Crime

Published: 27 February 2026The English Chronicle DeskThe English Chronicle Online The inquest into the death of 14‑year‑old Noah Donohoe has heard that well‑meaning volunteers and others described by search leaders as “people from outside” significantly disrupted the official search efforts when the Belfast schoolboy went missing in June 2020. Witness testimony at Belfast Coroner’s Court this week painted a picture of chaotic scenes around Northwood Linear Park and surrounding areas,...

Published: 27 February 2026The English Chronicle DeskThe English Chronicle Online Police in Northern Ireland have charged a 31‑year‑old man in connection with a violent kidnapping reported in Derry last year, authorities confirmed on Thursday evening. The suspect was arrested following investigations into an incident that took place on 1 October 2025 in the Northland Terrace area of Londonderry. According to a statement from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI),...

Published: 28 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A grieving mother has described an emotional meeting with the man convicted of killing her daughter in a restorative justice encounter at a UK prison, telling the BBC that she hugged him as both cried and that the experience helped her find a measure of understanding and personal peace. Danielle O’Halloran, 37, from Mountain Ash, South Wales, lost her daughter...

Published: 28 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The grave of two‑year‑old James Bulger, one of the United Kingdom’s most infamous child murder victims, was vandalised on Thursday, prompting an appeal from his grieving mother for information that could lead to the perpetrators’ arrest. The damage was discovered at Kirkdale Cemetery in Liverpool, where James is buried, after a dog walker reported the scene to the boy’s family....

Published: 28 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Newly released documents from the U.S. Department of Justice reveal that Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, attempted to purchase a luxury palace in Morocco just days before his 2019 arrest on federal sex trafficking charges. The disclosures shed fresh light on Epstein’s financial manoeuvring as scrutiny intensified and legal pressure mounted. The estate in question —...

Published: 28 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Two British men have been sentenced to prison in Bali after being caught attempting to smuggle large quantities of cocaine into Indonesia. The men, aged 28 and 31, were arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport last year following a police investigation into international drug trafficking networks. Indonesian authorities reported that the men were found in possession of over...

Published: 27 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A drug dealer armed with a machete has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term after admitting manslaughter over the death of a man in Sittingbourne, Kent following a violent drugs‑related confrontation last year. Christopher “Chris” Maclean, 43, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Maidstone Crown Court on Thursday for his part in the fatal incident that occurred on...

Published: 27 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A woman told a public inquiry she suffered a serious spinal injury after falling from a first‑floor window while fleeing triple killer Valdo Calocane during a home invasion three years before his deadly 2023 Nottingham attacks, the hearing was told on Thursday. The account formed part of evidence examined by the inquiry into events leading up to the...

Ian Huntley, the man convicted of the 2002 murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, has been seriously injured in an attack inside a high-security prison, according to prison service sources. The assault reportedly took place at HMP Frankland in County Durham, where Huntley is serving life imprisonment. The Prison Service confirmed that an inmate at the Category A facility was assaulted and required hospital treatment, though...

Published: 27 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a formal review into whether convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein used Royal Air Force (RAF) bases during visits to the United Kingdom, Defence Secretary John Healey has announced. The review responds to questions raised by newly released material in the “Epstein Files” about flights linked to Epstein’s private jet, and...