3 h. ago Gang 'mastermind' cracked jokes after torturing Coleen Campbell's ex to death, trial hears

John Belfield denies murdering Thomas Campbell and conspiring to rob him - the victim's body was found dressed in only a pair of socks in his hallway while his legs and buttocks had been burned

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6 h. ago Alleged ‘mastermind’ joked about murder of Thomas Campbell, trial hears

John Belfield denies murdering Thomas Campbell, and conspiring to rob him

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34 h. ago Social worker told toddler was asleep on visit in weeks before death, court hears

A trial at Mold Crown Court has heard Ethan suffered ‘catastrophic head injuries’.

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34 h. ago DNA profile from victim’s skirt linked to suspect in trial for 1967 Bristol murder, court hears

Forensic scientist says ‘strong evidence’ links Ryland Headley, 92, with murder and rape of Louisa DunneA forensic scientist was able to produce a full DNA profile for the suspected murderer of a woman who died in 1967 after examining her skirt and hair that had been kept in police storage for almost 60 years, a jury has been told.Andrew Parry told the court there was “strong scientific evidence” to link the skirt Louisa Dunne was wearing when she was found and hair police took from her body with 92-year-old Ryland Headley, who is on trial for her rape and murder. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Jury hears how Patterson loved and 'respected' her alleged victims as murder trial enters final days

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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67 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Defence argues there is an 'absence of motive' in Erin Patterson's murder trial as jury hears closing addresses

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson thought cancer lie ‘would die’ with lunch guests, prosecution says

Prosecution in Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial outlined four deceptions at the heart of their case

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Prosecution says Patterson 'lied' about feeding her children lunch leftovers to 'help cover her tracks'

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson trial hears of ‘four calculated deceptions’ at heart of mushroom lunch case as closing address begins

Prosecutor also tells court Patterson lied about cancer to lunch guests because she thought ‘her lie would die with them’Erin Patterson trial LIVEWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Four calculated deceptions are at the heart of Erin Patterson’s triple-murder case, the prosecution has claimed in its closing address to the jury, including a lie about cancer the accused hoped would “die with” her lunch guests.On Monday, Nanette Rogers SC spent day 32 of the trial closing the prosecution case, outlining these four deceptions: Patterson’s fabricated cancer claim; the “lethal doses” of death cap mushrooms “secreted” in home-cooked beef wellingtons; Patterson’s attempts to make it seem she also suffered death cap mushroom poisoning; and the “sustained cover-up she embarked upon to conceal the truth”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Seven men who groomed vulnerable girls in Rochdale guilty of multiple sex offences

Jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts for 50 offences committed by the men between 2001 and 2006Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been found guilty of multiple sex offences.A long-running trial in Manchester heard that the men subjected the girls to years of misery and expected them to have sex with them “whenever and wherever they wanted”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Father played with his phone as police quizzed him over baby's brain injuries, murder trial hears

Thomas Holford, now 24, is accused of killing Everleigh Stroud following an incident at a home in Ramsgate, Kent on April 21, 2021.

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8 d. ago Diddy wrote ‘love letters’ to Cassie Ventura while high with girlfriend ‘Jane’, trial told

The rapper also reportedly called Ventura ‘one of his greatest loves’, jury in sex trafficking trial heard

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson denies foraging death cap mushrooms hours before buying food dehydrator, murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells Victorian supreme court that she thought beef wellingtons were ‘the perfect dish’ for dried mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has denied leading health officials on a “wild goose chase”, and that she foraged death cap mushrooms two hours before buying a food dehydrator, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning four lunch guests with beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, on 29 July 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Diddy trial live: Hear chilling voice notes mogul sent 'victim' after she denied twisted 'freak off'

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs's trial for sex trafficking and racketeering is entering its fifth week on Monday in New York City after the court heard chilling voice notes from the rapper.

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1 week ago Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatmentThe UK government’s decades-long efforts to keep details of its intelligence agencies’ involvement in the CIA’s notorious post-9/11 torture programme hidden will face an “unprecedented” challenge this week as two cases are brought before a secretive court.The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT), which has been investigating claims the UK’s intelligence agencies were complicit in their mistreatment. Continue reading...

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1 week ago John Belfield 'panicked and fled' to South America after hearing rumours he was involved in Thomas Campbell murder, jury told

Mr Belfield was arrested in March 2023 and returned to the UK about a year later. He is on trial and denies murder.

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2 w. ago Murder trial jurors shown CCTV of moment Thomas Campbell 'pounced' on before being 'tortured to death'

John Belfield is on trial accused of murder. He denies the charge, and also denies an offence of conspiring to rob Mr Campbell.

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2 w. ago 'Creepy' surgeon charged with groping six female colleagues flicked admin worker's nipple after spotting her piercing, court hears

Dr Amal Bose, 55, allegedly squeezed the administrative worker's breasts and said 'I'm just looking for a pen' when she handed him a leaving card to sign, a jury was told.

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2 w. ago Murder trial hears how delivery driver tried to save life of father allegedly stabbed with broken cider bottle

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the incident on Cwm Road close to Dyfatty junction but Joshua Norman could not be saved

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2 w. ago Respected surgeon groped the breasts and bottoms of female colleagues and pulled down a ward sister's top, trial hears

Dr Amal Bose, 55, allegedly pulled down a ward sister's top, exposing her bra and breasts, and told her: 'I thought that is where you put my cup of tea.'

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