Crime

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Family of couple murdered by ex-commando launch bid to overturn his appeal win
Collin Reeves brutally stabbed neighbours Stephen and Jennifer Chapple to death at their home in Taunton, Somerset, while their children were asleep upstairs
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Pair accused of murdering toddlers 'wanted to live off money for adopting them'
The prosecution believe Toddlers Orrin and Orson were killed months before adoptive dad Trezell West called the police to say they had gone missing while playing in the backyard
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Bombshell new evidence could throw quadruple student muder case into chaos
Bryan Kohberger is due to stand trial on June after 26 after he was accused of killing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin on November 13
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School shooter posted about love's death and cried on first day of college
Nashville School Shooter Audrey Hale's parents told police that they were being seen by a doctor for their mental health, and a teacher said they had posted on Facebook about grief over the death of a lover
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Loving husband jumps from roof of house to help wife after she falls from ladder
A family's security camera captured the moment a selfless husband jumped from the roof of his house to check on his wife after she fell off a ladder and hurt herself
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Gravedigger finds woman barely alive inside bricked-up tomb
The 36-year-old was freed at the Municipal Cemetery of Visconde do Rio Branco in Brazil yesterday morning, after police heard cries for help from inside a bricked-up tomb
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Cops realise YouTuber claiming to be victim killed husband after interview slip
Investigators did not buy Texas YouTuber Samantha Wohlford's excuses and the mum-of-five is now locked up along with three accomplices when her elaborate story began to unravel
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DPD driver 'spat at by fuming man and told she'd be raped' after posting parcel
A DPD delivery driver felt she had no option but to quit her job after a stranger threatened her with rape, attacked her van and spat at her during a dispute over parking
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Thug punched stranger to death with horseshoe after asking 'do you want to die?'
Kirkpatrick Virgo has been found guilty of murder after he killed 24-year-old Thomas Parker at Reading Station by punching him with a horseshoe
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Brazen squatter forced to flee with family after changing locks and faking lease
A squatter who occupied a propery in Houston, changed the locks and faked the lease, brazenly claimed she moved in legally with her kids - but has a history of evictions in other areas of Texas
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Oscar Pistorius' murdered girlfriend's mum to speak in court as he seeks release
On Friday, the parole board at Atteridgeville prison in South Africa is expected to announce its decision on whether to release Oscar Pistorius after serving half his sentence
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Woman working on her car cheats death after motorist crashes into her on street
The victim had the bonnet up on her silver hatchback as she worked on it outside her home in north London when she was suddenly thrown into the air
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Cleaner at swanky hotel weeps as she admits stealing nearly £400k of jewellery
Sabrina Rova worked at the posh five-star Hilton Hotel but was said to be apart of an 'organised crime group' and swiped expensive watches and jewellery from guests
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Man who dragged woman onto street after mistaking home for B&B guilty of murder
David Redfern, 46, of Barmouth, Gwynedd, had refused to call an ambulance as frail Margaret Barnes lay dying outside his five-storey townhouse last July
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Gang filmed 'celebrating in street' after 'rival was gunned down in the street'
Sharmake Mohamud was shot dead while walking along Green Lanes in Haringey, north London, in September 2021 and police don't know if he was the intended target
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ISIS supporter posted photos of herself with severed heads impaled on spikes
The court said on two occasions Fatosh Ibrahim "published photographs of severed heads impaled on the fence" that were placed there by so-called Islamic State militants in Raqqa
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Subject of hit 'Serial' podcast's murder conviction reinstated after he's freed
'This is not a podcast for me. This is real life,' Adnan Syed victim's brother told the Appellate Court of Maryland regarding the conviction for the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999
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Man pays impersonator £800 to take driving theory test after failing 14 times
Mohammad Shoaib, 38, was given a cheeky nickname by members of his family when he failed his driving theory test several times, before booking an impersonator to take it for him
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Career criminal haunted after finding James Bulger's body dies in police custody
An investigation is underway after police a man named as career criminal James Riley died in police custody in Liverpool. A police watchdog is now investigating after the death of Mr Riley, known for finding the body of James Bulger in 1993
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Killer jailed for life for Rikki Neave's murder allowed to appeal conviction
James Watson, now 41, was jailed in June last year for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave, whose body was found in woodland five minutes from his home in Welland, Peterborough in 1994
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Man 'obsessed with witchcraft' accused of killing girlfriend before burning her
Rocha Oliveira, from Parauapebas, Brazil, was allegedly murdered and burned by her boyfriend in André Ávila's home in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, on March 25
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Incredible moment man hides one foot away from officer on roof in police chase
Etmond Lika, 32, pleaded guilty to maintaining a cannabis farm but in a desperate move to flee from police, he climbed on the roof and hid from an officer
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Phillip Schofield's brother pictured arriving at court for sex abuse trial
This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield's brother has been photographed arriving at Exeter Crown Court as the trial over alleged sex abuse continues
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Urgent warning as dogs fall ill and die hours after being walked in UK park
Two dogs are believed to have died after visiting Millers Park in South London, which has been closed as officers collect soil and pond samples to determine the cause of the mysterious illness
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Brit dad dies instantly after car smashes into tree when it careered off road
'Fun-loving' dad-of-two Craig Bott, 38, who grew up in Rotherham and had a 16-year-old daughter and six-year-old son, was visiting Australia to assess whether he wanted to relocate there permanently