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Retired Gerry Gallacher has slammed his former colleagues who failed to nail Emma Caldwell's murder in 2005, despite the case against her killer, Iain Packer, being "on a plate"

Thomas Griffiths was sentenced to life but could serve a minimum of just 12 and a half years after brutally attacking sixth-former Ellie Gould, from Calne, Wiltshire, at her home

Ivan Cantu became the second person to be executed in the US this year on Wednesday evening, put to death for murdering his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend over 20 years ago.

Ivan Cantu was denied a special last meal of his choosing before he was executed in Texas for murder and theft, although he claimed he was innocent all the way up to his death

Death row killer Ivan Cantu, who was convicted in 2001 for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend in Texas, was put to death on Wednesday despite pushes from Kim Kardashian to stay the execution

Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were a picture of young love, but within days they would both be dead, their bodies crammed inside surfboard bags and dumped on farmland

The Metropolitan Police have said that they are "assessing" a report of hate speech made on February 24 against Lee Anderson who accused the mayor of London of being controlled by Islamists

Reece Martin and Anthony Milton, both 19, have been jailed after unleashing a terrifying hail of bullets on a family in Liverpool. One of the bullets missed a man's head by only 2ft

Bianca Censori's father Leo Censori reportedly wants to have a man to man discussion with Kanye West over his daughter being treated like a 'trashy naked show pony' after string of nearly-nude outings

Former Cabinet Minister David Davis used the protections of Parliamentary privilege, which protects MPs from being sued for defamation in most cases, to make the allegations against the multi-millionaire Mohamed Amersi in the Commons

Millionairess Joanna Simpson was battered to death with a claw hammer by British Airways captain Robert Brown and her mother said the killer must remain in prison after losing an appeal

Bulgarian national Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 38, is accused of spying on behalf of Russia while living in Acton, west London, and was denied bail after appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court

Body parts belonging to Simon Shotton were found strewn over a two square mile area of Boscombe, Bournemouth, including limbs discovered by a shocked member of the public on a sea front

Former airline captain Robert Brown, whose sick killing of wife Joanna Simpson was featured in two-part ITV documentary The British Airways Killer, has had a bid for freedom blocked

Iain Packer was found guilty of murdering Emma Caldwell, 27, in Scotland in 2005. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 36 years after a trial in Glasgow

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has hit out at Sky News for referring to a transgender murderer as a woman, after the outlet covered the news that Scarlet Blake had been sentenced to life in prison

Emma Webber - whose son Barnaby, 19 was among three people killed by Valdo Calocane - says she has 'lost faith' in Nottinghamshire Police's leadership and called for the chief constable to step aside

Transgender killer Scarlet Blake, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 24 years, will be housed in a men's prison where an expert claims she will receive special privileges as a 'vulnerable prisoner'

The serial killer Fred West was known to carry out works across Gloucester and it is claimed that he may have had access to a network of tunnels in order to aid his crimes

Shanda Vander Ark, 44, and her son Paul Ferguson, 21, from Michigan, US, tortured Timothy, 15, with a nine hour ice bath before his death - they both retched during their trials

Tyler Boebert, 18, faces 22 charges including three counts of criminal trespass, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and three counts of theft of under $300

Reece Martin and Anthony Milton have both been jailed for 12 years after shooting a gun towards a home in West Derby, Merseyside, with a mum and son inside

If you have a Ring doorbell or similar device you could be breaching data protection rules without realising - there are several steps you can do to stop this

Grant Haber, a New Jersey CEO, cut down 32 of his next-door neighbour's trees to improve his view of New York City from his mansion but he now faces a huge fine

Margaret Kiely’s youngest daughter, Jennifer, has been at the centre of a 19-year riddle ever since her scorched body was found dumped in a beach shelter in Eastbourne, Sussex