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Man Charged With Assaulting Woman, Child & Police Officers In Scotland. A 25-year-old man whose name has not been released has been charged after a shocking early morning rampage in a peaceful Scottish suburb, where he terrorised a woman and a young child before turning his fury on police officers. The disturbing incident took place around 9am on Monday, June 15, on Braeside Drive in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, as families were beginning their day. Police rushed to the scene after frantic reports of a man running wildly through the traffic, darting between cars and trying to get into vehicles in what witnesses described as completely erratic and frightening behaviour. Footage circulating on social media shows the chaotic aftermath, with the suspect pinned to the ground by several uniformed officers in a violent struggle. He was eventually fitted with a spit mask amid continued resistance before being bundled into the back of a police van. Multiple patrol vehicles with flashing blue lights swarmed the area, turning the normally quiet neighbourhood into a scene reminiscent of a major incident. It is understood the man allegedly assaulted both a woman and a child during his frenzied outburst, before launching attacks on the responding officers. A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed: "Around 9am on Monday, 15 June, 2026, officers received a report of a disturbance on Braeside Drive, Barrhead. A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection and is due to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Tuesday, June 16, 2026." No updates have yet been released on the condition of the woman, child, or injured officers. The suspect's identity is being withheld at this stage. #UKNews #CrimeNews #Scotland
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Manchester School Stabbing Update. Eyewitness: "Everyone had just sat down at the start of form time. This girl put on a COVID mask, whipped out a big Rambo knife and started going for people. She stabbed two people in a row, one in the back and one in the neck. The teacher tried to stop her and got stabbed in the neck as well. There was blood everywhere and then it all kicked off." "I was in the classroom when it happened. I was terrified and I ran out. We were on lockdown for two hours afterwards with the police there. The girl was Russian. She had good English, but she put the mask on, she was prepared to do what she was doing." #UKNews #CrimeNews #Manchester #Blackley
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African Migrant Attempts To Behead Local Man In North Belfast. In a deeply disturbing and horrific scene straight out of a horror movie, a local man was repeatedly slashed in the neck in what witnesses are describing as a barbaric attempt to behead him on a residential street in North Belfast moments ago. The attack took place on Kinnaird Avenue shortly after 10.30pm. Locals were forced to intervene to stop the sustained and savage attack. Graphic video footage circulating online shows the victim on the ground, with the attacker, described by multiple witnesses as an African migrant, straddling him and making repeated slicing motions with a blade to the neck and head area. Bystanders can be heard screaming, with one shouting about the attacker cutting his head off as blood visibly pooled on the pavement. The suspect, in a frenzied state and shouting rhythmic chants in a foreign language continued the assault even as locals intervened to stop him. Police Service of Northern Ireland officers arrived and arrested the man at the scene. The victim was rushed to hospital with serious injuries, where he remains in a critical but stable condition. No updates on his identity have been released, but he is understood to be a local man from the area. A PSNI spokesperson confirmed: "Police in north Belfast are currently in attendance at Kinnaird Avenue following the report of a stabbing incident shortly after 10.30pm on Monday 8th June. A man has been arrested in relation to the incident and is in police custody while a second man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries." Officers are appealing for witnesses and any dashcam or CCTV footage. #UKNews #CrimeNews #Ireland #Belfast
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Police Brutality: 15-Year-Old Impaled on Spiked Railings by Suffolk Police. Shocking CCTV from the First Light Festival in Lowestoft, 21 June 2025, shows officers slamming 15-year-old Rocco Kirkpatrick, who was not under arrest, into spiked metal railings while trying to handcuff him. Held right next to the fence, officers pushed him forward and impaled his chin on a spike, causing a deep gaping wound needing plastic surgery and leaving scars. Police initially cleared the officers, claiming he dropped his own body weight. Independent Office for Police Conduct ordered a new investigation in May 2026. The family is pursuing a civil claim. #UKNews #CrimeNews #UKPolitics #Suffolk
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The independent Rape Gang Inquiry, chaired by survivor Sammy Woodhouse and supported by MP Rupert Lowe, has finally released its full report. After months of survivor and whistleblower testimony, this hard-hitting 219-page document exposes the shocking scale of grooming gang abuse across the UK, the institutional failures that allowed it to continue for decades, and the cultural factors that were ignored for fear of being called racist. #UKNews #CrimeNews #UKPolitics
