Crime

Published: 19 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Campaigners and domestic abuse charities are urging police and prosecutors to reconsider criminal charges against a man whose former partner died by suicide, after a coroner ruled that his behaviour contributed to her death. The case has reignited debate over the legal system’s ability to hold perpetrators accountable when abuse leads to the tragic death of a victim,...

Published: 17 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. An inquest has revealed the tragic death of a man jailed for his involvement in the Southport riots, who was found dead in his prison cell shortly after being charged with breaching prison rules. The circumstances surrounding his death have raised significant concerns about prison procedures, inmate welfare, and the mental health support available to those serving sentences....

Published: 16 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Thousands of people in the United Kingdom have launched legal action against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, claiming the company knowingly sold talcum powder contaminated with asbestos, resulting in serious health issues, including ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. The group, numbering around 3,000, has filed claims in the High Court in London seeking compensation for themselves or family members...

Published: 16 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The niece of Agnes Wanjiru, the young Kenyan woman who was murdered in 2012, has urged the Labour government to ensure that the former British soldier charged with her aunt’s death is extradited while the party remains in power. Esther Njoki, 21, travelled to London for her first trip outside Kenya and met Defence Secretary John Healey, appealing...

Published: 15 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A court has heard that a DNA test conclusively proved that an alleged stalker who claimed to be Madeleine McCann was not the missing child, police revealed during a hearing at Leicester Crown Court. Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of a prolonged campaign of harassment against the McCann family, who have lived under public scrutiny since Madeleine disappeared...

Published: 15 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. An asylum seeker accused of murdering a hotel worker in Walsall was reportedly seen dancing and laughing immediately after the attack, a jury heard during his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Deng Chol Majek, who claims to be 19, is alleged to have stabbed Rhiannon Skye Whyte 23 times with a screwdriver, leaving her to die at the...

Published: 14 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Fifteen French and UK human rights organisations have launched a legal challenge in France seeking the suspension of the controversial “one in, one out” treaty between the UK and France. Signed in July, the treaty stipulates that for every asylum seeker arriving in the UK from France in a small boat, one selected in France may enter the...

Published: 13 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Charities across the UK have raised alarm over a sharp rise in racial abuse, intimidation, and threats of violence directed at their staff and beneficiaries, amid increasingly toxic political and social rhetoric around immigration and race. Voluntary organisations, including refugee and asylum seeker charities, ethnic minority groups, women’s organisations, youth bodies, homelessness charities, and even charity shops, report...

Published: 13 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The former girlfriend of Ian Watkins, the disgraced Lostprophets singer convicted of multiple child sex offences, has broken her silence following his death in prison. Watkins, 48, was attacked at HMP Wakefield on Saturday morning, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for a string of horrific crimes, including the attempted rape of a baby. Two men have...

Published: 12 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died following a violent attack in prison, prison authorities confirmed. West Yorkshire Police said two men, aged 25 and 43, have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident. Watkins, 48, had been serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield for a series of child sex offences, including the...