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Dad handed life sentence after son, 6, starved to death in horror neglect case
Anthony Martinez has been sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder in the starvation death of his six-year-old son Deshaun in 2020 with his wife also receiving a similar sentence
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'I married my childhood sweetheart after he was sentenced to life in prison'
Montreanna has no regrets over rekindling her romance with her childhood sweetheart after learning that he had been sentenced to life in prison without parole
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Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales after 17 years on death row for teen's murder
Texas has executed death row inmate Ramiro Gonzales for the kidnapping, sexual assault, and fatal shooting of the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer, Bridget Townsend after Gonzales himself led police to her remains while serving life sentence for another murder
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Headteacher's mission to protect kids online 'and stop another Brianna tragedy'
Shocked by the tragic murder Brianna Ghey, Emma Mills, 43, has mounted a quest to educate parents on how to keep kids away from social media and monitor their behaviour online
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14-year-old killer who stabbed Alfie Lewis to death in broad daylight unmasked
Bardia Shojaeifard was found guilty of stabbing teenager Alfie Lewis through the heart on the way home from school in the Horsforth area of Leeds last November
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Joanna Dennehy's warped plot to escape jail by amputating guard's finger
Psychopath Joanna Dennehy is serving a life sentence for murdering three men 'just for fun' and planned an horrific attack on a prison guard in an attempt to escape jail
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Killer who used dating app to lure retired teacher to death jailed for murder
Paul McNaughton killed 75-year-old Peter Coshan in a flat in Leith, Scotland, after using a fake profile on a gay dating app to lure him to the address. He had hatched a plot to kill the retired biology teacher
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Murdered Olivia's mum promises to throw her 'biggest' birthday party every year
Olivia Pratt-Korbel, aged nine, was killed in her home when she was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in 2022. Last week the youngster, described as beautiful and sassy, should have celebrated her 11th birthday
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Mum hears 'pop' sound outside her house before making heartbreaking discovery
Justina Bobmanuel was taking a bath when she suddenly heard a ‘pop’ drift in from her window - and made horrifying discovery when she followed the sound outside
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Double killer allowed to bid for freedom six years into his second life sentence
Andrew McVicar was 15 when he murdered Tony Harrington, 20, by slashing his throat with a broken bottle. Nineteen years later the thug got life again for shoving Tim Smith during a burglary
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Real-life 'To Die For' killer takes responsibility decades after husband's death
Pamela Smart, the inspiration behind Nicole Kidman's role in 'To Die For', was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began an affair with a student, 15, who later fatally shot her husband Gregory Smart
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Drunk driver socialite 'not sorry' say mum who 'died with sons' in hit and run
Rebecca Grossman, the wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the death of two young boys
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State seeking nitrogen gas execution for hitchhiker's killer despite concerns
Alabama is seeking to carry out another nitrogen gas execution, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method in the execution of Kenneth Smith
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Socialite could spend life in prison after sentencing for killing two brothers
Rebecca Grossman, the former girlfriend of a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, was convicted of a horrific hit-and-run crash after a boozy lunch that killed two young boys
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'My daughter's ex murdered her in cold blood. Now he might be released early'
The Mirror's Justice for Our Daughter's campaign called for longer prison sentences for those who kill partners inside the home, and one grieving mum has now revealed how important it is
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Domestic abuse killers could face longer sentences after Mirror campaign
The Mirror's Justice for Our Daughter's campaign called for longer prison sentences for those who kill partners inside the home - and now the Conservatives have pledged to conduct a review into homicide laws
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Sadistic women filmed torture of vulnerable victim who died from injuries
Zoe Rider, 36, and Nicola Lethbridge, 45, attacked 60-year-old Stephen Koszyczarski subjecting their neighbour, who was assessed as having learning difficulties, to a horrific ordeal while filming it
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Teen jailed after stabbing two men to death outside nightclub in row over girl
Rashane Douglas, 19, stabbed Haidar Shah, 19, Joshua Clark, 21, and Brandon Coupe, 18, in the chest within seconds of each other following a row outside a nightclub in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in the early hours of October 1 last year
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Fury as Tory pledge to stop sex offenders changing their name collapses
Labour MP Sarah Champion, who called for the law to change, said she was 'so angry' after the Government failed to pass the new law before calling the General Election
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Teacher jailed for 20 years for murder of lover she buried in garden
Fiona Beal was jailed for life for murdering her partner Nicholas Billingham. The teacher admitted killing him and buried his body in the back garden of the home they shared in Northampton
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Inside Chowchilla Kidnapping where bus driver and 26 children buried alive
In 1976, 26 children and their bus driver Ed Ray were kidnapped in Chowchilla, California. The school bus was ambushed by three armed men who forced them into a buried trailer
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Woman burns husband's clothes after he starts relationship with her best friend
Rhian Templeton, 50, set fire to a pile of suits, shirts, coats and trainers belonging to her estranged husband in the garden of the former marital home after learning of his new relationship
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Paedophile who killed mum and daugther, 2, to hide vile secret is denied parole
Thomas Park, then 25, stabbed the mum more than 100 times before beating her two-year-old daughter to death - he has now been denied parole due to 'a number of risk factors'
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'Wicked' woman who set fire to mother-in-law's bed as she slept jailed for life
A judge said elderly victim Elizabeth Vamplew would have woken to find a scene of 'hell' in her bedroom after it was set on fire by Karen Vamplew in a sick attempt to get her inheritance
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Killer who stabbed BBC's Greatest Dancer star as he left prom jailed for life
Kajetan Migdal, 18, was killed by Patrick Sharp-Meade who confronted him and his friends after he mistakenly believed he had been talking to his ex girlfriend, stabbing him with a zombie knife