10 h. ago Two men charged with child cruelty and sexual offences after death of baby boy

Jamie Varley, 36, will appear at Lancaster Magistrates’ Court today charged with the murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey. John McGowan-Fazakerley, 31, will also appear charged with allowing the death of a child

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56 h. ago Ibrahima Seck death sees three teens in court charged with murder of boy, 14

Ibrahima died in hospital after he was attacked on Sunday as he was on his way to play football with his brother and friends, magistrates in Manchester heard

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60 h. ago ‘The perfect dish for them’: Erin Patterson explains why she included dried mushrooms in fatal lunch

Triple-murder accused also denies foraging death caps hours before buying food dehydrator as trial continuesWho 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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61 h. 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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3 d. ago Jewish businessman, 84, was 'murdered by his wife of 26 years' months after he retired, court told

The third wife of a Jewish businessman and great grandfather has appeared in court charged with his murder - three months after he was found dead at his upmarket home.

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3 d. ago Apapale Adoum in court charged with murder of Victoria Adams

Apapale Adoum in court charged with murder of Victoria Adams  BBC

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6 d. ago Body is found in search for woman, 46, who disappeared in Ilford as man appears in court charged with her murder

A body has been found by police probing the disappearance of Colombian woman Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, who went missing after leaving her home in Ilford, east London, last Saturday.

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7 d. ago Met police launch murder probe after woman, 46, disappeared in Ilford

Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was reported missing to the Metropolitan Police last Saturday on May 31. Today, a man known to the Colombian national, appeared in court charged with her murder.

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7 d. ago Father and son 'rammed' into car in fatal crash that killed their four

Patrick Maughan, 53, and Owen Maughan, 27, from Darenth, Kent, appeared at Maidstone Crown Court this morning charged with the murder of little Peter Maughan.

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7 d. ago Woman appears in court charged with murder of Polish mother whose body was found buried in garden 15 years after she vanished

Anna Podedworna, 39, appeared before Southern Derbyshire magistrates this morning charged with the murder of Izabela Zablocka,

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7 d. ago Pheobe Bishop UPDATES: Human remains found in search for missing teenage girl

Police searching for missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have found a body - it comes hours after her two roommates faced court on murder charges

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8 d. ago Boy, 15, in court charged with attempted murder after teen 'stabbed' in Glasgow

The youngster appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court today.

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8 d. ago Boy, 14, appears in court charged with murder after death of Kayden Moy at Irvine Beach

The youth, from Kilsyth in North Lanarkshire, who cannot be named for legal reasons, made no plea.

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1 week ago Former girlfriend of man killed in acid attack on his doorstep is among six in court charged with his murder

Paris Wilson, 34, is accused of the murder of fitness instructor Danny Cahalane, 38, who had acid thrown in his face.

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1 week ago Body found in search for woman reported missing on Scots island as family informed

Alison MacDonald vanished from the Isle of Lewis.

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2 w. ago Lead detective denies police errors in mushroom lunch investigation as Erin Patterson trial continues

Defence argues photos taken by police inside Patterson’s home appear to show computers and a phone that were not seized during searchWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The detective in charge of the investigation into the deadly beef wellington lunch served by Erin Patterson has denied police made several errors in the case, including failing to seize electronic items during a search of her house and wrongly identifying her son on CCTV footage, a court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning her four lunch guests – relatives of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson – with a beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria on 29 July 2023. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Second teen in court charged with murder after death of Kayden Moy at Irvine Beach

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, made no plea.

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3 w. ago Teenager appears in court on murder charge after death of Kayden Moy at Irvine Beach

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, made no plea.

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last month Court clerk in Murdaugh murder trial charged with showing sealed photographs, perjury

A former court clerk who helped with the murder trial that led to the conviction of once-powerful South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been arrested

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