1 hour ago A drugs gang, a bullying daughter and a killer amongst those locked up this week

The Manchester Evening News looks back on the cases before our courts this week

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7 h. ago Five climbers including dad & daughter, 17, killed during avalanche in Italian Dolomites

A FATHER and his teen daughter are among five mountaineers killed by an avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains. The victims - all German - were climbing Cima Vertana when the devastating snow slide wiped them out on Saturday afternoon. A group of three was "fully swept away by the avalanche" and all died, with their...

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7 h. ago Dad and daughter among five climbers killed in avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains

The five mountaineers were hit by the avalanche at about 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, November 1 while climbing near the Cima Vertana, in Italy's Ortles mountains

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8 h. ago Father and daughter are among five climbers killed in avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains

Three victims had already been recovered dead on Saturday, while the bodies of two other missing people were found on Sunday morning.

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11 h. ago Cambridgeshire train stabbings: ‘heroic’ LNER staff member suffered ‘life

British Transport Police say rail staff member was recorded on CCTV intervening in attempt to stop attackerA “heroic” rail staff member who intervened in a mass stabbing to save the lives of high-speed train passengers suffered life-threatening injuries, police said on Sunday, as a suspect remains in custody.The member of LNER staff was recorded on CCTV attempting to stop the attacker as the train travelled between Peterborough and Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, British Transport Police said.Additional reporting: Harry Taylor and Vikram Dodd Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Cambridgeshire train stabbings: ‘heroic’ rail staff member fighting for life after tackling attacker

British Transport Police say LNER worker ‘undoubtedly saved lives’ as suspect remains in custodyA “heroic” rail staff member who intervened in a mass stabbing to save the lives of high-speed train passengers suffered life-threatening injuries, police said on Sunday, as a suspect remains in custody.The member of LNER staff was recorded on CCTV attempting to stop the attacker as the train travelled between Peterborough and Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, British Transport Police said.Additional reporting: Harry Taylor and Vikram Dodd Continue reading...

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17 h. ago The crime that sickened Britain: How depraved lorry driver abducted and murdered a French student then kept her body for ten days while he enjoyed a family Christmas

Morgan, now 65, was jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of 19-year-old Céline Figard a week before Christmas 1995.

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18 h. ago The real life Thursday Murder Club taking on the deep state over an 18

It could be something out of Richard Osman's bestselling novels - as campaigning retirees rally to a cause, only in this case against cyber centre expansion plans.

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19 h. ago Heartless mum kills daughter, 17, and son, 7, after falling for sick 'zombie' hoax

Lori Vallow Daybell killed two of her children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, seven, after becoming transfixed by a chilling cult. Her crimes sent shockwaves across the country

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20 h. ago Cambridgeshire train stabbing: suspects both British and ‘nothing to suggest’ attack was terrorism, say police – latest updates

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder as two people remain in a life-threatening conditionSome more reaction is coming in.Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, said she was “deeply disturbed” by the reports from Huntingdon. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Inmate serving life sentence for murder admits to three other cold case killings in California, police say

All three additional Long Beach cases are believed to be linked to gang activity

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44 h. ago Teen murders family to start 'new life' with girlfriend who dumped him

A mum sent two adorable videos to her husband, before she and her two young sons were all massacred in their own home just 20 minutes later by her brother.

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56 h. ago Chilling moment convicted killer shouts 'I regret nothing' after stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death

March was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 42 years for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Alana Odysseos

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59 h. ago Life in prison for man who murdered his wife as their children slept

A jealous husband who murdered his wife on New Year's Day has been jailed for life.

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61 h. ago ‘British Armed Forces still not safe for women four years since my daughter killed herself after sexual assault’

Jaysley Beck’s family blame attack by Michael Webber and handling of assault by Army for 19-year-old’s death

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62 h. ago Evil Scots murderer who stabbed wife to death on New Year’s Day jailed for life

AN EVIL killer who murdered his wife in a "brutal" New Year's Day knife attack has been jailed for a minimum of 21 years. Mompati Dodo Isaacs murdered 33-year-old Keotshepile Naso Isaacs - known as Naso - at their home in North Berwick, East Lothian, in the early hours of January 1, 2024. The 39-year-old...

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64 h. ago Double murderer who stabbed pregnant girlfriend 23 times is jailed for life

Shaine March was aged 21 when he fatally stabbed 17-year-old Andre Drummond in the neck at a McDonald’s restaurant in Denmark Hill

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64 h. ago Laughing double killer jailed for life after murdering his pregnant girlfriend

Shaine March was out of prison on licence when he knifed pregnant mum Alana Odysseos 19 times at her home, before telling police: 'I did it. I killed her, hahahaha.'

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68 h. ago Man handed life prison term for murdering wife in ‘brutal’ New Year’s Day attack

Mompati Dodo Isaacs, 39, stabbed Keotshepile Naso Isaacs, 33, nine times at their home in North Berwick while their children were asleep.

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3 d. ago Depraved final act of teacher who raped and killed partner’s daughter, 4, in bathtub

Amber Lee Hughes, 25, admitted forcing her boyfriend's four-year-old daughter, Nada-Jane Chalita, into a bathtub until she drowned as a post-mortem revealed signs of sexual assault

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