10 h. ago Coroner's request to family of abusive man killed by girlfriend after partying in Liquid

Rees Howarth was stabbed once in the chest by Katie Yeomans after a row erupted into violence following a night out at Liquid nightclub in Oldham in 2023

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12 h. ago Coroner orders police to contact family of 'abusive' man killed by his girlfriend

Rees Howarth, 28, was stabbed once in the chest by Katie Yeomans after a row erupted into violence

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44 h. ago California judge rejects Menendez brothers’ request for new trial

Claims that brothers were sexually abused didn’t supersede ‘premeditation and deliberation’ of killings, says judgeA California judge has rejected a request for a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, saying the allegations that the brothers were sexually abused did not supersede their “premeditation and deliberation” when they killed their parents more than 35 years ago.The ruling Monday by Los Angeles superior court judge William C Ryan comes just weeks after the brothers were denied parole and shuts down another possible path to freedom for the two who have served nearly 30 years in prison. Ryan denied a May 2023 petition seeking a review of their convictions based on new evidence supporting their claims of sexual abuse by their father. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Pensioner murdered by her violent lodger after ‘fundamental failure’ of agencies to spot danger

Patricia Holland’s family had voiced concerns to social services and police that she was being abused and coerced by killer Allan Scott

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1 week ago The animal abuse tourist traps you need to be aware of: How holidaymakers are being duped into participating in cruelty... from cock

Recent investigations have begun to shine light on the dark underworld of tourism traps, where animals great and small are abused, beaten and killed

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1 week ago Police renew appeal for missing man who vanished in Highlands a year ago

Ian Ross was last in contact with his family on Friday September 6, 2024, before being reported missing 11 days after.

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1 week ago Headteacher Caroline Grandjean who killed herself after vile homophobic abuse is pictured

Caroline Grandjean ended her life in Anglards-de-Salers, central France, following harassment and death threats at the Infant School in the small village of Moussages

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1 week ago Lesbian headmistress killed herself on first day of term after campaign of anonymous homophobic abuse and rising 'tensions' with parents after she was outed as being in a same

The wife of a headteacher who killed herself because of homophobic abuse had said: 'I don't want her to have left for nothing.'

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2 w. ago Abusive killer's manslaughter plea slammed by tortured mum as he's detained

Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche's mum today said she had been "failed by the system" after the CPS accepted killer Gogoa Tape's manslaughter plea

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3 w. ago Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him

Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no friends or family left to contact

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3 w. ago Search launched for Scots man with distinctive tattoo who vanished six weeks ago

James Hendry was last in contact with his family at the start of July and is known to travel from Ayrshire to both Glasgow and Bristol.

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3 w. ago Freddie Starr died 'penniless' with no family contact as comedian's children kept distance

Freddie Starr was one of the most recognisable faces on TV and a comedy icon, but the beloved performer died alone and penniless in 2019, leaving fans concerned for the fate of his funeral arrangements

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3 w. ago Ranting tycoon's wife taunts Jewish neighbor about his daughter's death while serving with Israeli army

Anna Bouzyk was caught on camera shouting derogatory abuses at David Lubin, whose American daughter was killed by a 'teenage terrorist' in November 2023.

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4 w. ago Menendez brothers face parole hearings as they seek release after three decades

Erik and Lyle Menendez, sentenced to life over 1989 killings of parents, eligible for parole after judge’s May decisionThe Menendez brothers are scheduled to face separate parole hearings beginning Thursday, marking the closest they have been to winning freedom after spending nearly 30 years in prison in the slaying of their parents inside their Los Angeles home.Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. They were 18 and 21 at the time. Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, while prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Continue reading...

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