All news on the topic: Murder trial

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Mum and boyfriend who tortured son, 10, to death over five days jailed for life
The pair tortured the 10-year-old victim, spraying him with hot sauce, forcing them to fight one another and made the youngsters kneel for lengthy periods on concrete floors, nails or uncooked rice at the home in Lancaster, Los Angeles
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Killer clown admits doorstep shooting of mum in 1990 but could be free in a year
A person dressed as a clown came to Marlene Warren's door in Wellington, Florida, on a May morning in 1990, handed her carnations and balloons and then shot her dead in front of her son
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Farmer Tony Martin 'doesn't regret anything' 23 years after killing burglar
The pensioner, who was jailed for killing Fred Barras, 16, and seriously injuring Brendon Fearon when they broke into his isolated farm in 1999, may have to abandon his plan to appeal
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Chilling moment stepdad lies to cops after murdering Lola James and blaming dog
Kyle Bevan, 31, from in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, can be seen telling police in the squalid family home how two-year-old Lola was injured after being pushed down the stairs by the family dog
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Tech superstar 'visited drug dealer with killer's sister' before death
Cash App founder Bob Lee was stabbed in the early hours of April 4 in a deserted area of San Francisco, though new information has emerged that he visited the home of a drug dealer known to police the night leading up to his murder
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Bouncer brutally beat man to death and tried to cover bar's CCTV with shirt
A bouncer was found guilty of manslaughter after brutal beating of a man in Long Island, New York. David Cruz covered a nearby security camera with a shirt before he beat Jake Scott to death, but his actions were caught on another camera nearby
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Twisted lorry driver who 'raped mum in front of kids' accused of killing escort
WARNING: GRAPHIC & DISTRESSING CONTENT David Smith is accused of brutally murdering Sarah Crump at her flat in Southall just days after he attempted to rape another escort, jurors in his murder trial have heard
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'Cult mum's' chilling Google searches before 'zombie' kids were murdered
Idaho 'cult mum' Lori Vallow search history unveiled searches for children's life insurance along with how to sell a service dog as the trial continues over the death of her two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, along with husband Chad Daybell's ex-wife Tammy
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Piercing screams of girl, 7, were heard moments before she was murdered
Chilling screams were heard coming from a derelict building where seven-year-old Nikki Allan was found dead more than 30 years ago as the trial of David Boyd continues at Newcastle crown court
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Killer jailed for 35 years for murdering 18-year-old wife 'may be innocent'
Leo Schofield, who has served 35 years in jail for the murder of his wife could be found to be innocent, after evidence points towards a different killer who has confessed to the crime
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Husband who murdered Brit wife Caroline Crouch 'sent love letters by admirers'
Helicopter pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, murdered British-born Caroline Crouch, 19, at their home in Greece before attempting to make it look like a robbery gone wrong
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Prison guard 'murdered by inmate lover' after escape should've 'seen tricks'
A forensic expert has spoken out about the escape of Casey White, who faces felony murder after his prison guard lover Vicky White (no relation) died after helping him escape from the jail where she worked
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TikTok star 'murdered mum's lover in ambush when he threatened to expose affair'
TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari, 23 - known as Maya - is among eight defendants accused of murdering her mum's young lover after he threatened to expose their affair
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Moment cops arrest vigilante dad for stabbing thief as he protests 'oh, come on'
Murderer David King, 56, is seen being arrested outside his home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, following the death of suspected car thief Neil Charles in a 'vigilante' attack
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Man who smothered his Brit wife to death tries to overturn life sentence in jail
Babis Anagnostopoulos, 35, told appeals court judges in Athens on Monday that his lawyer had “fallen sick and is in hospital and cannot represent me” before requesting that the case be adjourned
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Accused killer 'dead ringer' for man seen with girl, 7, 'skipping' before murder
Schoolgirl Nikki Allan was seen on CCTV shortly before she died following a man who matched the description of David Boyd, who is now on trial for her 1992 murder, a court heard
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Yogi who 'murdered rival in love-triangle' shows new face in court after surgery
Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, paid thousands of dollars to have her appearance altered while she was on the run last year after being charged with the murder of pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson
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Stephen Lawrence's family's fight for justice 30 years on from murder
Stephen Lawrence was 18 when he was murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Eltham, South West London on April 22, 1993
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Who killed Stephen Lawrence and where his murderers are now
Two of the five main suspects in Stephen Lawrence's murder were named Gary Dobson and they were the only ones ever convicted for murder 19 years after the killing
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Evil gunman 'who killed parents and friends left cryptic note at massacre scene'
Joseph Eaton was picked up from Maine Correctional Center by his mother just four days before he says he shot her, his father and their two friends whose house the Eaton family was staying at
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Moment banker fatally attacked outside swanky Ivy as family slam sentence
Family of Paul Mason, who was attacked after being wrongly accused of stealing a phone by Steven Allan, says the three-year and nine-month sentence is "insulting to us, to Paul’s memory, and society"
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Man admits killing mum and her two children, 1 and 3, in flat fire
Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, Naeemah, one, and Fatimah Drammeh, three, died in the blaze at the first-floor flat in Nottingham last year as Jamie Barrow pleaded guilty to manslaughter
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27-stone dad let baby daughter starve to death while he gorged on fast food
Christian Miguel Bishop-Torrence from Wichita Falls, Texas, was charged with murder after his one-year-old baby starved to death, weighing less than she did when she was first born
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Evil dad murdered baby daughter by repeatedly throwing her against a wall
Steven Michael Strahm, from Florida, pretended he had accidentally dropped his baby daughter Scarlet while investigators determined he'd repeatedly thrown her into a wall
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Man accused of murder of girl, 7, says 'DNA found on her clothes after spitting'
David Thomas Boyd, 55, is accused of the murder of seven-year-old Nikki Allan, whose body was found in a derelict building near to her home in Sunderland in 1992