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Police Brutality: Dorset Cop Sacked For Grabbing Teenager By Throat On Bodycam. Shocking bodycam footage shows Dorset Police officer PC Lorne Castle tackling a 15-year-old boy to the ground, grabbing his face and throat while shouting: "Stop resisting or I’m going to smash you". The boy, arrested in Bournemouth on 27 January 2024, asked "What have I done?" as Castle swore at him and told him to "stop screaming like a little b*tch". A misconduct panel found Castle guilty of gross misconduct in May 2025. He was dismissed without notice and added to the police barred list. Castle is appealing the decision. #UKNews #CrimeNews #UKPolitics #Dorset
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Turkish Sex Criminal Deported On Holiday Flight With British Families. Horrified passengers, including families with children, endured a nightmare 90-minute ordeal after a Turkish national was escorted onto a scheduled Wizz Air commercial flight from London Gatwick to Istanbul last Tuesday, May 13. Witnesses described chaotic scenes as officials in high-visibility jackets dragged the handcuffed detainee, understood to have served time in a UK prison for sex offences, up the aircraft stairs before forcing him into the rear of the Airbus, while the man repeatedly shouted no and violently resisted officers. According to passengers onboard, the disturbance continued for around 90 minutes after take-off. Travellers said the detainee screamed continuously, fought against restraints and spat directly in one passenger's face. Cabin crew attempted to shield nearby passengers by hanging high-vis jackets around the back section of the aircraft, while onboard paramedics handed out wipes and reassured travellers that the man’s medical history had been checked. After landing in Istanbul, the captain apologised for the upset caused by the detainee, as Turkish police boarded the aircraft and took the man into custody. A spokesperson for Wizz Air said passenger safety remained the airline’s top priority and confirmed that crew followed all required procedures during the incident. #UKNews #CrimeNews #UKPolitics #London
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Palestine Action Activists Who Vandalised British Arms Factory and Injured Police Officer With Sledgehammer Are Jailed. Four Palestine Action activists known as the Filton Four were sentenced today at Woolwich Crown Court for their involvement in a destructive raid on an Israeli defence company’s factory in Filton, near Bristol. The group, which included an activist who struck a female police officer with a sledgehammer, causing a spinal fracture, drove a van through the perimeter fence and caused more than £1 million worth of damage to equipment. In a significant ruling, the judge applied a terrorism connection to their sentences, a first for this type of protest case even though they were not charged under terrorism laws. This reflects the court’s view that the action was intended to influence government policy through serious criminal damage. Samuel Corner, 23, was jailed for 8 years and 8 months. Charlotte Head, 30, and Leona Kamio, 30, each received 6 years. Fatema Zainab Rajwani, 21, was sentenced to 5 years and 8 months. Footage from the incident on 6 August 2024 showed the masked group dressed in red boiler suits using hammers and crowbars to smash drones, computers and other equipment inside the Elbit Systems site. Corner was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Sergeant Kate Evans after striking her with a sledgehammer twice during clashes with police. He was cleared of the more serious charge of GBH with intent. Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson ruled that the offence had a terrorism connection because it was designed to intimidate the government and disrupt operations linked to what the activists called British complicity in Gaza. The defendants knew Palestine Action’s goal was to shut down the Elbit site. As a result of the terrorism uplift, the four will serve at least two-thirds of their sentences in custody and face strict post-release monitoring requirements, similar to those for terrorism offenders. Outside the court, police arrested 72 people protesting in support of the group and the now-proscribed Palestine Action organisation. Many were waving Palestinian flags and displaying signs backing the banned group. The government has so far remained silent on the mass arrests. Amnesty International and various campaigners, have described the sentences as disproportionate and an attack on protest rights. More than 100 public figures had urged the judge not to apply the terrorism connection. The activists had already spent significant time on remand. Their first trial saw them cleared of aggravated burglary, but a retrial led to convictions on the criminal damage charges. The proscription of Palestine Action last year has heightened the stakes around such actions. While many support peaceful protest, today’s sentences underline the serious legal consequences of crossing into violence and large-scale criminal damage. #UKNews #CrimeNews #Bristol #Filton
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