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# long arm of the law

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Suspected killer of engaged Boston doctors is charged while lying in his hospital bed

Bampumim Teixeira was shot by police in the luxury apartment where the doctors were killed.

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May 9th 2017, 7:26 AM

Off-duty cops nab thief just minutes after violent shop raid

Unluckily for the thief, the two officers just happened to be passing.

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Apr 4th 2015, 7:15 AM

'Ridiculously good looking' felon jailed for over two years

Jeremy Meeks’s mugshot went viral.

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Feb 6th 2015, 10:13 AM

Gardaí currently have 113,500 arrests waiting to be carried out

The Justice Minister says she accepts that this is unacceptable but adds that most are for minor offences.

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Nov 19th 2014, 6:45 AM