All news on the topic: Life sentence

Elizabeth Archibeque has been sentenced to life without parole after her six-year-old son was found unresponsive and malnourished having been kept in a tiny closet which reeked of urine

Ronan Kanda was stabbed to death as he walked home from a pal’s house, and now his mother has written an open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding action

Megan Imirowicz was sentenced to a year in prison — with 506 days of prison credit to fall back on — and five years of probation in a shocking decision Tuesday

Su Bushby, who Met sergeant Matt Ratana had been planning to propose to before he died, paid an emotional tribute to her long-term partner, saying: "I don't believe I will ever truly recover from losing my soulmate"

A member of Malcolm X's security team has spoken about what he witnessed on the day of the civil rights activist's assassination, and the actions of police officers at the scene

Met Police sergeant Matt Ratana was just weeks from retirement when he was shot in the thigh and chest by weapons-obsessed Louis de Zoysa at a custody suite in Croydon, south London

Amber Gibson, 16, was sexually assaulted and murdered by her brother Connor Gibson, 20, in November 2021 - with a family member claiming social services blocked their grandparents from taking them in

Andrew Malkinson, 57, was convicted of attacking a woman in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 2003 but has always maintained his innocence before being released in 2020

Pensioners Harry and Megan Tooze were killed and dumped in a cowshed back in 1993 in a brutal double killing that shocked the country but nobody has been brought to justice

Notorious serial killer Robert Maudsley spends 23 hours of the day inside a bulletproof cell in Wakefield Prison after killing four people - including three whilst behind bars

Damien Bendall murdered his pregnant girlfriend Terri Harris and three children with a claw hammer during a sleepover in September 2021 - now the site of the horrific murder has been bulldozed

Christopher'Bynum, convicted of the murders of five people in Indiana, is in jail despite someone else confessing, his lawyers have said. Bynum says his confession was coerced

'Evil' Phiip Huggins died in his cell at notorious HMP Frankland after a fellow inmate heard cries for help. The killer was serving a 30 year minimum life sentence for stabbing mum of three Cecilia Nightingale

Carl Ball was attacked with a plank of wood outside his own home and while "slowly dying" from internal bleeding named his attacker as his brother-in-law Andrew Southwood

David Hunter spoke of a “perfect” 52-year marriage to wife Janice, 74, during earlier testimony at Paphos District Court and broke down in tears as he described the moment he killed her

David Carrick was finally jailed for life in February for 49 offences, including 24 rapes, during his 20-year police career, during which he came to the attention of police a number of times

Lawyer-turned-murderer Alex Murdaugh has been using a tablet to take selfies in his maximum-security prison cell that showcase his chalky torso as he grins into the camera - while serving a life sentence for the grisly murders of his wife and child

Family members of the pair wept as the details of the attack on Christopher Martin were read to the court as the 25 year old was jailed for life for killing his own grandfather

On December 22, 2001—just months after the 9/11 attacks—Richard Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami with homemade bombs hidden in his shoes - but his attack was thwarted

Claire Scanlon, 38, has been given a life sentence after she was found to have poisoned her five-year-old son with antidepressants before claiming he had a 'fall'

Ronan Kanda was simply walking home from a friend's house when he was set upon and stabbed by two teens. His killers were looking for another youngster at the time of the murder

Leslie Van Houten was released from prison last week after more than 50 years. Sharon Tate's sister fears she could revert to her old ways and easily kill again

Leslie Van Houten was part of the notorious cult behind the brutal slaying of actress Sharon Tate and a number of others. They hoped to initiate a race war that would consume the US with the Manson Family emerging to rule afterwards

Unearthed footage shows evil cult leader Charles Manson giving his followers coded messages - one of the female members of the murderous Manson Family cult Leslie Van Houten was today released after over 50 years in jail

Thomas Cashman lodged an appeal against his minimum 42-year jail term, after he was found guilty of killing nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel - but his application was refused