Crime

Published: 19 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Scammers are exploiting growing excitement around the upcoming London Marathon by targeting runners who missed out on ballot places, attempting to trick them into paying for fake race entries through social media groups and messaging apps. With anticipation building ahead of the 2026 event scheduled for 26 April, fraudsters are posing as injured participants offering to “sell” their...

Published: 19 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has publicly denied all allegations against him, declaring “I will never give up” as he addressed the media for the first time since his arrest over serious war crime murder charges linked to his military service in Afghanistan. Speaking from the Gold Coast while on bail, Roberts-Smith strongly rejected claims that he...

Published: 17 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online South Africa’s political landscape has been rocked by the sentencing of Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), to five years in prison. In a packed courtroom in KuGompo City (formerly East London) on Thursday, April 16, Magistrate Twanet Olivier delivered a decisive ruling that could potentially end the parliamentary career of one of...

Published: 17 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A surge in the market value of Pokémon cards has triggered an international wave of "smash and grab" robberies, with collectibles stores across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom reporting over $500,000 in losses in the first few months of 2026 alone. What was once a schoolyard hobby has evolved into a high-stakes, liquid asset class,...

Published: 17 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In one of the most aggressive enforcement campaigns in the history of British roads policing, the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) and UK police forces confirmed today that nearly 160,000 uninsured vehicles have been seized over the past twelve months. The figure, a sharp 15% increase from the previous year, highlights a growing "epidemic of ghost drivers" that experts...

Published: 17 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online New and harrowing details have emerged regarding the condition of a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer following a violent confrontation at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2. During a preliminary hearing at Tameside Magistrates' Court on Friday, prosecutors revealed that a female police constable (PC) suffered such a severe assault that her "vision went blurred" and she feared she would...

Published: 17 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has announced the capture of a "primary protagonist" in the multibillion-peso flood-control corruption scandal, signaling a decisive turn in an investigation that has gripped the Philippines for months. Speaking from Malacañang Palace early Friday, the President confirmed that a key suspect—whose identity had been under seal pending a high-stakes manhunt—was apprehended in a coordinated...

Published: 17 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Turkey has been plunged into a state of profound national mourning following a week of unprecedented school violence that has shattered the country’s sense of security. On Wednesday, the town of Kahramanmaraş became the site of the deadliest school shooting in Turkish history when a 14-year-old student, İsa Aras Mersinli, opened fire at the Ayser Çalık Secondary School....

Published: 17 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a development that has sent shockwaves through the music industry and social media, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed on Thursday that breakout alt-pop star D4vd—born David Anthony Burke—has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The arrest follows a grueling seven-month investigation into the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered remains were discovered in...

Published: 14 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A distinguished 79-year-old violinist has made an emotional public appeal for the return of his irreplaceable instrument after it was stolen from a train during a journey across the United Kingdom. The theft occurred late Monday afternoon on a service traveling between London and Manchester, leaving the musician devastated by the loss of a companion that has spanned...