More than 30 criminal cases involving 'Fake Sheikh' to be reviewed in light of Tulisa trial

More than 30 criminal cases that relied on evidence given by undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood are being reviewed in light of the collapse of the Tulisa Contostavlos drugs trial.

The Crown Prosecution Service is looking again at the cases - as well as three that are still going on - after a judge ended the pop singer's trial because there were "strong grounds" to believe the Sun reporter had lied in court and manipulated evidence.

Oregon priest runs off to Philippines during criminal investigation into hidden camera found in church bathroom

A priest caught with a hidden camera in a Sherwood, Ore., church fled to the Philippines to evade an arrest warrant signed last week, local reports said.

Rev. Ysrael Bien left the country in defiance of the Archdiocese of Portland’s orders to stay put while on administrative leave from the St. Francis Catholic Church.

“I didn’t expect him to disobey,” Archbishop Alexander Sample told the Oregonian.

Jay Z asks judge to keep criminal past, net worth out of civil trial over song rights: report

Jay Z doesn’t want a California jury to hear about his hard-knock life.

The rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has asked a federal court judge to bar testimony about his criminal past – and current high-flying lifestyle – from an upcoming civil trial.

Now a megabuck mogul, the Brooklyn native’s rap sheet includes arrests for weapons charges and a 1999 stabbing.

His lawyers say none of that should figure into his current court case, where he and Tim (Timbaland) Mosley are defending themselves in a civil suit charging they swiped a song sample for the Jay Z smash “Big Pimpin.”

The suit was brought in 2007 by a relative of an Egyptian composer named Baligh Hamdi, who said the tune ripped off Hamdi’s 1960 song “Khosara, Khosara.”

Italy’s top criminal court says Amanda Knox murder case showed ‘stunning weakness,’ major logical flaws

Amanda Knox speaks to reporters outside her mother's Seattle home in March, after she was acquitted of murder for the final time.

The murder case against Amanda Knox had such “stunning weakness” and a lack of evidence that prosecutors should be ashamed of themselves, Italy’s top criminal court said Monday.

The Supreme Court of Cassation — which declared Knox and her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito blameless in the death of Knox’s roommate in 2007 — put an epilogue on the saga with a 52-page report that basically accused prosecutors and investigators of incompetence.

EXCLUSIVE: Crimes of Old New York live on in dusty criminal clerk’s safe

The history and drama of Old New York is alive and well in a downtown courthouse.

An ancient, dust-caked trove of handwritten indictments and warrants, many about 135 years old, have been stored for a lifetime in a walk-in safe in the Manhattan Supreme Court criminal clerk's office, where they are rarely seen.

But the treasures, in the custody of the clerk, provide a fascinating view of the lives of residents in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

State Dept. inspector general opened ‘criminal investigation’ of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin in 2013: reports

Top Clinton aide Huma Abedin has a ‘criminal investigation’ launched against her in 2013 by the State Department, investigating a possible ‘theft’ in the form of extra overtime billed.

WASHINGTON — The State Department inspector general opened a “criminal investigation” of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin in 2013, though the Justice Department declined to pursue the case, according to reports.

The State Department watchdog was investigating possible “theft” by Abedin in the form of extra overtime billed and overpayments received.

Britain's dumbest criminal: burglar is arrested after breaking into sleeping cop's home

Jamie Perkins, 39, was arrested after breaking into a police officer's home.

Meet Britain’s dumbest criminal.

Bungling burglar Jamie Perkins felt the long arm of the law when he broke into a police officer’s home.

Perkins, 39, was quickly collared after waking up Officer Stacy Bolton who was at home sleeping on her day off.

Police Community Support Officer Bolton shouted at Perkins and chased him from her home before he was arrested,
Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court in Wales, where Perkins was sentenced and the judge called him 'a thorough nuisance.'