Major Crimes and True Crime

One of Britain's biggest police forces was today accused of 'a very serious abuse of power' after a damning report into how custody officers carry out 'degrading' strip-searches of vulnerable women. Former Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird was asked to investigate after a string of women told how they had been subjected to humiliating treatment following their arrest by Greater  Manchester Police  (GMP). Her report into the scandal – published today – reveals how one domestic abuse victim was unlawfully arrested for malicious communication after angrily accusing the force of 'failing people on a monumental scale'. The woman – referred to as Maria - was then stripped naked and 'treated like a piece of meat', she told Dame Vera. 'The only reason they did what they did was to degrade me,' 'Maria' added. Another disturbing account involved a woman who complained that the force wasn't taking action against ...

Child kidnapper' jumps off balcony onto car roof - and right into the clutches of angry crowd armed with sticks Out of the frying pan into the fire - man made jump for it after the child's mother snatched daughter back but could only land right in front of furious armed gang  An alleged child kidnapper jumped off an apartment block balcony and landing on a car roof in a dramatic moment which was caught on camera. But even then his getaway was thwarted when he ran into a group of waiting neighbours, all armed with sticks. The man, from Foshan in China's Guangdong Province, has been accused of attempting to snatch a six-year-old girl from the building.  It is believed that the girl's mother noticed him in the corridor of the residential building as he tried to grab the child. The girl's mother immediately fought off the suspected kidnapper and took her child back. During the incident, she managed to capture the attention of the neighbours by shouting an...

Nak3d woman chases thief down road after her purse is stolen from sauna Bizarre footage shows a young woman wrapped in nothing but a towel dashing through the reception at the sauna in Russia A naked woman braved more than embarrassment as she ran down the road after a thief believed to have stolen her purse at a sauna. Bizarre footage shows a young woman wrapped in nothing but a towel dashing through the reception at the sauna in St Petersburg, Russia. The CCTV footage shows her running out of the entrance to the baths and chasing the thief down the road, to the bemusement of stunned on-lookers. Despite practically baring all, the woman doesn't appear too bothered about losing her loosely-fitting towel. As she runs outside, another woman can be seen pointing her in the direction of the thief. The naked vigilante is then knocked over as she tries to cling to the thief's car, before being dragged several feet. Footage showed the brazen woman humiliat...