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This is a list of major crimes in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies that received significant media coverage and/or led to changes in legislation. Legally each deliberate and unlawful killing of a human being is murder ; [ 1 ] there is no crime of assassination or serial killing as such, for example.
Encouraging or assisting crime - Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007; Soliciting to murder, contrary to section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861; Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence; Conspiracy, contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977; Conspiracy to defraud; Conspiracy to corrupt ...
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In its history, the United Kingdom has had a relatively normal relationship with crime. The United Kingdom's crime rate remains relatively low when compared to the rest of the world, especially among first world countries. As of 2019, the United Kingdom sits in 174th place for intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants at 1.20. [4]
Name Location Deaths Injuries Notes 60 or 61 AD Boudica's attacks on Roman cities Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester), Londinium (modern-day London), Verulamium (modern-day St Albans) 70,000–80,000 (Mostly Britons) Forces led by Boudica, Queen of the Iceni tribe, massacred both Romans and Britons in Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium. Her ...
Articles which only allege that a crime has occurred should not be included in these categories (e.g. an article about a person or company that is indicted but whose case is later dismissed). For specific alleged crimes which have not been proven in a court of law, consider using Category:Scandals or a subcategory instead.
This categorisation of criminal should only be used for individuals that are notable criminals, notable as criminals and not just for people primarily notable for something else but that have been convicted of a crime. For such other people use a categorisation more specific to the actual conviction. England portal
The defence of necessity was first tested in the 19th century English case of R v Dudley and Stephens. [68] The Mignotte, sailing from Southampton to Sydney, sank. Three crew members and a cabin boy were stranded on a raft. They were starving and the cabin boy close to death. Driven to extreme hunger, the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The ...