Karen Roberts Editor
  • Aberdeen
  • National World

Karen Roberts is Late News Editor for NationalWorld and specialises in covering crime, courts and the justice system. She was previously a crime and courts reporter at the Evening Express and The Press and Journal, as well as serving as Content Editor at the Evening Express.

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Focus Areas

  • Crime
  • Courts
  • The Justice System

305 Articles
almost 2 years ago
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‘This loss is unimaginable’: mum dies on flight in front of husband and children

Helen Rhodes had been on her way back to the UK after living in Hong Kong for over 15 years

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almost 2 years ago
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‘Don’t do it’: devastated mum’s anti-knife plea after son murdered by group of teens

Jack Woodley was stabbed by one of the teens while the others joined in a brutal attack on him

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almost 2 years ago
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The latest interest rates rise explained and what it means for household incomes

The govenor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has hit back at criticism that the Bank was too slow to act

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almost 2 years ago
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Watchdog launches probe after disabled dementia patient, 93, was Tasered by police

Donald Burgess, who was wheelchair-bound, died three weeks after the incident

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almost 2 years ago
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Man stabbed his neighbour to death in ‘cold-blooded attack’ over motorbike noise

Police described Jamie Crosbie, who stabbed Dean Allsop 17 times, as an ‘extremely violent man’

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almost 2 years ago
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The criminals granted lifetime anonymity - including Maxine Carr and Jon Venables

Maxine Carr gave a false alibi for her then partner Ian Huntley - the murderer of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman

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almost 2 years ago
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Police investigations opened into abusive online posts during Euro 2022

More than half the flagged content during the Euro 2022 final was classed as hate speech

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almost 2 years ago
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Wagatha Christie case has cost each side ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds’

Rebekah Vardy could end up paying Coleen Rooney an estimated £2 million in legal costs

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almost 2 years ago
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Wayne Couzens has bid to have his prison sentence reduced rejected by judge

Wayne Couzens was jailed for life for the murder of Sarah Everard

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almost 2 years ago
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Hunt for wanted suspect to find ‘final piece of jigsaw’ in Essex lorry deaths probe

The 39 Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the trailer of a lorry in October 2019 which had travelled to the UK f...

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almost 2 years ago
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Clothes in your size fit differently depending on where you shop - here’s why

Dress sizes can vary depending on where you shop meaning you could go up or down a couple of sizes

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almost 2 years ago
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Eurovision 2023 will be held in the UK after war-torn Ukraine ruled out

Ukraine was the winner of this year’s Eurovision Contest with its entry from Kalush Orchestra

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