Crime

Published: 22 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A deadly NSW shooting has left three people dead as police continue searching for the gunman responsible. Residents of Lake Cargelligo, a small country town in central western New South Wales, were shaken on Thursday when emergency services were called to reports of gunfire, triggering an immediate police operation. The NSW shooting, confirmed by authorities, occurred around 4.20pm,...

Published: 21 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Thousands of workers have fled Cambodia scam centres in recent days, marking a dramatic shift in a crisis long hidden behind guarded compounds. The sudden movement follows mounting international pressure and intensified scrutiny from human rights groups, diplomats, and foreign governments. Cambodia scam centres have become synonymous with modern exploitation, drawing global attention as images of escape and...

Published: 20 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A disturbing antisemitic attack occurred on Monday evening in Melbourne as young Jewish boys were reportedly targeted by a passing vehicle, prompting national outrage. Police confirmed that the incident took place on Glen Eira Road, St Kilda East, around 9:50 pm, when a white ute allegedly drove past a group of up to five school-age boys. The perpetrators...

Published: 17 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online When Tiina Parikka opened an email on a quiet Saturday morning in October 2020, she had no idea that her life—and the lives of tens of thousands of others—had already been irrevocably altered. Fresh from a sauna in her Vantaa apartment, just outside Helsinki, the 62-year-old headteacher glanced at her phone absent-mindedly. What she read made her heart...

Published: 17 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Pressure is mounting on Betfair to hand over tens of thousands of pounds to the victim of a long-running fraud, after court proceedings exposed how a gambling addict was repeatedly allowed to wager vast sums of stolen money on the platform despite multiple warning signs. The case has reignited debate in the UK over the responsibility of gambling...

Published: 16 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A woman who hunted down and killed a young e-bike rider by deliberately using her car as a weapon has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 35 years, in a case the court described as a chilling example of violence driven by a bitter feud and fatal misidentification. The victim, 28-year-old Joey Johnstone, was not...

Published: 15 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Luis David Nino-Moncada, shot by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration stop in Portland, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault against a federal officer and damaging government property. The Portland man’s plea came on Wednesday following his indictment by the Department of Homeland Security, which alleges he entered the United States illegally and used his vehicle...

Published: 14 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A powerful new documentary examining the fatal stabbing of a teenager at a house party has been released, aiming to confront what its makers describe as the increasingly normalised culture of knife carrying among young people in the UK. At the heart of the film is the voice of a grieving mother, determined to turn personal tragedy into...

Published: 14 January 2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online Pooja*, 16, was accused of murdering her mother in 2018 in Uttar Pradesh. Despite being a minor, she spent six years in an adult prison before her case was finally transferred to a Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), which confirmed her age and released her for time served. Pooja’s story illustrates the failures of India’s juvenile justice...

Published: 13 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material. The focus keyword “Silvey charge” appears immediately in reports of his arrest, marking a serious legal development in Fremantle, Western Australia. Detectives executed a search warrant at Silvey’s home on Monday, 12 January, discovering evidence suggesting he was actively communicating with other offenders online....