38 m. ago London teenagers cry in court as they are charged with murder of man, 49, killed at seaside resort in Kent

Alexander Cashford is thought to have died after being hit over the head with a large stone on the Isle of Sheppey

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44 m. ago ‘Death always feels imminent’: a moving Netflix documentary on prison, music and forgiveness

In Songs from the Hole, a man convicted of murder when he was a teenager finds healing in music during his sentenceIn 2014, a sergeant at a California state prison sent James “JJ’88” Jacobs, who was 25 at the time, to “the hole” – solitary confinement in a 6-by-6 cell. One bunk, one strip of a window. Jacobs had already been incarcerated for a decade by then; at 15, he was given a double life sentence for second-degree murder. Alone in the hole, Jacobs thought, as he always did, about the most devastating month of his life, April 2004: on the 16th, he shot and killed a fellow teenager outside a nightclub in his home town of Long Beach, California. Three days later, another young man shot and killed his beloved older brother Victor. For years, Jacobs was caught in a terrible cycle of grief – for what he had done, for what had been done to him.In the hole, Jacobs would lie on the floor, eyes closed, and imagine his life outside prison. He’d make beats by pounding on his bunk or chest....

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83 m. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attempted murder of prison guards

Hasham Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, has been charged with five offences after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison

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84 m. ago Cops fear baby may be ‘in danger’ as they launch search for pair linked to man’s murder in Florida

Authorities are searching for Alfredo Carballo Gonzalez, 32, and Ariely Alvarez Cabrera, 27, in connection with the murder of Daylon Fleitas.

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1 hour ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with attempted murder after attacking prison guards

Abedi, who remains in prison, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 18

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1 hour ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers attacked

Abedi has also been charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon

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1 hour ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with three counts of attempted murder

Hashem Abedi charged over incident in which four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison in AprilThe Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.Abedi, 28, is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon after an incident at HMP Frankland in Durham on 12 April. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers injured

Hashem Abedi, 28, was ordered to serve a record 55-year minimum term for helping his suicide bomber brother Salman murder 22 people, many of them children, at the Manchester Arena in 2017.

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2 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attempted murder of four cops

The charges are relation to an attack on April 12 at HMP Frankland in County Durham -Hashem Abedi is alleged to have used makeshift weapons and thrown hot oil on the victims

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3 h. ago Man jailed for 10 years for attempting to murder toddler at Glasgow railway station

The 28-year-old made the attempt after a relationship breakdown with the child’s mother

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6 h. ago London teenagers are charged with murder of man, 49, killed at seaside resort in Kent

Alexander Cashford is thought to have died after being hit over the head with a large stone on the Isle of Sheppey

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6 h. ago Three children charged with murder after man 'beaten to death with rocks'

A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 14 and 15, from London have been charged with the murder of Alexander Cashford.

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7 h. ago Pictured: Man 'beaten to death with concrete slab' on the Isle of Sheppey as three teenagers are charged with murder

Alexander Cashford, 49, was found dead with multiple serious injuries in Leysdown-on-Sea on Sunday.

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7 h. ago Three children charged with murder of man on Isle of Sheppey

The youngest boy arrested is just 14

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7 h. ago Isle of Sheppey 'murder': Teens charged after man 'beaten to death with rocks'

A 16-year-old girl and two boys, 14 and 15, have been charged after 49-year-old Alexander Cashford was found dead in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey

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7 h. ago Two deny murder of man shot outside silent disco in south London

Leroy Mitchell, 35, was killed in a car park in Birdhurst Road, Croydon, south London, on October 2 2021

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18 h. ago Chilling details emerge after pregnant woman was allegedly killed and her partner decapitated with his head placed on a spike

Police have charged a man with a brutal double murder after a pregnant woman and her partner were found dead in Melbourne - the father-to-be's head severed and gruesomely mounted on a spike.

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20 h. ago Sad update after pregnant woman and her partner were found dead in Melbourne

Police have charged a man with a brutal double murder after a pregnant woman and her partner were found dead in Melbourne - the father-to-be's head severed and gruesomely mounted on a spike.

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21 h. ago Minnesota prosecutor seeks to overturn man's 1998 murder conviction after a witness confesses

A Minnesota prosecutor is seeking the release of a man in prison for 27 years for murder after a key witness recanted her testimony and confessed to the crime

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30 h. ago Isle of Sheppey death: Locals fought to save man's life after 'commotion'

A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody after a man died following reports of a fight on the Isle of Sheppey

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