"I must and will stop this shocking crime," cried the Tolstoian, crimson in the face.

It would not do, even to hint at a crime so shocking.

But surely a man who has committed such shocking crimes, brought that much grief to so many families.

Little has been reported in the media about these shocking crimes.

A view of a crime so shocking to humanity quite over come me.

This was considered a shocking crime, even by medieval standards.

It was a shocking crime, which leaves us all shaking our heads and wondering why these kids would do what they did.

It was a most shocking crime from that point of view - quite unnecessary violence.

By all appearances, this was a shocking crime of passion.

Recent events have brought home to us all throughout Europe the obscene and shocking crimes perpetrated against children in our continent.