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Connecticut stepmother accused of imprisoning stepson for 20 years in case likened to Auschwitz survivor’s ordeal
Kimberly Sullivan, who denies all charges, has now confirmed through her lawyer that she will reject a proposed 30-year plea deal before a 4 September deadline, sending the Connecticut case towards a full criminal trial
Four, including two minors, charged over rape of woman held captive at Somerset, UK home
Two teenagers aged 17 are among four males remanded in custody and due before Taunton Magistrates' Court, after the Crown Prosecution Service authorised a dozen rape charges over an attack on a woman at a property in Weston-super-Mare last month; Tommy Campbell, 19, faces six counts of rape alongside sexual assault, false imprisonment and actual bodily harm, with Rio Welling, 18, and the two youths facing further counts
11-hour Berlin hostage drama ends as special forces free supermarket cashier
An armed man's 11-hour siege of a Berlin supermarket concluded early Saturday when SEK officers negotiated the release of the cashier he had held at gunpoint, with the gunman's identity and motive undisclosed by authorities
Larissa hostage case: Man threatened to burn his ex-wife alive during hours-long police standoff
New details have emerged about a 50-year-old man arrested in Larissa, central Greece, after holding his former wife hostage inside her home, threatening to set the property on fire and livestreaming the incident on social media. In footage from the incident, the suspect is seen holding an axe and a container of flammable liquid, repeatedly […]
38-year-old woman reveals harrowing hostage experience in Iraq and escape through coded videos
Elizabeth, a doctoral student at Princeton University in New Jersey, was kidnapped in March 2023 after a woman who had asked her to meet at a Baghdad cafe to help her with her ISIS research never showed up
The Greek armed guard of the Eternity C was rescued alive – The Houthis hold six crew members hostage
The Greek guard was the last to leave the ship, together with the Filipino captain, when the Eternity C had already started to sink
