All news on the topic: Murder

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Taliban unleash reprisals against Afghan translators following data leak from the British government
Taliban warlords have embarked on a campaign of killings against Afghans after the British Government lost a top-secret database of those who helped the UK during the war in the Middle East.
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Carnival fugitive jailed for life after murdering ex-girlfriend’s father in revenge attack
A fugitive has been jailed for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s dad after being caught by police at Notting Hill Carnival.
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Filip Knežević, Kavač mafia hitman, killed in Barcelona: police suspect mafia-style execution
An individual purported to be a Balkan mob hitman was shot dead in Barcelona in what seems to be a gangland execution.
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Teen who killed his mother, sister and brother again avoids life sentence — court upholds minimum term of 49 years
Evil triple shotgun murderer Nicholas Prosper has been spared a whole life sentence for a second time after senior judges agreed his 49-year term was not ‘unduly lenient’.
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Peter Falconio’s killer dies with his secrets: British backpacker’s body still missing after 23 years
The man who killed a British backpacker in the Australian outback didn’t disclose the location of his burial before dying of cancer.
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Luxury offers no protection: Father of two killed for his watch near five-star hotel in central London
According to the Met Police, three men in their 20s have been arrested in connection with the deadly stabbing of a man near a luxury hotel in central London.
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“I killed my wife”: Man who decapitated woman and messaged her mother jailed for 23 years
A man has been sentenced to at least 23 years in prison after confessing to the murder of his 21-year-old girlfriend.
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Fatal crash in Hendon: Shoaib Kochay dies in hospital eight days after incident
A man has died in hospital eight days after he was struck in a hit and run in north London, allegedly following a fight with weapons.
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Criminal elite: Knife-wielding gang attacks Lamborghini as another man is killed over £1,650 watch in hotel
This is the shocking moment armed thieves attempted to break into a Lamborghini parked outside London’s Russian embassy on a night of serious crime in west London.
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‘A treacherous and unpredictable threat’: UK intelligence sounds alarm over Iranian attacks
The Intelligence and Security Committee says there have been 15 Iran-backed murder or kidnap attempts on UK targets since the beginning of 2022 and August 2023.
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‘Golden girl’ from South Africa killed on superyacht: Bahamian court hears brutal murder case of Paige Bell
Paige Bell was described as "a golden girl" by her devastated friends in the days after her death, which police in the Bahamas are now treating as murder
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Killer driver who mowed down Good Samaritan at sister’s wedding found guilty of murder
A man who killed a ‘Good Samaritan’ after ploughing his car into a brawl at his sister’s wedding has been found guilty of murder.
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Australian woman found guilty of murdering in-laws with mushroom-laced meal
An Australian woman has been convicted of murdering three of her estranged in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with deadly mushrooms.
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Man charged with murder after 85-year-old found dead in south London home
A man has been accused of murder after the death of an 85-year-old at a residence in south London.
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Security, motorcades and an "honor guard": how the Lyons clan was farewelled after a mafia-style killing in Spain
Scottish gangsters Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan were shot dead in a nighttime assassination in Andalucia, Spain, and a man has been charged with their murder.
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Woman arrested after ‘generous and hardworking’ man fatally stabbed at east London flat
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a ’hardworking’ man was fatally stabbed in an apartment.
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‘Hellish’ revenge: drug dealer ordered torture and murder over ex’s new partner
A drug dealer has been found guilty of torturing and murdering a ‘love rival’ in his home.
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Prosecutors consider new charges against Lucy Letby for baby deaths in two hospitals
Prosecutors are contemplating new charges against child murderer Lucy Letby concerning additional deaths and non-fatal collapses of infants at hospitals where she was employed.
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Brutal murder on fake date unmasks South African gang that preyed on women
Police say they received nearly 100 calls in just a few days from women identifying the two suspects in Olorato Mongale’s murder.
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Pregnant mother of two killed in Northern Ireland — suspect arrested
A pregnant mum with two children is suspected to have been murdered, after she was found dead in a house in Northern Ireland.
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Dismembered body of 19-year-old Venezuelan TikToker found in Peru — Venezuelan mafia suspected
The remains of a teenage TikTok star were discovered dismembered and placed in bags at a water treatment facility.
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Former reality TV contestant in Australia charged with brutal murder and beheading of boyfriend
Police are searching for the head of a supposed murder victim following accusations against a former reality TV star for allegedly murdering and decapitating her boyfriend.
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Serial killer Stephen Griffiths: officer finds brain in microwave and severed breasts on table
Serial killer Stephen Griffiths proudly proclaimed himself as the Crossbow Cannibal – now the two cops who caught him reveal the sickening sights inside his blood-splattered flat
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Body of woman missing since May found in forest — man charged with murder
A body has been discovered in the search for the missing Reanne Coulson.
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Jealousy-fueled crime: man stabbed wife over 25 times in Bradford — sentenced
Habibur Masum killed Kulsuma Akter as she pushed their baby in a pram after she had escaped to a women’s refuge.