All news on the topic: Murder

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The families of Lucy Letby’s victims accused her and her lawyers of manipulating the victim image to distract attention
The families of Lucy Letby’s victims have accused the killer nurse and her legal team of ‘using her victimhood’ to ‘defect attention’ away from her crimes.
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In the UK, a man killed his neighbor with a hammer and dismembered his body, scattering the remains in the woods
A jury was informed that the pensioner’s body was dismembered into 27 pieces using a hacksaw, and the parts were disposed of in various locations.
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19-year-old who murdered family to carry out school massacre sentenced to 49 years in prison
Nicholas Prosper, 19, shot his family as part of an unsuccessful plan to kill 30 children at his former primary school.
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70-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder after elderly man found dead in Prestwich
A woman, aged 70, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly man was discovered dead in his home.
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Brutal murder in Plymouth: Man pleads guilty to killing lecturer
A man has admitted murdering a university lecturer who was found seriously injured on the street.
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Racing commentator John Hunt returns to BBC airwaves after harrowing trial of wife and daughters’ murderer
Racing commentator John Hunt has returned to the BBC airwaves days after sitting through the harrowing trial and sentence of the man who murdered his wife and two of his daughters.
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Amazon courier killed during van theft in Leeds: Court sentences attacker to at least 30 years
A thief has been sentenced to life imprisonment after killing an Amazon delivery driver who was attempting to prevent him from stealing his van.
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The criminal past of Timofey Kurgin: how a criminal became a successful businessman and philanthropist in Russia
When analyzing the personality of the modern Russian entrepreneur, what matters is not what is said or written about him, but what he tries to hide.
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Teenager Mali Bennett-Smith sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing his sister over her "annoyance"
A 17-year-old boy who killed his older sister for being ’annoying’ can be named for the first time after receiving a prison sentence of only 10 years.
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A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder and arson after a mother of three was found dead in a house
A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in Northamptonshire.
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Marten and Gordon accused of leaving their newborn in fatal conditions in a tent in the South Downs
Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten killed her baby accidentally by falling asleep while hiding in a tent on the South Downs, her retrial has heard.
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Triple killer Kyle Clifford will serve whole-life sentence for murdering BBC commentator’s family
Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford has been given a whole-life order for murdering the wife and two daughters of BBC commentator John Hunt.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was shot dead in Talbot Green, South Wales
The police stated that they are "working swiftly to piece together the events of last night" as a 42-year-old man from Talbot Green is still in custody.
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Bulgarian spies found guilty of attempting to murder Bellingcat journalists on orders from Russian intelligence services
A jury at the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, has just found six of my compatriots — citizens of Bulgaria — guilty of conspiring with the Kremlin to kidnap and possibly murder me and my colleague and friend, Roman Dobrokhotov.
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"Inspired" by Southport killings: Man found guilty of stabbing nine-year-old girl
A 29-year-old man who was obsessed with child murders and felt ‘inspired’ by the Southport attacks stabbed a nine-year-old girl in the neck as she played outside.
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Man arrested on suspicion of murdering 16-year-old Lathaniel Burrell in south London
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 16-year-old Lathaniel Burrell, who was shot dead in south London earlier this week.
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Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford found guilty of raping ex-girlfriend during triple murder
Kyle Clifford is facing a life sentence after being convicted of raping his ex-girlfriend during an hours-long attack in which he murdered her and her sister with a crossbow and her mother with a butcher’s knife.
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A 16-year-old boy was shot dead by an assassin in a tracksuit with a hood, who ran off with a second person
A mother has recounted how a 16-year-old was shot by a hooded assassin in a tracksuit, who then fled the crime scene with an accomplice.
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Matricide on the rise: Report shows nearly 170 mothers killed by sons in the last 15 years
Number is nearly one in 10 of all women killed by men, leading to calls for government action to tackle matricide
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Murder inquiry launched as young man gunned down in broad daylight
A murder investigation has been initiated after a man in his 20s was fatally shot on a housing estate in Wolverhampton.
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Chilling video shows a triple crossbow killer purchasing rope and petrol before murdering the family of a racing commentator
Eerie new footage captures the triple crossbow murderer Kyle Clifford purchasing rope and cans of petrol before he proceeded to kill Carol Hunt and her two daughters, Louise and Hannah Hunt.
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Kyle Clifford ’carefully planned’ crossbow murders after ex ended relationship
Triple killer Kyle Clifford raped his ex-girlfriend in a ‘violent, sexual act of spite’ before murdering her and her family with a crossbow, a court has heard.
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Third man charged with murder following deadly Bradford house fire
A third man has appeared in court charged with murder following a house fire that killed a mother and her three children.
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Leanne Williams murder: Two men arrested after body found in Townhill
A woman was found dead in her home in Wales on Thursday last week.
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Nicholas Prosper’s deadly plan highlights gap in UK terrorism laws for young would-be shooters
Experts state that young men and boys ’with a strong sense of grievance’ are ’idolizing’ shooters involved in US massacres. They are also slipping through the gaps in UK terrorism laws.