Crime

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'Evil brute' murderer who stabbed mum-of-3 to death found dead in prison cell
'Evil' Phiip Huggins died in his cell at notorious HMP Frankland after a fellow inmate heard cries for help. The killer was serving a 30 year minimum life sentence for stabbing mum of three Cecilia Nightingale
702
Pregnant mum killed and 4 others shot as gunfire erupts at park birthday party
A five-month-pregnant woman identified as Autumn Vallian was shot dead in front of her family while she was attending a birthday party at Margaret Jenkins Park in South Houston, Texas late on Friday night
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Police investigating after balaclava-clad men trash football pitch in cars
Dunston were playing host to Gateshead in a pre-season friendly when the two vehicles suddnely made their way onto the pitch and cut up the grass by doing doughnuts
809
School bus monitor charged after six-year-old girl with disability suffocated
The six-year-old child was suffocated by her seatbelt after bumps in the road caused her to slip down in her wheelchair, with the bus monitor busy on her phone with earbuds and not noticing
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Killer's family shout in court as he's jailed for setting grandad's home on fire
Fraser Dolman and Wayne Hepburn plotted together to torch the front door of a rival in what was described as a "warning" connected to the drug trade - before mistakenly targeting George Redmond's home
655
NFL free agent Dalvin Cook allegedly assaulted ex-girlfriend and offered £780k
NFL free agent Dalvin Cook allegedly injured his ex-girlfriend when she tried to break up with him in 2020, and he faces ongoing civil civil litigation for his role in the alleged incident
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'I had no idea I was living under same roof as the monster who killed my baby'
Mary Davies thought her former boyfriend Brandon Heath tried to save her daughter Annabelle's life - little did she know he'd attacked the defenceless toddler causing fatal injuries
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Mum's horror as 10-month baby girl dies after sitter 'left her in a hot car'
Rhonda Jewell has been charged with aggravated manslaughter after the baby was left in the car for "at least five hours" as temperatures soared, reaching 56C INSIDE the car
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Death row killer's haunting words to victim's family as he gets lethal injection
James Barber was executed in Alabama in the early hours of Friday morning for the 2001 murder of a 75-year-old woman as the state resumed lethal injections following a review into their use
807
Ex-State Department worker under Donald Trump attacked police in January 6 riot
Frederico Klein was convicted of assault charges and other felony offences relating to the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election
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The Sixth Commandment villagers vent fury at BBC drama for 'glorifying murderer'
Residents in Maids Moreton, the village where the Sixth Commandment series starring Timothy Spall as Peter Farquhar and Anne Reid as Ann Moore-Martin, is set have reacted with fury
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Hundreds of school kids storm city and egg police in 'disgraceful' holiday stunt
Hundreds of school children have been running riot in Manchester city centre, throwing drinks and eggs at police trying to disperse them as they break up for the holidays
771
Man accidentally shoots wife dead while cleaning gun - then kills himself
The 61-year-old firearms training teacher was reportedly cleaning one of his handguns when it went off and shot his wife, before he went on to turn the gun on himself
1072
Woman 'breaks into Houses of Parliament' hours after visit from King Charles
The intruder reportedly sneaked in without a parliamentary pass on May 2 - the same day that King Charles and Queen Camilla visited - and slept in a committee room overnight
697
Court document mentions of Prince Andrew meetings and contact with Epstein
More details about the Duke of York's relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein have been evinced in court documents that came to light as part of a civil case brought by the US Virgin Islands government against JP Morgan in New York
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Alleged killer took road trip with girlfriend and 'dead body in front seat'
A Pennsylvania man has been charged over allegedly blasting his employer with two shots from a shotgun before covering the body in an old shirt and taking a road trip with his family and the body to Maryland
608
Coronation Street legend Andy Whyment lands brand new job on ITV soap
Coronation Street star Andy Whyment has bagged himself a new role on the Weatherfield-based soap
758
Hunt for 'Beast of Berlin' lioness ENDS as police believe animal is a boar
The "Beast of Berlin" is still on the loose and police have warned residents in the German capital to remain inside while hunters, vets, and cops carry out "Operation Lion Hunt" to track down the vicious lioness after zoos, circuses and sanctuaries failed to claim the big cat
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Starving girl leaps from window to find food 'after parents refuse to feed her'
Ryan Keith Hardman and Ellio M. Hardman have been arrested after their eight-year-old daughter jumped out of a window to go to a store and beg for food in Arnoldsburg, West Virginia
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Gilgo Beach suspect's neighbour 'heard him drunkenly talking about the girls'
Neighbours of the Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect, Rex Heuermann, described him as intimidating, with one neighbour recounting a confrontation where he talked about 'the girls'
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Brit left 'speechless' but 'too tired to smile' as he's cleared of wife's murder
David Hunter may be freed from prison after being found not guilty of his wife Janice's murder in Cyprus. His lawyer hopes sentencing for manslaughter next week will see him walk free
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Woman weeps as cop buys her food after partner 'made her kids watch him eat'
An elderly Colorado woman broke down in tears after a sheriff's deputy bought her food to feed her starving grandchildren after an argument over the last hot dogs
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Heartbreaking note key to clearing Brit of murdering terminally-ill wife
Judges in Cyprus were blown away by David Hunter's heartbreaking testimony in May but an apparent suicide note written by him also had a huge impact on the unanimous decision
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Man guilty of murdering Tyson Fury's cousin with seven-inch blade in bar fight
Promising boxer Rico Burton - the cousin of Tyson Fury - was stabbed to death in Altrincham, Cheshire, in August last year and today Liam O'Pray, 22, was found guilty of his murder
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Man who murdered paedophile rapist brother-in-law jailed for life
Carl Ball was attacked with a plank of wood outside his own home and while "slowly dying" from internal bleeding named his attacker as his brother-in-law Andrew Southwood