All news on the topic: Murder trial

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'Cult' mum 'glares' in court as jurors grilled ahead of double child murder case
Lori Vallow Daybell is set to go on trial accused of murdering her two 'zombie' children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow along with 'doomsday cult leader' husband Chad Daybell
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Killer Cashman will be 'eaten alive' in prison after murdering Olivia, 9
Thomas Cashman shot and killed nine-year-old schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel in August last year at her home in Liverpool during a botched assassination attempt on a convicted burglar
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Man ordered hit on pregnant lover to hide affair from wife as she is shot dead
Eight-months pregnant mum-of-one Letycia Peixoto Fonseca, 31, when an assassination orchestrated by her lover Diogo Viola, 40, saw her killed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the beginning of March
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Pregnant woman 'took selfies with accused husband before falling 50ft to death'
Kashif Anwar, who is accused of murdering his pregnant wife Fawziyah Javed by pushing her off Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, claims the couple were taking selfies at the landmark when she "slipped"
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Man accused of pushing wife off Arthur's Seat 'did not show much reaction'
Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering his 31-year-old pregnant wife, Fawziyah Javed, in September 2021 by pushing her from Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Great-grandma of murdered Olivia, 9, dies night before killer gunman is jailed
Gunman Thomas Cashman was yesterday sentenced to life behind bars with a minimum of 42 years, but the news came the day after Olivia Pratt-Korbel's family faced fresh grief
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Man seen 'acting aggressively' with wife before 'pushing her off Arthur's Seat'
Fawziyah Javed, 31, died after falling from the 823ft-high Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh in September 2021. Her husband Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering her as he denies all charges
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Family of schoolgirl who died 'a scared 9-year-old' hope her killer is 'haunted'
Olivia Pratt-Korbel was gunned down in her own home in August last year and today Thomas Cashman was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to at least 42 years in jail
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Mum clutches teddy made from daughter's pyjamas as her killer is jailed for life
Cheryl Korbel clung to the teddy while Thomas Cashman was sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in prison for the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel last August
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'Doomsday cult mum' on trial for killing 'zombie kids' buried in pet cemetery
Lori Vallow Daybell is set to go on trial accused of the murder of Tylee Ran and JJ Vallow, whose bodies were found in a pet cemetery on the property of 'doomsday cult leader' husband Chad Daybell
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Man in court charged with murders of father and son shot in different villages
The bodies of Gary Dunmore, 57, and Joshua Dunmore, 32, were discovered at properties in The Row, Sutton, and Meridian Close, Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire on March 29
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Dad killed by teen daughters who claim he was a paedo put on trial after death
A "tyrant" father who was killed by his teen daughters will now be put on trial after his death following allegations he was an abuser who "systematically" tortured his own children in Russia
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Murderer gets 42 years for killing Olivia, 9, but refuses to come to court
Thomas Cashman, 34, was given a life sentence for murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel as he chased convicted drug dealer Joseph Nee into their home in the Dovecot area of Liverpool on August 22 last year
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Lover who broke gangster code to turn in Olivia’s killer now faces death threats
The star witness in Cashman's trial was believed to have had more death threats than any other police witness in Merseyside's history
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Two men charged with grisly Costa del Sol murder of wealthy Brit businessman
Dad-of-one Peter Andrew Williamson, 39, who reportedly had gangland links, was mown down as he waited in his two-seater Audi outside his luxury villa after a gym workour in the Costa del Sol
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Husband jailed 40 years after toddler found mum with axe in her skull
Victim’s hysterical husband finally revealed as 1982’s Brighton Axe Murderer - almost 40 years after the killing
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Baby P's monster mum becomes friends with child killer who smothered daughter, 3
Tracey Connelly is now pals with Helen Caudwell, who suffocated her daughter Bethany with a Piglet pyjama case before trying to kill herself
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Killer who died fighting for Putin buried 'with honours' in military funeral
Child murderer Vladimir Shestakov, 42, who had been serving an 18-year jail sentence, was enlisted into the shady Wagner Company militia to fight for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine
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Man, 66, in court accused of murder over shooting deaths of father and son
Stephen Alderton was charged with two counts of murder and one count of possession of a firearm after Gary and Joshua Dunmore were found dead at two separate properties in Cambridgeshire
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Man stabbed 54 times and genitals cut off by couple as threesome turns to murder
Elvan Kucukaltun was on trial at the Manavgat 2nd High Criminal Court accused of severing victim Kadir Demir's penis and stabbing him 54 times - with Kucukaltun's girfriend guilty of complicity
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Two men charged with Costa del Sol 'hit' on British businessmen at his villa
Aaron Asquith, 25, and Edward Taylor, 39, are accused of shooting Peter Andrew Williamson, 39, dead in 2019, but have both been bailed
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Pregnant wife 'unsure' about Arthur's Seat walk before 'husband pushed her off'
Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed, 31, in September 2021 by pushing her from the hill, causing her multiple blunt force injuries and ultimately her death and that of her unborn child
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Pregnant wife 'pushed off Arthur's Seat by abusive husband had fear of heights'
Kashif Anwar is accused of murdering wife Fawziyah Javed by pushing her from the Edinburgh beauty spot in September 2021
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How Oscar Pistorius went from sporting icon to world's most famous murderer
Oscar Pistorius, who has served half of his 13-year sentence for murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, once inspired millions but is now behind bars
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Man who murdered gran he found in his bed when she mistook house for B&B jailed
Frail Margaret Barnes, 71, had mistaken the townhouse for her bed and breakfast and gone to bed, where she was found by David Redfern who dragged her outside by her ankles