All news on the topic: Murder trial

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Dad who 'tried to kill family' by driving car off cliff 'did it on purpose'
Dharmesh Patel's wife, Neha, said he purposely drove off the cliff and denied claims he was trying to check the tyres when the car tumbled down the cliff overlooking the ocean
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Suspect in murder of tech superstar seen in court as he pleads not guilty
Tech consultant Nima Momeni pleaded not guilty today to murdering Cash App found Bob Lee whose death led to outcry from the tech world led by Tesla billionaire Elon Musk
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Teen killers who knifed boy, 15, outside school gates named in rare court order
Khayri Mclean, 15, was stabbed to death by two teenagers Jakele Pusey, 15, and Jovani Harriott, 17, who "lay in wait" for him as he walked home from school in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire on September 21 last year
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Lee Rigby's son gets fundraising boost from Piers Morgan and hits £10k target
Ahead of the anniversary of Lee's death, Jack Rigby spoke publicly for the first time, telling the Daily Mirror of his 'pride' in his dad and of his pledge to walk and run a marathon in his name
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Juror who convicted child killer mum says 'I finally put a face to evil'
The Idaho mother in a doomsday cult was found guilty of murdering her two children and her husband's former wife
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Police say sorry to Nikki Allan's mum and accused man over bungled murder probe
The real killer, paedophile David Boyd, was finally convicted last week – three decades after attacking Nikki with a brick and stabbing her 37 times in 1992
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Lee Rigby’s son, 12, speaks for first time about hero dad murdered by terrorists
Jack Rigby, 12, is walking and running a marathon over the course of a month for the charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers, which supports bereaved military children and young people
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Accused quadruple murderer formally charged over deaths of university students
Bryan Kohberger is accused of slaughtering four University of Idaho students in November 2022 - a grand jury has today formally indicted him meaning he loses the ability to attack the evidence used to arrest him
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Disturbing arrest detail over killer accused of slaying students while sleeping
The criminal defence team for murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, 28, filed a motion calling on the prosecution to hand over all footage related to the 'search and arrest' of the suspect
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Boy, 9, 'constantly hungry' at school before being 'tortured to death by mum'
Teachers were worried for Alfie Steele in the months before the youngster, from Droitwich, Worcestershire, was found dead in the bath, and social services were called
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Killer to have public parole hearing despite moaning about negative thoughts
Stephen Ling stabbed Joanne Tulip 60 times before carving images including swastikas and crosses into her body in a horrific attack at his home in Northumberland
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Brother found baby his teen sister 'murdered' inside 'unusually heavy' bin bag
A court heard Paris Mayo asked her brother George to take out a black bin bag left on the front doorstep, which he noticed was "unusually heavy" and left streaks of blood once lifted
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Brit describes harrowing moment he killed his wife as she sobbed uncontrollably
David, 75, said Janice, his wife of 52 years, was asking him every day for six weeks to end her life and he refused to do so until one day he agreed in the hope it would calm her
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Brit accused of murdering wife says she 'cried and begged' for him to kill her
David Hunter, a 75-year-old retired coal miner from Northumberland, is on trial in Cyprus for premeditated murder after his wife Janice died of asphyxiation in 2021
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How 'cult mum's' doomsday obsession led to the murders of her 'zombie' kids
Lori Vallow Daybell was found guilty by a unanimous jury in Boise, Idaho, for the murders of her children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, along with conspiracy to murder husband Chad Daybell's first wife, Tammy, and grand theft
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Son stabs own mum to death in pub car park brawl with drug dealer
Jamie Dempsey stabbed his mother by accident in retaliation to an attack by Brian Flynn, a convicted drug dealer, over an unpaid drug debt
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'Cult mum' Lori Vallow guilty of killing 'zombie kids' buried in pet cemetery
'Doomsday cult mum' Lori Vallow Daybell has been found guilty by a jury following seven hours of deliberation and weeks of testimony and graphic evidence
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'Doomsday cult' mum turns on 'nutty' lover in last ditch murder trial bid
As the jury deliberates the fate of 'cult mum' Lori Vallow Daybell, her defence team turned on husband Chad Daybell during their closing arguments having decided not to offer a defence after weeks of testimory and evidence from the prosecution
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Family of mum-of-five murdered by partner beg him to reveal where her body is
Susan Waring was murdered by 'violent and controlling bully' Alan Edwards. He has been convicted but her body has never been found and her family want to know where she is
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Killer roamed free as police built case around wrong man in girl's murder probe
Although George Heron was a "weirdo and a loner" to neighbours, he did not kill Nikki Allan and was eventually cleared of murder around one year after the girl's death in Sunderland
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Paedophile who killed girl, 7, used seven false IDs to evade police for 25 years
David Boyd was this week found guilty of murdering Nikki Allan whose body was found in a derelict warehouse in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, more than 30 years ago
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Mum turned detective to catch daughter's killer after keeping dress for 31 years
Sharon Henderson became suspicious of David Boyd, nicknamed "Dave the Beast" in the 1990s when he would watch young children playing in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
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Paedophile guilty of stabbing girl to death and dumping her in derelict building
Jurors took less than two hours to convict David Boyd of the murder of Nikki Allan, who was battered, stabbed and dumped in a warehouse in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in 1992
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Killer reported girlfriend missing to police two days after beating her to death
Smita Mistry was beaten to death by her partner. He walked into a police station and told officers she had gone missing two days after he beat her to death in her own home
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Man beheaded girlfriend in front of onlookers after hitting her with dumbbell
Minnesota man Alexis Saborit, 43, decapitated his girlfriend, America Thayer, as horrified witnesses watched while the pair were on their way to court for a hearing for Saborit after he allegedly set fire to their home during a confrontation with police