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Killer's six horrifying words 'after stabbing pensioner out for morning walk'
Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid, 45, is accused of stabbing 70-year-old Terrence Carney to death as he walked down the street in Hartlepool after already attacking his housemate
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Roofer jailed after pretending to use toilet to steal £8k from elderly couple
Isaac Lowe, 36, from Stockton, admitted to burglary before he broke down in tears after the court heard how he ruthlessly stole money from a pensioner couple inside their home
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Woman denies procuring and using poison to abort her child during Covid pandemic
Bethany Cox, from Stockton-on-Tees, pleaded not guilty to two charges of "child destruction" and "procure own miscarriage by poison" at court and was given bail
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Scary texts shows gang bragging about importing £1m of drugs into seaside town
This gang of drug dealers brought £1 million of cocaine and cannabis into the country and then boasted about the act in chilling text messages, which were read in court
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Mum says she still loves son who became one of UK's most notorious drugs lords
Susan Moorby says she prays for drug lord son Jon Moorby every day but admits he ran his multi-million pound operation through fear and even threatened to kill his whole family over money
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'My son's a drug lord - he's threatened to kill me but I still love him'
Susan Moorby, whose 51-year-old son Jon Moorby is appealing against his 29 year sentence, said the seeds for his crimes were sown when he was a schoolboy.