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12-year-old Keith was snatched, murdered and buried by The Moors Murderers Brady and Hindley

Some of Britain's most notorious killers come in pairs

Two decades later Sarah Payne’s case has left a lasting legacy and influenced the way police and the media approach cases involving children.

Anthony Walker was only 18-years-old when he was killed in a racially-motivated attack in Merseyside in 2005 | Image: Shutterstock

The emotional and physical abuse at the centre of British Gymnastics.

11-year-old children shouldn’t be killed in gun violence.

Police brutality in the US is a real issue. But Britain is not so innocent.

Much might have changed in the 30 years since the teenager’s death, but it’s also clear that not enough has.

His now-famous photograph – warmly smiling, radiating innocence – became a kind of cultural touchstone in the wider discourse about street crime and gang violence in Britain.

Blue light flasher atop of a police car. City lights on the background.

Despite the promises made after the Stephen Lawrence case, racist murders still continue to this day

'Until his family is identified we will act as his family,'

Few serial killer couples evoke as much repulsion and horror as Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

The likes of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the UK were all shown to be among the worst offending nations for domestic abuse.

Technology has made it easier for abusers to target and control their victims

For many women, staying at home meant being locked in with the person who posed the greatest threat to their lives

How racial unrest led to a constable’s killing in the Broadwater Farm Riots

Big, broad, manic-eyed and bushy-’tached, Charles Bronson is famous (well, okay, infamous) for his big house exploits | Image: Shutterstock

Everything about Kym Marsh: Murder at My Door Interview

In October of 2012, a little girl from Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, vanished after being sighted willingly climbing into a car near her home

What was it like growing up in Yorkshire during Peter Sutcliffe's reign of terror?

She paid for the police’s lack of training, care and poor attitude with her life'. 

How a normal girl from Crumpsall became an icon of evil for her role in the abductions and murders of five children and teenagers between 1963 and 1965

The wider question of how we should shape the discourse over such crimes remains a thorny one

Crime+Investigation spoke to Sinead from Mens Rea about the podcast and what she's looking forward to at CrimeCon

The double-murderer who hid from police in a divan bed at the crime scene

Hunting Ghislaine is the new podcast series by veteran investigative journalist John Sweeney.

It is now more than a decade since the murder of Jo Yeates – a case which shocked and gripped the whole country throughout 2010

Only one in every 20 murders coming from the hands of a woman and young female killers are even rarer

Peter Sutcliffe was eventually caught after a routine check of his car registration number.

Over two decades have passed since the nation was rocked by the brutal murder of 13-year-old Billie-Jo Jenkins

The leading writer and criminologist directs his uncompromising gaze on a growing phenomenon - so-called 'rampage killers', whose random multiple killings invariably leave entire communities in shock and mourning.

The epidemic of lethal violence against women is laid bare in the Femicide Census

Former Scotland Yard detective and undercover cop, Peter Bleksley has written several books and plays.

One of the major contributors to the demise of capital punishment in the UK were several high-profile miscarriages of justice.

The sense of disbelief and shock still reverberate across the nation, 25 years later