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Woman denies killing girl, 11, with poison while trying to get rid of bedbugs
Jesmin Akter, 33, allegedly scattered aluminium phosphide around her flat in Shadwell, east London on 26 November 2021, but the chemical was activated by moisture and produced the dangerous phosphine gas, which poisoned her 11-year-old
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Georgia Harrison's hell - sick discovery to new career and incredible campaign
Georgia Harrison's world imploded when Stephen Bear chose to publish what should have been a private sexual encounter without her consent
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Man on stag do 'downed six drinks before punching horse rider and killing him'
Ryan Patient, 25, is accused of manslaughter for fatally punching 23-year-old stranger Jake Rainton on a stag do in the middle of the street after having 'six or seven' drinks
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Woman 'caked in blood' after monster husband hit her for 'not working hard'
Martins Kovers became "enraged" after his unnamed wife went out drinking following a heated argument with him, he claimed she did not work hard enough despite him not working himself
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UK's 'most wanted' Phantom of the Forest killer murdered two cops in cold blood
Phantom of the Forest killer Barry Prudom was the most wanted man in Britain for 18 days after he shot and killed two police officers during his two-week murder spree in the summer of 1982
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Woman's vicious £60k revenge on her ex-fiancé after he broke off their wedding
Rosemary Lai is now behind bars after she tried to fleece her ex of £60,000 when his mental health was in a vulnerable state following the end of their engagement
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Drug dealing granny was 'barely able to form sentence' as police raided her home
Grandmother Joanne McKie, 44, was "barely able to form a sentence" and was "heavily intoxicated" when police raided her home in a drug bust and found class A drugs
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'Bored' ex-special forces man left mum broke after betting away her £12k savings
David Apps, former special forces serviceman, gambled away nearly £12,000 of his elderly mum's money "as a result of boredom and drinking" while staying at her apartment in Hampshire
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Woman who won £3.1million on lottery ended up broke and in court owing thousands
Suzanne Mullins shared vast sums of her lottery winnings with her family and to pay off her son-in-law's medical bills. But eventually her kindness left her broke and in court
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Teen Muslim convert 'looked up weapons and Isle of Wight festival as target'
The teen who had Osama Bin Laden as his phone screensaver left handwritten notes for his family in case anything happened to him, the court was told
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Father pleads guilty to manslaughter of baby while mother accepts child cruelty
Samuel Warnock, 29, formerly of Devizes, Wiltshire, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his three-month-old daughter Miyah Warnock in 2021 as he was due to stand trial for murder
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Footballer killed in club 'was revenge for minor incident in bar on Xmas Eve'
Remy Gordon carried out “awful revenge” against Cody Fisher on Boxing Day after Mr Fisher made brief “unavoidable” contact with his back while leaving a crowded Birmingham bar with a friend two days earlier
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Paedo teacher Kandice Barber banned from the classroom for life
Teaching watchdogs ruled Kandice Barber who groomed a 15-year-old boy in Buckinghamshire had demonstrated a 'callous and selfish disregard for her pupil’s well-being'
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Brothers stole ancient vase worth £3.5m in heist 'to pay back debts'
Brothers Stewart Ahearne and Louis Ahearne were part of gang who were involved in the museum heist and admitted stealing the Ming dynasty porcelain worth millions from Fondation Baur in Geneva
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Love Island's Georgia Steel was scammed by footballer-turned-catfisher
Georgia Steel, 25, has an extra special reason for finding a man on Love Island All Stars after a traumatic previous relationship with a conman who stole thousands from her
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Show-off couple who flaunted £250k luxury lifestyle online are now behind bars
Ashley Singh, 39, and Sophie Bruyea, 20, stole from lockers at gyms across London before using their victims' credit cards to fund luxury holidays in Dubai and even bought a pedigree puppy
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Archer killed 'noisy' man with bow and arrow as he celebrated birth of daughter
Mirando Romero and his friend were drunkenly celebrating the birth of his new daughter when they became involved the fatal row with Evaristo Scalco
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‘Bucket list’ penis cutter jailed for five years for ‘abhorrent’ procedure
Victim Marius Gustavson was also the ringleader of the extreme body modifications group. He had his penis chopped off, his leg frozen so badly it needed amputated and had his nipple partially cut off
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Vet jailed for life after stabbing ex-girlfriend to death in 'senseless attack'
Veterinarian Alberto Fioletti, 31, of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, has been jailed for 15 years for stabbing mother-of-two Stephanie Hodgkinson, 34, to death at her seaside home in Bournemouth
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Killer convinced girlfriend was the devil as he slit her throat in uni halls
Sabita Thanwani, who was just 19 years old, had suffered 18 cuts to her face, neck and chest area. The fatal wound had slashed her jugular vein
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Jealous painter jailed after strangling partner he met on Facebook Dating
Painter and decorator Stephen Whittingham, 41, who met his partner on Facebook Dating but after a few months turned violent and was jealous when she spoke to men, has been jailed
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Woman who defended XL Bully jailed after child left with horrifying injuries
Paula Jenkins, 43, from Manchester, has been slapped with a 16-month jail sentence after her XL Bully left Syed Gardazee, 12, with horrifying injuries
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Sick Rochdale grooming gang members who subjected young girls to serial abuse
Nine men of Pakistani and Afghan backgrounds were jailed as part of the Rochdale grooming scandal in 2012 - but further investigations resulted in the convictions of 42
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Man tracked mugger down on Facebook when he left giveaway clue behind at robbery
After he was attacked and robbed of £80, the victim returned to the scene of the crime in Grimsby, where he found a bank card belonging to Ashley Bracey, 36, which enabled him to stalk him on Facebook and hand his details over to the police
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Austrian incest monster Josef Fritzl could soon be released from prison
Josef Fritzl was jailed in March 2009 for keeping daughter Elisabeth locked in his cellar in Amstetten, Austria, as his sex slave for 24 years, fathering seven children with her
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