All news by author: Ryan Fahey

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Inside 'sadistic' crocodile expert's twisted double life and depraved fetishes
Adam Britton, 51, who is based in Darwin, Australia, began his "sadistic" rampage in 2014 and tortured and sexually exploited more than 39 dogs until his arrest in April 2022
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Incest dad kept food locked away in House of Horrors 'concentration camp'
Piotr Gierasik, 54, and Paulina Gierasik, 20, were arrested and face life in prison after babies were found in the basement of the family home but locals now fear there could be even more victims
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Warning issued over 'suicide challenge' linked to Brit's death
An unnamed 26-year-old also described as British, has handed himself in to police and reportedly confessed to killing the unnamed 35-year-old during the so-called Blue Whale game in Portugal
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Five Bulgarians living in UK appear in court charged with spying for Russia
Vanya Gaberova, 29, Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, and Ivan Stoyanov, 31, are all accused of conspiring to collect information that could be indirectly useful to an enemy state, which is thought to be Russia
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Horror moment man accidentally drops 140lbs barbell on stranger's foot
The painful moment was caught on CCTV, which showed a man dressed in a blue T-shirt attempting to lift a 140lb (68kg) barbell but loses his balance and drops the massive weight on a fellow gymgoer's foot
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Chess master denies using sex toy to cheat during high profile tournament
Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old chess prodigy, is suing Chess.com and Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, 31, for defaming him by saying he used vibrating anal beads to cheat his way through their game on September 4, 2022
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Police take action on 'house of horror' where kids were tortured and raped
Last year, Belgian officials ordered convicted child killer Marc Dutroux's red brick house in Charleroi to be flattened, and a memorial garden for the victims to be built in its place
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Inside grave of ‘child vampire’ weighed down to stop them returning from dead
The child was thought to have been aged between five and seven when they died during the 17th century and was fitted with a padlock in an 'anti-vampiric' superstition to prevent souls coming back from the dead
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Naked AI images of young girls horrify mothers in scandal rocking village
The suspects, who are aged between 12 and 14 living in the town of Almendralejo, Spain, are thought to have lifted the image from the girls' social media accounts and run them through an app designed to imagine the subject without clothes
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Urgent warning issued to parents as kids fall ill from 'drug muffins' at school
Ninety children purchased what they thought were tasty baked goods - which turned out to be laced with cannabis - en route to the Pulamadibogo Primary School, north-west of the South African capital, Pretoria
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Canadian family charged with pretending to be native Inuits for financial gain
Twin sisters Amira and Nadya Gill, both 25, and their mother Karima Manji, 59, are said to have received scholarships and grants after claiming to be members of Canada's indigenous Inuit people
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Brit recalls being 'fried' by cattle prod while held captive by cruel Russians
Shaun Pinner faced the death penalty after he was captured by Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian frontline alongside fellow Brit Aiden Aslin
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Fire and explosions at golf ball factory kill at least five and injure 100
The fire, which started on Friday night at the golf ball factory in Taiwan's Pingtung county, burned overnight as firefighters rushed to save those inside - with three emergency responders counted among the dead
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Sole survivor of killer mushroom meal freed from hospital weeks after 3 died
Three members of the same family died and another was left critically ill in hospital after the four consumed a meal tainted with a toxic mushroom at the home of two of the deceased's ex daughter-in-law, Erin Patterson
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Terrifying moment lifeguards pluck teen from raging sea as boyfriend swept away
Luana Araujo de Souza, 18, fell from a cliff in Brazil and was close to having her body battered by rocks when a team of lifeguards managed to drag her from the sea
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Warning to dog owners as pooch chained to balcony tries to escape
WARNING - UPSETTING CONTENT: The Labrador, thought to be around four years old, was heard moaning and yelping as it was being asphyxiated by the lead its owners had tied to the balcony
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Stowaway's body found in plane landing gear could have been there for days
The African man, who is aged between 30 and 40 years old, was found by horrified maintenance workers after the aircraft arrived at Istanbul Airport on September 14
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Heartbroken partner of Brit found dead with blood on lips in Bali breaks silence
British national Simon Atkin, 68, and Rosemary Thornton, originally from Australia, lived together on Sanur Beach near Denpasar in Bali for 10 years, before tragedy struck and he was found dead on the floor of his villa
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Hero man that rescued pal from deadly snake coiled on ankle suddenly dies
Donny Morrison, 69, from Australia's Queensland state, sustained a bite wound after managing to uncoil the snake, which had wrapped around his friend's ankle on Saturday night
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Brit woman stabbed to death by 82-year-old 'partner' in Spain holiday hotspot
Spain's Civil Guard said there had been no earlier complaints made about the alleged aggressor and his victim, and it's currently unknown whether the pair were expats living in the country permanently, on there on holiday
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World's 'oldest' woman who 'didn't enjoy single day' in long life died aged 129
Koku Istambulova was born when Queen Victoria was still on the thrown in Britain but had suffered immense tragedy in her long life
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Inside story of mum's fight to clear name after dingo snatched and killed baby
But yesterday a coroner finally ruled Lindy and Michael ­Chamberlain’s nine-week-old daughter Azaria was snatched by a dingo during a family camping trip to the Australian Outback
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Girl with rare 'werewolf syndrome' is dubbed 'child from heaven' in royal visit
Adik Missclyen, aged two, who was born without nostrils and hair all over her face and upper body, had the chance of meeting the monarchs of Malaysia when they visited her hometown of Bintulu on Borneo
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Man who spent £12,000 becoming human Collie now wants to find a Lassie to love
A man fulfilled his childhood wish of becoming a dog earlier this year after paying over £12,000 for a costume to make him look like a Collie, and has now built up enough confidence to start searching for love
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Mystery as Brit tourist found dead 'with blood on his lips' in Bali villa
Simon Atkin - who was living in Australia but was travelling on a British passport - died "due to illness", said police, after he was found on the floor of a room in the Janan Villa of Sanur, south of Denpasar