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A woman who allegedly mutilated a man's penis has claimed she attacked him in retaliation for sharing an intimate video of her. Brenda Barattini, 26, allegedly attacked Sergio Fernandez, 40, last November as he slept in his home.

A supermarket customer who was billed over £930 for a single banana because of computer error has received an apology. Bobbie Gordon was saved by her credit card company's fraud team, who prevented the absurdly large bill from going through.

An Instagram star who earned the moniker "Cocaine Babe" after sharing breathtaking holiday pics to cover up a massive drug-smuggling operation has been jailed for eight years. Judge Kate Traill, handing down the sentence, said the case "highlights the negative influence of social media on young wome

A high-tech surveillance operation in China has plucked a man suspected of an historic crime out of a 60,000-person crowd. Facial recognition technology set up at a Jacky Cheung concert in Nanchang scanned tens of thousands of concert-goers and flagged at least one up as a suspect in an "economic cr

Eight cops have been sacked after they pointed the finger at mice in the search for a half-ton of marijuana missing from a police warehouse. An inspection of a police warehouse for impounded drugs in Pilar, Argentina, confirmed that 540kg of marijuana was missing - part of a 6,000kg haul that had be

Dozens of people are suing a fertility doctor who they say secretly used his own sperm to impregnate women attending his clinic. The incredible allegations against Dr Norman Barwin are backed up by DNA tests which claimants say prove he is the biological father of at least 11 people whose parents we

The theft of a priceless 16th-century artefact that belonged to Queen Anne de Bretagne has sparked a desperate plea for its return. The distinctive heart-shaped golden case, which narrowly escaped being melted down after the French Revolution, was stolen overnight from the Musée Dobrée in the west

A commemoration of World War Two resistance fighters has been overshadowed by a dispute over the participation of overweight people in the televised guard of honour. Organisers have been accused of discrimination for acting on complaints about the increasing size of people at the annual event in The

An Garda Síochána mistakenly logged intelligence on dead people in their computer systems, a review has found. Gardaí logged data on their computer system — ironically named Pulse — such as "sightings" of known homicide victims.

A woman who was fired after giving Donald Trump's motorcade the middle finger is suing her former employer, Agence France Pressereports. Juli Briskman, who worked for the firm Akima as a market analyst, said the termination was a violation of her right to free speech, according to her complaint file

A suspected poacher hunting at a private game reserve in South Africa was eaten by a pride of lions. The man, who was heard screaming as he was attacked by the pride at the Ingwelala Private Nature Reserve in Hoedspruit, was killed quickly and devoured – apart from his head.

A British man who repeatedly dined at some of Washington DC’s most expensive restaurants before walking out without paying has been arrested numerous times in the past month. Nick Cooper, 21, ordered a $1,200 glass of 34-year-old Teeling Irish single malt whiskey, according to his police file.

Thailand's national airline has banned seriously overweight passengers from riding in the business class cabin of its new Dreamliner fleet. Thai Airways International said passengers with a waist size above 56 inches cannot fit in the special safety belts installed in the premium cabin of its Boeing

A police operation in which actors pretended to be drunk and tried to buy alcohol from pubs and clubs saw every business fail the test. Bedfordshire Police sent actors feigning "excessive drunkenness" - with symptoms such as unsteadiness, slurred speech and loud behaviour - into pubs, clubs and news

A shampoo manufacturer has been ordered to stop making the "misleading" claim that their product can reduce hair loss. Alpecin, which produces a caffeine-infused shampoo, claimed in adverts that the shampoo "can actually help to reduce hair loss".