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WARNING DISTURBING: Dad Shaun Moynihan sent extremely graphic messages to what he thought were 13-year-old girls, insisting he would meet up with them as long as they 'looked older'

Daniel Lynch was jailed for life in 2009 for the act of 'pure, calculated evil', but he is now due to be considered for release as he approaches end of minimum 16-year term

The conman who forged a winning ticket to steal £2.5million in 2009 paid off just £94,000 of a £939,000 confiscation order, but his home has now sold for a fortune

Tony Chambers was asked this week by ITV News’ Paul Brand if he had ignored the concerns of doctors at the time of killings, but said he would 'save it for the public inquiry'

The number of serious criminal cases waiting to get to court has reached a record high with the Crown Court backlog hitting 64,709 at the end of June this year

PhD student Mohamad Al Bared, who designed and built the unmanned aerial device at his Coventry home, has been told he may face life behind bars for helping Islamic State

Bike thief David Seagar was brought to justice following a frustrated mum, who camped outside his home and staged a protest against his string of bicycle thefts

Erickson Pascual, 32, met up with the 13-year-old victim in Liverpool on several occasions, during which he plied her with booze and bought her underwear from Primark

Peter Hamlet was left with a gaping wound to his arm after he was attacked with a machete in front of his nine-year-old daughter

Matthew Waddell violently attacked mother-of-three Sarah Albone in in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, after she had made it clear she wanted to end their relationship

Mahek Bukhari and her mother Ansreen plotted to ambush the two young victims, one of whom was threatening to post nude images and sexual videos of the influencer's mum online

A vulnerable cuckooing victim was targeted by four thugs in a "Quentin Tarantino style revenge" attack after his home was taken over for the supply of Class A drugs

Sara Oliveria filmed herself performing sex acts as a young child watched in a series of Facebook and WhatsApp messages before sending them to 'depraved' David Lee

The former PC attacked a 16-year-old girl and repeatedly raped a female colleague, while bragging he was 'untouchable' - now the Mayor's office wants his pension stopped

The devastated couple want to see the Countess of Chester Hospital’s ex-medical director, Ian Harvey, grilled over claims that he could have stopped Letby’s killing spree sooner

A post placed in a local newspaper when Lucy Letby qualified as a nurse ahead of her arrival on the wards at Countess of Chester Hpisltal shows how proud her parents were

Ricky Hamblin, 43, locked his partner inside their room at Formby Golf Club during a vicious drunken assault which left her bruised and bloodied on what was supposed to be a birthday weekend away

Mum Susan and dad Jonathan Letby have reportedly turned into recluses since their baby killer daughter's 2018 arrest and given that they relocated to Manchester for her trial, they could be about to make another house move

The story of Lucy Letby depriving tiny, helpless babies of their lives in a hospital just 12 miles from me sent my blood pressure soaring and hot tears running, writes Val Savage

Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow plotted to kill dad Liam Smith in an elaborate 10-month plan that saw them create false alibis and jet off to Jamaica after the brutal killing

Lucy Letby killed seven babies and tried to kill six others during a murder spree at Countess of Chester Hospital - and hospital bosses have since come under fire for not stopping her sooner

Charles Frayne, 46, was caught when concerned police turned up at a flat he had rented out for the teenager girl to see clients in Cardiff, south Wales, back in April 2021

Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others during a ten month trial held in Manchester, of which her doting parents attended every day up until her sentencing

Anthony Stinson made rap videos about killing someone one hour before stabbing Charlotte Wilcock as her baby daughter slept at her home in Blackburn, Lancashire

The killer nurse's house in Chester was found to be filled with items that took on a sinister new significance after she was convicted of the murders of seven helpless babies