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Ex-scout leader convicted of child sex offences after 27 years on the run in Thailand
‘Unrepentant paedophile’ Richard Burrows, 80, abused boys in 60s and 70s and was found guilty of 97 offences by Cheshire court. A former boarding school housemaster and scout leader has been ...The Guardian - 7h -
Lawyers who say nurse wrongly convicted in baby killings ask to halt hospital inquiry
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Fitbit murder case conviction upheld despite improprieties by prosecutor
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Tories announce policy to deport all foreign nationals with criminal convictions
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Daughter of Pelicot Accuses Him of Rape in Police Complaint
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Police issue dispersal order for supercars in quiet country village
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3 Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia across Europe from base in UK
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Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges
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