23 h. ago Brutal killer who murdered father in savage attack given life sentence

John Farquhar was ordered to serve at least 22 years in prison after he repeatedly stabbed his neighbour Garry Thomson with a knife at a flat in Guardbridge, in Fife.

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30 h. ago Convicted killer Taylor Schabusiness tackled after she lunges at attorney in court

The convicted killer, who is serving a life sentence for decapitating her lover, was back in court for allegedly attacking a prison guard

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4 d. ago Scarlett Vickers: Family of killer dad 'seek experts' to appeal murder life sentence

Simon Vickers was jailed for life for the murder of his daughter Scarlett Vickers, 14, after she was stabbed in the heart - his family believe he is innocent and are searching for expert witnesses

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5 d. ago ‘The food is bad, everything is bad’: what it feels like to be on a hopeless NBA team

Teams like Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls have gone down in history for their winning streaks. But what’s it like to be on a truly terrible roster?The business of sports is about winning. But that, of course, doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of losers out there. That’s most evident every year in the NBA around the first day of spring. With about a dozen games left in the regular season, it’s obvious which teams are also-rans – and they have probably known that for some time. But when a team are losing and losing often, how does that affect the roster? How do the players deal with the constant lows?“When you lose,” says former NBA All-Star Xavier McDaniel, “it’s like getting a life sentence. I knew for me, losing, it started me to drink beer. Losing created a lot of bad habits. Losing can be a disease. We were losing so much [my rookie season] that by January I was drinking beer!” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Harrowing crossbow killings from 'Crossbow Cannibal' to family massacre

As 26-year-old ex-soldier Kyle Clifford is sentenced to life in prison after being arrested and charged with the murders of Carol, Louise and Hannah Hunt, we take a look at other chilling crossbow killings.

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7 d. ago 'We will find you' Daughter of ISIS beheading victim David Haines issues message to terrorists still at large

Bethany Haines has just watched three Islamic State jailers receive life sentences in France for holding and terrorising a string of hostages alongside David, from Perth, who was beheaded on film in Syria in 2014.

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8 d. ago Selena Quintanilla’s family after her killer Yolanda Saldívar is denied parole: ‘Justice continues to stand’

Tejano music icon was fatally shot and killed in 1995 by a fan, who is currently serving a life sentence

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8 d. ago Selena Quintanilla's killer refused parole over 'brutal' murder three decades on

Selena Quintanilla's killer Yolanda Saldivar has been denied parole in Texas, with the board citing the "brutal" nature of the murder as the reason for their refusal

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8 d. ago Selena Quintanilla's killer Yolanda Saldivar denied parole after 1995 murder

Yolanda Saldivar was handed a life sentence with the possibility of parole in 30 years back in 1995, after she was convicted of murdering the music star, and Saldivar has now been denied parole

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9 d. ago 'Female Hannibal Lecter' who tried to serve up her lover to his kids

Katherine Knight, 45, was the first Australian woman to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after she murdered her partner John Price in 2000

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1 week ago Murderer who killed movie mogul's husband in frenzied knife attack sues government for £60k after being arrested for 'plotting terror attack with bicycle pump'

Christodoulos Sotiriou, 59, was handed a life sentence in 1991 for stabbing photographer Dietmar Kirchner - husband of Maj-Britt Kirchner - with a commando knife.

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1 week ago Chilling footage shows teenage girls' final moments before they were brutally murdered

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Abigail Williams and Liberty German were killed in a brutal Indiana double murder during which their killer slit both of their throats and left them for dead

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1 week ago Sadistic Scots killer dies in jail months after life sentence for murder of vulnerable man

Mark Connor killed Allan West in his home, alongside Stewart Muircroft, after inflicting over 70 injuries on the Grangemouth pensioner.

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1 week ago Woman dies visiting her quadruple murderer husband in prison after being 'strangled'

A woman was strangled to death while visiting her husband in prison – who had previously been convicted for four murders in the 90s and handed a life sentence in prison

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2 w. ago Murderer who went on luxury holiday with killer lover after brutal gun and acid attack loses appeal

Rachel Fulstow was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum tariff of 30 years

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2 w. ago Mum who murdered lover and chopped off penis ‘got lazy’ after not hiding body parts

Taylor Schabusiness killed her lover during sex and dismembered his body. In 2023 she was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for the murder

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2 w. ago Murderer who went to Jamaica with killer boyfriend in wake of brutal gun and acid attack appeals

Rachel Fulstow was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum tariff of 30 years

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2 w. ago Murderer's trips to the Trafford Centre, KFC and Kersal Dale after he butchered housemate

Marcin Majerkiewicz faces a life sentence for the murder of Stuart Everett

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2 w. ago He looked like any other shopper at the Trafford Centre... he very much wasn't

Marcin Majerkiewicz faces a life sentence for the murder of Stuart Everett

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2 w. ago Police release pictures of evidence murderer left behind after sawing housemate into 27 parts

Marcin Majerkiewicz faces a life sentence for murdering his housemate Stuart Everett

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