A man is in critical condition after allegedly accidentally blowing himself up while trying to rob an ATM machine on Thursday night outside a row of shops on Glasgow Road, Clydebank.CCTV footage showed a man flying backwards from the force of the blast and then collapsing on the ground.Another man could be seen standing over the man checking to see if he was okay before fleeing the scene.Debris

A Chinese murder suspect has been apprehended after evading police for 12 years partly by pretending to be mute - leading to the genuine loss of his ability to speak.The man, identified by his surname Zeng, has been charged with murdering his wife's uncle, identified as Mr Chai, in 2005, after a dispute over a 500 yuan (£57) rent payment.The disagreement escalated, and Mr Zeng allegedly stabbe

Harrods accidentally sold £1,000 bags for less than £5 due to a pricing error. The Italian leather bags were all listed for under £10 – some were as little as £2. During the glitch – which saw some prices have their decimal point put in the wrong spot – the brand Marylebone tote was listed for £8.08.But anyone who managed to buy one will be left disappointed – because Harrods have sa

A woman in her 20s was attacked as she slept under a tree near a busy street in the city of Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal.Nobody is said to have intervened to help her as she was attacked by a 23-year-old man and some people actually filmed what was going on.A man by the name of Ganji Siva has been taken into custody.He is not known by the victim who had fled her family home after an argument

An Australian university student, in her 20s, may never walk again after she inhaled 360 canisters of nitrous oxide in one week.The woman has damaged nerves in her spinal cord which doctors say may never recover.She is now being rehabilitated to learn how to walk again after repeatedly using the recreational drug, known as laughing gas.The student's story was featured on ABC's 7.30 programme to d

An angry man n Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, South Africa, set his dog on a tavern owner after an argument over change.Hoping to teach the tavern owner a lesson, the patron went home to fetch his vicious dog but the tavern owner saw the dog charging and locked himself inside his house.The animal then attacked a woman who was just passing by, biting off a chunk of her face!Mbali Zulu (23) is now in hospi

A 32-year-old taxi driver from Northgate, Johannesburg, South Africa, claims that he gave a lift to a ghost.Rabelani Manzere said he was driving in Randburg when he picked up a short elderly woman who was carrying plastic bags. "I stopped the taxi and opened the door for her. When she got in, she told me she was glad she had found me, which was strange." Rabelani said while he was driving, the wom

A man in India allegedly stabbed his mother to death and then ate part of her heart after smothering it in chutney – because she refused to give him food.Sunil Kuchakurni had reportedly gone to his neighbour's house while drunk, and started asking for something to eat.But when they denied him a meal, he went to his 65-year-old mum Yelava's home in northern India instead.The pair allegedly starte

A suspected cannibal in South Africa has turned himself in to the police under bizarre circumstances.The man, who is described by local media as a 'traditional healer', reportedly walked into a police station to hand over human body parts – a leg and a hand – while telling officers: 'I'm tired of eating human flesh.'Police say the man confessed before leading them to a home in the town of Estc

An obsessive woman has been jailed after a car chase with police – who were trying to help her boyfriend escape her clutches.Kirsty Hargreaves pursued a police car containing Michael Mowforth after he begged them to help him leave her.But she refused to let him get away and dangerously chased the West Yorkshire Police vehicle in her car.Hargreaves caused oncoming cars to swerve as she crossed wh

A man dedicated five years of his life and thousands of pounds into renovating his dream yacht.And then it sank, literally within minutes of it hitting the water.Richard Ogilvy, from Forres, Moray, bought the dilapidated WWII boat, Sea Wraithe, 10 years ago but only began renovating it in 2013.The 75-year-old worked up to eight hours a day ripping off the fibreglass deck, treating the rotten wood

A woman from Stourbridge, UK, was left permanently paralysed after climax during sex caused a brain haemorrhage.Lucinda Allen is now confined to a wheelchair after becoming paralysed down the left-hand side of her body after a headache during sex left her in agony.The 43-year-old, who was pregnant at the time, was rushed to the hospital and put in a coma, while doctors performed a craniotomy to r

A 23-year-old woman from the Mangolpuri area, India, reportedly cut off her boyfriend's privates with a kitchen knife after she had raped him when he refused to marry her after 4 years together.The woman brought up the subject of marriage with 35-year-old street vendor Ravi while the couple were together in her family's home.But Ravi refused to take her as his wife, prompting an unexpected reactio

A man diagnosed with stage 4 cancer has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly drove hundreds of miles to kill three doctors who had previously treated him.Yue Chen, 58, was arrested after police suspected he may be travelling more than 200 miles from his home in Visalia to murder the three doctors.The officers discovered the 58-year-old had rented a car and was missing from the are

Former Premier League player Cheick Tiote has died at the age of 30 after collapsing during a training session in China.Tiote, who joined Chinese second division side Beijing Enterprises earlier in the year, was reportedly rushed to hospital on Monday.However, it has been confirmed that the Ivorian had passed away.Tiote spent seven years at Newcastle United after signing from FC Twente in 2010, pl