Real crime

She seemed so ordinary but she’d done something unthi nkable

A tragedy at playtime or something far more sinister?

As a sentencing review proposes ways to tackle the prison population, Closer looks at what it might mean for women who have often been coerced into crime

This week’s crime story...

As Lorraine walked home from a night with mates, a sinister stranger wasn’t far behind

Seeing my little brother’s face squashed up against the glass, I burst out laughing. It was October 2000 and I’d popped to see my mum, Gaynor, then 48, after dropping my eldest daughter, then four, at