Gunchester masked slaying in the Cotton Tree pub

Police are hunting a masked gunman who opened fire in a Manchester pub, killing one and wounding three others.The armed man burst into the Cotton Tree pub, in the city's Droylsden district, shortly before 11.50pm last night and shot dead a 23-year-old man.The three people wounded have been taken to hospital, where their condition is not thought to be life-threatening, Greater Manchester Police said.Crime scene: Police outside the Cotton Tree pub...

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Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments

Scotland Yard is investigating allegations that detectives working for its anti-corruption unit have been paid thousands of pounds by a firm of private investigators. A parliamentary inquiry was told today that invoices, also seen by the Guardian, purport to show how a firm of private investigators made payments in return for information about the Metropolitan police investigation into James Ibori, a notorious Nigerian fraudster. On Tuesday, the Commons home affairs select committee was told by a lawyer involved in the case that invoices showed about £20,000 of potential payments to police officers in what amounted to an undetected case of...

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Dog 'The Bounty Hunter' Chapman's Show Canceled

Dog "The Bounty Hunter" Chapman will have more time on his hands to catch criminals, because his show on A&E is being canceled ... TMZ has learned. Multiple sources connected with the show tell us ... Dog's people and A&E have been negotiating, but the network has now decided to pull the plug and not do season 9. One source connected with Dog tells us the cancellation is based on "creative differences."  But here's the reality ... saying "creative differences" is like breaking up with a girl and saying, "It's not you, it's m...

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Gangsters blamed for 2008 Vancouver violence found guilty of gun charges

Three gangsters blamed for violence on Vancouver’s south slope in 2008 were found guilty Thursday on a series of gun charges stemming from a major Vancouver Police undercover investigation. Boby Sanghera and his cousins Navdip and Savdip Sanghera were each convicted on several counts that resulted from the police department’s Project Rebellion. Two other co-accused, Charanjit Rangi and Jaspreet Virk, were found not guilty by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes, though she said she was “highly suspicious” of their activities at the time. Outside court, Boby’s dad Udham Sanghera — who police allege is the patriarch of the “Sanghera crime...

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Marines sold stolen combat weapons to gangs,

American troops sold $2 million worth of weapons and combat gear, including assault rifles and night vision goggles to street gangs and to foreign countries, including China, in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy uncovered by a Navy probe, according to military officials. A two-year undercover investigation has implicated more than 60 individuals, an official with the Navy Criminal Navy Investigative Service (NCIS) told The Daily News in Jacksonville, N.C. Many of those involved were stationed at Camp Lejeune, a sprawling coastal Marine Corps installation that is home to special operations and expeditionary forces. Advertise | AdChoices Some...

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