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Leigh Pateman confesses to the murder of Ellen Marshall, who died two years after he set her on fire
Pateman caused "significant burns" to Ms Marshall after he poured petrol over her and set the fuel alight in Skegness in April 2021.
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Father and son sentenced for plotting hitwoman murder
A father and son who "recruited" a woman from the US in a plot to kill a Birmingham shopkeeper have been jailed.
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Footage captures the arrest of Sara Sharif’s alleged killers aboard a plane coming from Pakistan
Ten-year-old’s stepmother says ‘I think you’re looking for us’ in bodycam footage played to jurors during trial
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Haiti and Israel rank among the highest in terms of impunity for the murder of journalists
The two countries topped the 2024 Impunity Index, which ranks countries based on the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of population, while globally impunity surrounding attacks on journalists remains rampant with almost 80% of murders going unpunished.
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Rapper Lil Durk arrested on suspicion of hiring for murder
Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested on suspicion of ordering the murder of a rival in 2022 from his position as leader of the Chicago-based rap collective Only the Family, federal prosecutors said.
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Islington: A man is charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy is fatally stabbed
Francie McCarthy, 21, is set to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said.
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Coventry student convicted of murder for hiding baby in cereal box
Jia Xin Teo, 22, concealed her pregnancy from friends and gave birth in bathroom at student halls
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Man, 55, arrested on suspicion of murdering Suffolk dog walker Anita Rose
Suspect being questioned over death of 57-year-old who was found lying on a track after going out for walk in July
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Man convicted of raping and murdering NHS worker Natalie Shotter in London park
The 37-year-old died of a heart attack caused by Mohamed Iidow repeatedly raping her while she was unconscious on a park bench, the Old Bailey heard.
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A secret site was found on the darknet, where requests for murders and "kill lists" are posted
In 2020, tech journalist Carl Miller, along with a hacker named Chris, hacked a secret website on the darknet that hosted assassination requests.
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The horrific injuries of schoolgirl Sara Sharif were revealed in court, as three family members stand trial for her murder
The horror injuries sustained by schoolgirl Sara Sharif have been shared in court - as three of her family members stand trial for her murder.
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Man ‘murdered’ at home was paedophile recently spared jail for attacking girl
A man found dead in a flat in what is being treated as suspected murder was a known sex offender who recently dodged a jail sentence for molesting a young girl.
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Woman jailed for murdering her parents - after living at family home in Essex with their hidden bodies for years
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John, 70, with prescription medication, before stabbing her mother Lois, 71, at their home in Chelmsford.
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Holly Newton murder: Logan MacPhail identified as the 15-year-old’s killer after restrictions lifted on Hexham knife attack
MacPhail inflicted 36 knife wounds, including five "defensive" injuries. Holly was taken to hospital but couldn’t be saved.
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GP Thomas Kwan admits to attempting to kill his mother’s partner with a fake Covid jab laced with poison
Dr Thomas Kwan, 53, had sent Patrick O’Hara, now 72, fake NHS letters to arrange a ’Covid jab’. After the injection, he was diagnosed with a life-threatening flesh-eating disease
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Man stabbed to death in block of flats in east London
A man, 50, has been found stabbed to death in a corridor of block of flats ineast London.
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Police reveal images depicting how Britain’s most wanted man might look today
One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives who has been on the run for 20 years may be living in the Australian outback.
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Merseyside police arrest man over death of woman in Ibiza two years ago
A London man has been bailed following the tragic incident where 24-year-old Robyn Eve Maines fell from a hotel balcony near San Antonio.
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Man dies in east Bristol after stabbing
One man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender as officers hunt suspected attacker
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The family of a banker murdered 20 years ago has criticized Police Scotland as "incompetent" in handling the case
Widow and sons of Alistair Wilson speak to media after trust in officers’ ability to identify shooter ‘eroded’
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New murder investigation launched into the shooting of banker found dead on his doorstep
Alistair Wilson was shot in Nairn in the Scottish Highlands in November 2004 and his killer has never been found despite "strenuous efforts" to find the person responsible
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Triple murder suspect is both the son and brother of the victims
The suspect in a triple murder case, where the victims were found dead in a tower block in Luton, is both the son and brother of the deceased.
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Oliver Campbell: Man jailed in 1991 for Hackney shopkeeper’s murder has conviction overturned
Three judges ruled on Wednesday that Oliver Campbell’s conviction for the murder of Baldev Hoondle in east London in July 1990 was ‘unsafe’
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Ex-politician found guilty of murder in Vegas reporter’s stabbing death sentenced to life in prison
A jury has sentenced Robert Telles, a former Nevada politician found guilty of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas investigative reporter, to life in prison with eligibility of parole after a minimum of 20 years.
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Thai court sentences son of Spanish TV star Rodolfo Sancho to life in prison for murder
The son of famed Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho has been found guilty of murdering a Colombian plastic surgeon at a Thai holiday resort before dismembering the body, a senior police officer told CNN.