All news on the topic: Life sentence

Zara Aleena, a law graduate, had been walking home after seeing some friends in Ilford when Jordan McSweeney attacked her, launching a horrific nine minute sexual assault that took her life

A thug who bludgeoned his flatmate to death with a claw hammer in a jealous rage - then stole from her as she lay dead - has been jailed for life

Jordan McSweeney dragged 35-year-old Zara Aleena off the street when she was walking home from meeting friends in Ilford. He has had his minimum term cut from 38 year to 33 years

An inquest heard how Sgt Ratana was murdered after rookie Pc Richard Davey failed to search Louis de Zoysa properly, and Pc Samantha Still failed in her duties as 'cover officer'

Sophie Ellis has revealed her pain over the tragic death of her sister Charlene at the hands of the Burger Bar Boys gang in Birmngham. She revealed the ongoing abuse her family receives more than two decades on

Georgian Constantin was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife Valentina Cozma in Stoke by setting her on fire and jailed for life over the sickening fireball attack

Joshua Bowles a former British GCHQ worker has been jailed for life after trying to murder a US spy in a "premeditated, targeted and vicious" knife attack at a leisure centre

Working as a police officer, Lewis Edwards, 24, groomed over 200 girls, abusing his victims, pressuring them into sending him explicit content and repeatedly threatening them

Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton, 31, was stabbed to death with a 7inch blade outside a bar in Greater Manchester after a row between two groups

Netflix true crime documentary Get Gotti landed on the streaming service this week, and viewers have said the "must watch" three-part series has kept them glued to their screens

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Dariusz Michalowski was missing from his home in Huddersfield for nine years until it transpired he had been tortured, murdered and buried in an unmarked grave

David Stanners, nicknamed "Frog Eye", from Limerick, who was jailed for the brutal killing of rival gang boss Kieran Keane, has been found dead in his prison cell in Ireland

Retired Det Supt Nick Biddiss spoke out after the Mirror revealed the Brink’s-Mat villain lives at an address which is also the headquarters of Amazon Forest People

South Wales Police officer Lewis Edwards, 24, groomed over 200 young girls during his time at the force, taking a sadistic pleasure from ruining his victims lives, pushing some to self harm and thoughts of suicide

Vile abuser Lewis Edwards, 24, groomed over 200 girls during his time serving as an officer for South Wales Police - manipulating, abusing, and threatening teenage girls

A family member of Joshua Dunmore and his dad Gary, who were shot dead by Stephen Alderton, shouted "rot in prison" as he was led to the cells following today's sentencing

David Tronnes beat and strangled his wife Shanti Cooper-Tronnes to death at their home in Orlando, Florida, after a disagreement about appearing on home renovation reality show Zombie House Flippers

Lucy Letby has forged a friendship with other female murderers in prison, but who are these women and what crimes did they commit? The Mirror takes a closer look at her ghoulish 'gang'

Thomas Cashman was jailed for life, with a minimum of 42 years behind bars, in April this year for Olivia Pratt-Korbel's murder and appealed the sentence in July which was thrown out

The Tory minister in charge of prisons told MPs on Monday some low-level offenders handed sentences of less than a year will be spared jail and instead ordered to scrub graffiti off walls

In the 27 years since Rose West was sentenced for killing 10 young girls with her evil husband Fred West, the twisted serial killer is reportedly living a luxurious 'middle-class' life behind bars

Grieving Lady Amess saw the sculpture of her late husband - who was murdered two years ago - for the first time this week and said: 'I felt I could reach out and touch him.'

A weapons firm ran brazen ads claiming its sale was to celebrate a failed bid by police to close it down just days after Elianne Andam was stabbed to death in Croydon, South London

Michael Zack III's lawyers sought to stop the execution, arguing he is a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome and posttraumatic stress disorder. He was put to death via lethal injection

Jervais Boyaram murdered Muhammed Sohail outside his home in Saltley, Birmingham, in a "cold-blooded execution" which a court heard was a case of mistaken identity