12 h. ago Contract killer 'faked pregnancy then killed ex with poisoned milkshake'

Ana Paula Velloso Fernandes, 36, is under investigation for four murders in Brazil, including an alleged plot in which she handed her ex-boyfriend a milkshake laced with poison

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20 h. ago Law student 'who "took pleasure in killing" fatally poisoned four people in five

Ana Paula Veloso Fernandes, 36, is said to have premeditated the horrific acts as she admitted to killing 10 dogs in order to test the strength of the poison before using it on her victims.

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30 h. ago Female law student 'who 'took pleasure in killing' fatally poisoned four people'

Ana Paula Veloso Fernandes, 36, premeditated the horrific acts as she admitted to killing 10 dogs in order to test the strength of the poison before using it on her victims.

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3 d. ago Poisoning GP's Scot victim feared for life after drinking rat killer

Dad-of-four Torquil Gundlach, from Edinburgh, drank a vodka laced with a rat poison which was banned due to its high toxicity.

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4 d. ago Methanol poisoning kills three in Brazil as secret alcohol factory uncovered

While investigating the deaths of two people who had drunk vodka purchased at the same bar, police in Brazil uncovered a clandestine alcohol factory near São Paulo

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4 d. ago Thomas Kwan: Second victim feared poison plot GP 'could have killed my family'

Dad-of-four Torquil Gundlach spoke for the first time of how he fell ill after drinking a bottle of vodka Kwan laced with thallium, banned as a rat poison due to its high toxicity

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5 d. ago Bean stew 'serial killer' tested deadly poison on dogs before feeding pensioner

Ana Paula Veloso has been accused of killing an elderly man with a toxic bean stew and police in Brazil have now claimed that she also killed 10 dogs with the same poison

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5 d. ago Woman 'tested poison on dogs' before Rio de Janeiro man killed by toxic bean stew

Ana Paula Veloso is alleged to have poisoned a 65-year-old man under the orders of the victim's daughter and the pair are being linked to a further three murders in Brazil

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5 d. ago Evil GP jailed for posing as Covid nurse to inject mother's partner with poison admits trying to kill him on further occasions using wine bottles laced with deadly substance

Thomas Kwan, 54, sent at least three bottles of the poison thallium to Patrick O'Hara, 73, after convincing him to sign up to a bogus wine delivery company he had created.

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8 d. ago Woman spikes her husband's wine with antifreeze amid bitter custody battle

A 33-year-old mother attempted to kill her husband with poison and may have also poisoned their child

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2 w. ago Fake vodka poisoning kills 19 people with one fighting for life as nursery teacher arrested

'Fake vodka' has been linked to 19 deaths, and has left one person fighting for their life in hospital, after a boom in illicit alcohol in Russia as prices soar in shops due to the war

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2 w. ago Bird of prey 'killed by rat poison' near Scots village as cops launch probe

The bird was found to have ingested poison as well as an illegal insecticide.

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2 w. ago Teen accused of trying to kill uncle by poisoning soup 'due to his snoring'

An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder his uncle by lacing his miso soup with extracts from a deadly plant

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3 w. ago Grandma arrested after she 'poisoned grandchildren with cake' which 'killed family pet'

Izabel Cardoso de Andrade, 59, is accused of poisoning her granchildren who were staying over during the summer holidays - killing a nine-year-old girl and the family cat

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3 w. ago Grandma arrested after she 'poisoned her grandchildren with baked cake' and killed one

Izabel Cardoso de Andrade, 59, is accused of baking the deadly treat while her granchildren were staying over during the summer holidays - killing a nine-year-old girl and the family cat

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3 w. ago Widow of Alexei Navalny says lab tests confirm he was poisoned in prison

Yulia Navalnaya says tests by two laboratories on samples smuggled out of Russia show her husband was killed by poisonYulia Navalnaya, the widow of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that two foreign laboratories had confirmed her husband was poisoned, after tests on biological samples secretly smuggled out of Russia.Navalny, 47, died suddenly on 16 February 2024, while being held in a jail about 40 miles (64km) north of the Arctic Circle, where he had been sentenced to decades in prison to be served in a “special regime”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago We bought the poisoned limoncello that killed our daughter and her fiance in Vietnam, distraught parents reveal as they fight for justice

Greta Otteston, 33, and Arno Quinton, 36, were found dead on Boxing Day in their holiday villa in Hoi An, Vietnam as a result of methanol poisoning.

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