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Family unable to bury stabbed teen near home 'due to threats from gang members'
Wazabakana Elenda Jordan Kukabu, 18, known as Jordan, was stabbed to death near Dagenham Heathway Tube station and his uncle said the family have been threatened
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Suspect in murder of tech superstar seen in court as he pleads not guilty
Tech consultant Nima Momeni pleaded not guilty today to murdering Cash App found Bob Lee whose death led to outcry from the tech world led by Tesla billionaire Elon Musk
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Mum watched son, 15, bleed to death after being 'jumped' by teens outside school
Khayri Mclean's heartbroken mum Charlie spoke to the press outside court after her son's killers Jakele Pusey, 15, and Jovani Harriott, 17, were jailed for 34 years
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Teen killers who knifed boy, 15, outside school gates named in rare court order
Khayri Mclean, 15, was stabbed to death by two teenagers Jakele Pusey, 15, and Jovani Harriott, 17, who "lay in wait" for him as he walked home from school in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire on September 21 last year
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Comedian Tommy Cooper's niece found dead in pool of blood after stabbing
Tony King, 59, has pleaded guilty to murdering 68-year-old Sabrina Cooper - the niece of comedy legend Tommy Cooper - in her Eastbourne, East Sussex, home in December last year
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Husband stormed mum's home and murdered her while their children were at school
Yasmin Begum, 40, was found collapsed at her home in Bethnal Green, East London in March last year by school staff after she failed to pick her kids up
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Haunting last selfie mum took on cinema date hours before being stabbed to death
Katie Highton, 27, and Steven Harnett, 25, were named as the two people killed at a property in Dalton, Huddersfield on Monday - the new couple had gone to the cinema the night before
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Man charged with double murder after couple found dead in home after cinema date
Marcus Osbourne, 34, has been charged with the murders of Katie Highton and Steven Harnett who were found stabbed to death at a property in Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire on Monday
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Man stabbed to death after making crude comment about woman’s ‘big breasts’
The man was stabbed in the heart after allegedly commenting on a woman's breasts after she entered a food stall with her boyfriend and bodyguard in Malacca, Malaysia
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Rappers who murdered teen with machete then fled to Kenya jailed
Tariq Monteiro, 23, and Siyad Mohamud, 24, were part of a gang of six who chased down talented footballer and rival gang member Alex Smith and stabbed him to death in 2019
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Killer kid 'taunted victim's mother from prison using a secret phone'
Marques Walker, now 17, filmed himself rapping, dancing and smoking while on remand for stabbing Jermaine Cools, 14, seven times with a zombie knife in November 2021
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Man, 29, fatally stabbed before crashing BMW as he tried to flee named
Alex Josephs, 29, was found stabbed in Maylons Road, Ladywell on Wednesday and later died of his injuries as Met Police called on potential witnesses to get in touch
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Man guilty of murdering wife and daughter, 12, when she threatened to leave him
A jury has found Peter Nash, 47, guilty of the murders of Jillu Nash, 43, and their autistic daughter Louise, 12, after he discovered his wife had started a relationship with another man
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'We have nothing to live for after machete teenager was freed to kill our son'
Jermaine’s dad Julius said the family home is now like a 'cemetery' but he gets comfort from lying on his son’s bed next to a life-size picture of his smiling boy
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Machete crimes take place on UK streets at a rate of one an hour
The deadly weapons featured in almost 700 offences a month as the weapon of choice for violent thugs. It comes after a string of teenagers were fatally stabbed with the blades
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Two teens jailed for stabbing boy, 16, to death in case of mistaken identity
Vanushan Balakrishnan and Ilyas Suleiman, both 18, ran down Rishmeet Singh in Southall, west London, and brutally attacked and killed the youngster thinking he was a member of a rival gang
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Pregnant daughter, 26, held dad in arms after he was shot dead outside home
Nicky Ayers, 46, was shot seven times at close range in the early hours of April 29, 2010, outside his mum-in-law's house in West Derb - no one has ever been charged with his murder
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Teacher who killed her boyfriend describes burying him in the garden
Year Six schoolteacher Fiona Beal denies murdering her partner in November 2021, believing she is guilty of manslaughter due to her mental state at the time of the incident
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Moment teen killer stabs defenceless boy, 14, to death with massive sword
Marques Walker was jailed for life with a minimum of 19 years years after he stabbed 14-year-old Jermaine Cools to death with a sword near West Croydon railway station before fleeing
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Teenager jailed for stabbing 'happy, smiling' boy, 14, to death in the street
The 14-year-old victim Jermaine Cools was stabbed to death near a train station in south London in 2021 with police later arresting Marques Walker who admitted to murder
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Gangland assassin 'The Iceman' who shot dead businessman 'stabbed in prison'
Mark Fellows, 42, dubbed The Iceman, was allegedly stabbed in the head and the neck at the maximum security HMP Wakefield on Saturday.
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Teen stabbed to death outside school gate named as 16-year-old arrested
Renell Charles was pronounced dead near the school gates after he was stabbed on Friday afternoon and Met Police have since arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of murder
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Aspiring hip-hop artist accused of fatal stabbing while on bail for gun charges
Aspiring hip hop star Spencer Shumski, 20, from Sale in Australia's Victoria state, is accused of knifing Clint Allen to death in front of his wife and three pals in the early hours of Sunday morning, with the outdoorsy family man dying at the scene
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Man in court for attempted murder after 'sex attack and stabbing of woman, 71'
Anthony Roberts was also charged with sexual assault and possession of a bladed article in a public place after the attack in Worcester at around 2am on Sunday
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Four dead as murder and mayhem breaks out across Coronation bank holiday weekend
Four lives have been lost with other people injured as a spate of stabbings, attacks and other violence broke out across the country with Liverpool, Bath, the Midlands and South-East all affected, despite millions enjoying the Coronation celebrations
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