Brothers Michael and Anthony Stewart were sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1984 murder of Anthony Littler. A cold case investigation, Operation Snowpitch, used undercover officers to gather evidence, leading to the brothers' confessions after 42 years.
Hong Kong police arrested 125 people in a crackdown on a triad group that monopolized construction site lunchbox businesses through intimidation and extortion, while also operating illegal gambling dens.
Hong Kong police arrested a 41-year-old mainland Chinese man for allegedly impersonating a registered ride-hailing driver and working illegally. He was also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and breaching visa conditions. A 24-year-old local man was also arrested.
A 19-year-old Tesco worker from Essex has been convicted of preparing terrorist acts after MI5 foiled his plot to carry out a mass shooting. Alfie Coleman, who worked at a Tesco supermarket in Great Notley, collected a Makarov pistol and 188 rounds of ammunition from an undercover MI5 agent in a Morrisons car park on 29 September 2023. He had spent months planning an attack targeting the Lord Mayor of London's home, using a manifesto titled 'Collapse' and a 'kill list' of perceived enemies.
