Crime

Published: 12 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Three arrests were made after a racist attack targeted a Muslim religious leader in Victoria. Imam Ismet Purdic and his wife were allegedly forced from their car and assaulted along a Melbourne freeway, leaving the couple with significant trauma. Police confirmed the incident occurred on Saturday evening along the South Gippsland Highway, where three occupants of a small...

Published: 09 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Portland shooting has left two people injured after US federal agents fired outside a hospital, reigniting tensions across the city. The incident occurred near the Adventist hospital campus in east Portland, Oregon, one day after ICE officers fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Local police confirmed that both the male and female victims were transported to...

Published: 09 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A New York man has been jailed after making multiple hoax bomb threats targeting UK hospitals and public venues. David Hart, 22, appeared at a US district court in New York on 6 January following a joint investigation by Scotland Yard and the US Department of Homeland Security. Hart’s hoax bomb threats included repeated calls to London hospitals,...

Published: 08 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A failure in Met Police vetting has allowed serial rapists to remain within the force, shocking Londoners. The internal review revealed that between 2013 and 2023, thousands of officers and staff were recruited without proper background checks, leaving the public at significant risk. More than 5,000 personnel reportedly joined without verified vetting, while pre-employment checks on around 17,000...

Published: 08 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The shocking case of a teen misidentified in a fatal car crash has left his family enduring an unimaginable ordeal. Joshua Johnson, 18, tragically lost his life following a collision near Rotherham in South Yorkshire on 13 December. Police initially misidentified the victim as 17-year-old Trevor Wynn, who had also been involved alongside Summer Louise Scott, 17. Authorities...

Published: 06 January 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Melbourne man has been charged after allegedly firebombing a rabbi’s car decorated for Hanukah in St Kilda East. The focus keyword, Hanukah attack, appears in early reports describing the incident, which occurred on Christmas morning and sparked alarm across the local Jewish community. Authorities say a 47-year-old Richmond resident faces multiple charges, including criminal damage by fire,...

Published: 05 January 2025The English Chronicle DeskThe English Chronicle Online A migrant father has been found guilty of an honour killing in Holland after tying up and drowning his 18-year-old daughter in a remote swamp because he believed her “Western behaviour” had shamed their family. The case, which has deeply shocked the Netherlands, has reignited national debate over honour-based violence, coercive family control, and the protection of vulnerable young women....

Published: 29 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A fatal police shooting in Thetford has prompted an independent investigation, following a serious road collision that escalated rapidly on Sunday evening. Norfolk Police confirmed that a man was shot dead by armed officers after he left the scene of a two-vehicle crash while reportedly carrying what officers believed was a handgun. The incident has raised difficult questions...

Published: 29 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The quiet Leicestershire village of Appleby Magna has been left shaken after the death of a respected local man following an assault outside a village pub. David Darke, aged sixty-six, died in hospital days after being punched outside the Crown Inn on the evening of 21 December. His death has prompted an outpouring of grief, reflection, and concern...

Published: 24 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A quiet village in central Portugal was shaken yesterday by the heartbreaking death of a British boy aged just thirteen in a violent domestic incident that unfolded before local emergency services arrived. Portuguese authorities responded to what was initially described as a domestic violence alert at a home in Casais, within the municipality of Tomar, roughly ninety miles...