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, alleging that the deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge could have been prevented if the company had alerted law enforcement about the shooter's use of ChatGPT to discuss and plan violence. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A shooting involving a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, Texas, has triggered protests and renewed demands for transparency after a 28-year-old Venezuelan man was wounded during a federal immigration operation. The man, identified by his lawyer and relatives as Wilber Rafael Garces Pérez, was shot once in the torso on Sunday afternoon in north Austin....

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Patrick Clancy, the former husband of Lindsay Clancy, has spoken publicly for the first time in a televised interview about the deaths of their three children and the events surrounding the 2023 tragedy. In an interview broadcast by 60 Minutes on Sunday, Clancy described the devastating period leading up to the killings, his efforts to understand his former...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Harrods is facing renewed scrutiny over its handling of compensation claims linked to allegations of sexual abuse against its former owner Mohamed Al Fayed, after lawyers representing survivors said the luxury department store intends to seek reimbursement from Fayed’s estate for compensation payments it makes. The development has created a dispute over the meaning of institutional responsibility and...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. South Africa is facing renewed concern over gender-based violence after the deaths of nine women in the Ekurhuleni district east of Johannesburg since July. The cases have intensified public debate over femicide, women's safety and whether authorities are doing enough to address violence against women. Police are investigating the deaths after the bodies of nine women were discovered...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned that anyone who breaks the law during protests around contested asylum accommodation sites will face legal action, while stressing that legitimate concerns raised by local residents must be distinguished from extremist activity. Mahmood made the comments as tensions continued over plans to accommodate male asylum seekers at a former defence site near...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A year after National Guard troops began patrolling the streets of Memphis as part of a federal effort to tackle violent crime, growing questions are emerging over the effectiveness, purpose and wider consequences of the deployment. The debate has intensified following several fatal shootings involving federal agents and amid evidence that crime had already been falling substantially before...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Trump administration’s decision to direct a growing share of unaccompanied migrant children with active immigration cases toward Texas has triggered concern among immigration lawyers, child advocates and Democratic lawmakers, who fear the transfers could make vulnerable children more exposed to detention and deportation while limiting their access to legal assistance. Analysis cited by researchers at immigration data...