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Man accused of murdering girl, 9, is innocent, claims alibi witness
Nicky McHale, 32, told a jury at Manchester Crown Court he saw Thomas Cashman, 34, smoking cannabis in the garden of a house in Liverpool around the time he is alleged to have shot Olivia Pratt-Korbel
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MPs back plans to make street sexual harassment like catcalling illegal
The Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill received an unopposed third reading in the Commons. It will now be scrutinised in the House of Lords before it becomes law.
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Killers who murdered devoted dad of eight jailed for more than 100 years
The killers who murdered a 'bubbly, energetic, witty' dad of eight Anthony Sargeant were sentenced to a combined total of over 100 years in prison at Birmingham Crown Court
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Emotional Ukrainian kids finally make it home after months in Russian camps
A total of 17 youngsters were snatched by Vladimir Putin's forces and hauled off to Russia-held Crimea after being told by their cruel captors that their families had abandoned them
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Putin offered protection from arrest by South Africa as party praises tyrant
South African opposition minority party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has said Vladimir Putin is welcome to their country despite an arrest warrant being issued
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Prison officer, 27, faces jail over inappropriate relationship with inmate
A prison officer who worked at HMP Forest Bank in Salford was today told she could be jailed after admitting to having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate. Joanne Hunter, 27, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office
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Woman dies 2 years after being set on fire in horrifying domestic abuse case
Ellen Marshall was set on fire by evil Leigh Pateman at a flat in Skegness, Lincolnshire, and left with catastrophic injuries which doctors said she would be unlikely to survive
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Boys, 7 and 9, found strangled in bedroom with mum's body discovered in home
Alexander, nine, and Maximus, seven were found dead with their mum Nadja De Jager in a home in London earlier this month - an inquest opened today and revealed the boys died from 'ligature compression of the neck' and were found in an upstairs bedroom
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Inside UK neighbourhood riddled with dealers where kids walk round with knives
Residents say 'there are still lots of very decent people' with some saying overall their experience of Willow Tree Lane in Yeading, West London is "more good than bad"
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Coronation Street's Paul Foreman very famous cousin stars in a rival soap
Peter Ash has partaken in many big storylines since joining the soap bit he’s set to leave the soap this year after his character Paul Foreman receives a devastating Motor Neuron Disease (MND) diagnosis
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Once biggest shopping mall in world abandoned after grisly murder & rape history
The Randall Park Mall was the biggest in the world when it was built in 1976, but the £143million shopping centre couldn't withstand changing economic conditions and became tainted by a history of gruesome crimes
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Woman carried off flight by cops after foul-mouthed tirade with fellow passenger
Simone Bryna Kim, a 24-year-old woman from Texas, caused a disturbance aboard Frontier Airlines Flight 2426 headed to Philadelphia from Miami International Airport on Tuesday afternoon
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Passenger stabs another to death on bus as victim begs driver to let him off
Aaron Cole and Dominique Lucas were both riding on a bus when they began to argue. Cole stabbed Lucas 33 times until he succumbed to his injuries
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Premier League star facing rape and assault claims is still playing for his club
The Premier League footballer, who also played in the World Cup 2022, was last year accused of raping two women in separate attacks, and a third alleged victim has now come forward
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Jurors on Donald Trump's rape trial granted anonymity so they don't get threats
In a very rare move, the justice handling E. Jean Carroll’s case against Donald Trump today said jurors’ personal information will be kept confidential to protect them
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Mum helps son send death threats off fake accounts to seduce doctor's daughter
The mother of a 'warped and twisted' stablehand has been convicted after she tried to shoulder the blame for her son's plot to seduce a doctor's daughter by spreading lies online
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'Amazing' boy, 16, stabbed to death walking home pictured as community reels
Tributes have been paid to Fred Shand, named locally as the 16-year-old who was fatally stabbed near Kingsthorpe College in Northampton, with one describing him as a 'polite and caring young man'
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Brother of woman 'poisoned by husband' says charges are 'hard to reconcile'
Dentist Jim Craig, 45, appeared at Arapahoe District Court in Colorado, US, at around 8.30am to hear the charge of first-degree murder after he was accused of poisoning his wife
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'Too many people don't feel safe on our streets after 13 years of Tory rule'
Writing exclusively for The Mirror, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says that too few crimes are investigated or solved, while serious violence has gone up and confidence in police has fallen
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Murder victim's mum walks out as suspect tells court 'I didn't kill little girl'
Olivia Pratt-Korbel's mother Cheryl, who was injured when a gunman ran into their Liverpool house, walked out of court today after Thomas Cashman denied murdering her daughter
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Keir Starmer says ban on caning kids shows violence against women can be stopped
The Labour leader made a speech unveiling the party's plans to tackle crime. Policing has come under intense scrutiny this week following a damning report that found homophobic, racist and sexist culture within the Metropolitan Police
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Homophobic killer obsessed with violence beat man to death with hammer
A man unleashed an astonishing homophobic rant about his victim in court before he was found guilty of murdering a 50-year-old man in a darkened cemetery with a hammer
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Judges facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia for being too soft on human rights
Ten male judges have been hit with high treason charges - a crime punishable by death in repressive Saudi Arabia - after confessing to being too "lenient" in human rights cases
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'I was evicted from my beach hut because I'm too glamorous for jealous locals'
Michele Spicer lost her beach hut in Goring-in Sea, West Sussex, after becoming embroiled in a fierce row with locals and claimed it was because everyone was 'jealous' of her
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Rich couple guilty of plotting to bring man to UK to harvest kidney for daughter
A wealthy Nigerian senator and his wife faced a shocking trial at the Old Bailey, accused of plotting to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his kidney for their daughter
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