All news on the topic: Murder

31 Jan 2025 746

Radical ’Zizian’ vegan trans cult linked to Border Patrol agent’s shooting death

The murder of a US Border Patrol agent near the Canadian border appears to be linked to a radical leftist trans militant cult accused of killings across the country.

Crime

31 Jan 2025 591

Birmingham mosque and bookshop linked to terrorist’s plans

Jason Savage, 35, also downloaded and watched violent and extremist videos and researched how to kill with a knife.

Crime

30 Jan 2025 553

Couple who scattered woman’s body parts in UK park sentenced to life imprisonment

A human bone belonging to Sarah Mayhew was found by a dog in April last year, before police found arms, legs, and a head nearby - more than a month later her limbless torso was found in a river.

Crime

30 Jan 2025 760

NHS worker Tracy Turner charged with plotting to kidnap, rape, and murder a girl under 13

Tracy Turner, 51, an operating theatre assistant at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales is accused of a string of charges including a plot to kidnap, rape and murder a young child.

Crime

29 Jan 2025 712

Ringleader of gang that killed father-of-three Garry Newlove released from prison

Adam Swellings, then 19, has been released on licence after a parole board said he had made "poor decisions" when he killed dad-of-three Garry Newlove back in 2007.

Crime

29 Jan 2025 819

Step-mum allegedly tricked 3-year-old girl into falling into a washing machine full of water, leading to her drowning

Isabelly Oliveira Assuncao, three, drowned when she climbed onto a side and fell into a top loaded washing machine while under the care of her stepmother in Parana, Brazil.

Crime

29 Jan 2025 792

January 6 defendant killed by police shortly after Trump pardon

An Indiana man who was pardoned by US President Donald Trump over the US Capitol riot was killed by police during a traffic stop days later.

Crime

28 Jan 2025 830

Malvern College hockey coach allegedly killed his wife after starting an affair, then claimed she was an out-of-control alcoholic

A former sports coach at a £57,000-a-year public school murdered his wife at their family home to cash in on her life insurance after he began seeing another woman, a court heard today.

Crime

28 Jan 2025 847

Woman re-arrested after car crash at school kills two eight-year-old girls

A driver has been arrested for the second time after two girls were killed after a Land Rover crashed into a school in Wimbledon.

Crime

26 Jan 2025 841

Despite a triple homicide, deadly crossbows that shoot bolts at 410 feet per second remain easily accessible

Crossbow weapons that can wreak havoc in a only few short seconds by firing deadly aluminium bolts are available online, an investigation by the Daily Star can reveal.

Crime

25 Jan 2025 746

Boy charged with murder of 12-year-old and six other assault offences

The boy, who can’t be named for legal reasons, was charged by detectives on January 25 with murder and possession of a bladed article - and is due to appear in court on Monday

News

24 Jan 2025 666

£230m fortune heir murders loyal friend in Christmas Eve attack, receives life sentence

Dylan Thomas stabbed best friend William Bush 37 times in the neck and body, as screams were heard from the home they shared in the early hours of Christmas Eve 2023

News

23 Jan 2025 665

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana jailed for at least 52 years

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for at least 52 years.

World

22 Jan 2025 826

Horror as Afghan suspect kills two, including two-year-old, in knife rampage at German park

A two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man were killed in a knife attack in a park in Germany on Wednesday morning.

Crime

22 Jan 2025 822

Kyle Clifford admits to horrific crossbow murders in Bushey family home

Triple crossbow killer Kyle Clifford has pleaded guilty to murdering the wife and two daughters of BBC star John Hunt in a horrific attack last July.

Politics

21 Jan 2025 817

PM says Southport attack indicates a new terrorism threat for the country

Axel Rudakubana unexpectedly pleaded guilty to the murder of three little girls in Southport last summer, at what was meant to be the beginning of his trial.

Crime

21 Jan 2025 786

Pair convicted of murdering man who tried to break up fight at Travelodge hotel

Two men are facing life sentences after battering a ‘peacemaker’ father who was working at a music festival.

Politics

21 Jan 2025 785

Keir Starmer to hold Downing Street press conference and give urgent statement

PM Keir Starmer will deliver remarks in Downing Street on the Southport stabbings after warning there are questions to answer on how young victims were ’failed’ by the state.

Crime

20 Jan 2025 729

Southport knife killer pleads guilty to murdering 3 girls at Taylor Swift dance class

Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, changed his plea on day one of a trial at Liverpool Crown Court where he was charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9; Bebe King, 6; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7.

Crime

18 Jan 2025 763

Four men charged with the murder of a mother shot at a wake

Four people have been charged over the death of Michelle Sadio who was killed outside a church in northwest London.

Crime

18 Jan 2025 633

Man who boasted about killing a sex offender sentenced to life in prison

A self-proclaimed ‘nonce killer’ who murdered a convicted sex offender has been jailed for life.

Crime

18 Jan 2025 762

Brothers convicted of murdering their parents may be released from prison within weeks

Lyle and Erik Menendez shot dead Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez in Beverly Hills, California but a recent Netflix drama has led to the recommendation for resentencing.

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