6 h. ago Couple who tried to murder stepmother while wearing Poundland animal masks jailed

Wasif Hussain and Nabela Tabassum have been jailed for attempted murder at Birmingham Crown Court

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7 h. ago Couple who wore Poundland animal masks during attempted murder jailed

Wasif Hussain and Nabela Tabassum have been jailed for attempted murder at Birmingham Crown Court.

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56 h. ago Brit pilot jailed for baby's brutal murder could walk free as wife 'confesses'

London-born pilot Mohamed Barakat, 46, has spent five years behind bars after his one-year-old daughter was murdered - but an alleged 'confession' from his ex-wife could change his fate

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6 d. ago Woman convicted of murdering mother at child's birthday party in Stepney Green

Hope Rowe, 33, stabbed Charlotte Rowe outside a block of flats in East London after accusing the victim of hiding her keys

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1 week ago Baltimore jail staff failed to protect a deaf man killed by cellmate, lawsuit alleges

A new lawsuit alleges that a deaf man who was killed in Baltimore's jail was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate

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1 week ago The crucial CCTV that helped jail a plastic surgeon for trying to kill his colleague

This CCTV is the crucial footage that helped jail a plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a fellow doctor he wanted “out of the way” by stabbing him after a thwarted plan to set his house alight.

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1 week ago Plastic surgeon jailed for life over attempted murder of fellow doctor

Peter Brooks, 61, doused petrol on floor of Graeme Perks’s Nottinghamshire home before stabbing him in abdomenA plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a colleague he “hated” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.Jonathan Peter Brooks, 61, known as Peter, who specialised in treating burn scars, broke into the Nottinghamshire home of Graeme Perks in the middle of the night on 14 January 2021 wearing camouflage gear and doused the floor with petrol with the intention of setting it alight. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Plastic surgeon jailed for trying to kill colleague during Covid lockdown

Burns specialist Peter Brooks cycled in camouflage through snow during Covid lockdown to stab Graeme Perks and douse his home in petrol, court told

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1 week ago Plastic surgeon who attempted to murder fellow doctor is jailed for life

Peter Brooks, 61, stabbed Graeme Perks and doused the ground floor of his home in petrol in the early hours of January 14 2021.

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1 week ago Bitter plastic surgeon who stabbed rival and tried to burn down his £1m home in vengeful attempted murder is jailed for 22 years

Jurors heard Jonathan Peter Brooks, 61, attacked fellow plastic surgeon Graeme Perks after the victim took part in long-running disciplinary proceedings at the NHS Trust they both worked for.

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1 week ago Bill to keep child kidnap and murder plot trio in Scots jail hits £1m

They are still within the ­ Scottish prison after losing a last-ditch appeal against their extradition to the US, after the FBI identified them as being behind a twisted scheme to kidnap five ­children and kill their parents.

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1 week ago Murderer who killed his own stepmother and raped and fathered child with 14

Mohammed Fethaullah, 64, previously of Wandsworth, London, died at HMP High Down on May 13 this year. He was previously jailed for the murder of his stepmother and raping a 14-year-old.

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2 w. ago Nurse jailed for murder of elderly patients faces wait in conviction appeal

Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, was found guilty in 2008 of killing four women and attempting to kill a fifth.

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2 w. ago Rose West moved jails after 'most dangerous female killer' plotted her murder

Joanna Dennehy is considered one of the most dangerous prisoners in the UK - and she is one of only a handful of women who are serving a whole life order after murdering three people and injuring two others

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2 w. ago Richard Satchwell jailed for life for murder of wife Tina he buried under stairs for years

Satchwell, 58, had denied murdering his wife Tina at their home in Co Cork, Ireland, in 2017, six years after she was reported missing. But he was found guilty in a trial earlier this year

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3 w. ago Dad who beat his son, 7, until he couldn't see jailed for his gruesome murder

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Murtadah Mohammad, 27, waited 12 hours to call for help after he subjected his son to a "sustained campaign of abuse" - in court he blamed the use of drugs and alcohol for his actions

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3 w. ago Fraudster who was found to have killed his wife for a £4.4million insurance payout years after being cleared of murder is jailed... but not for her death

Paula Leeson drowned in the swimming pool at a remote holiday cottage in Denmark booked by her husband Donald McPherson for a summer break in 2017.

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3 w. ago Man dismembered alive and eaten over 10 months by lover in sick cannibal pact

Armin Meiwes kept portions of Bernd Brandes' flesh in a freezer after they made a fatal agreement. The cannibal consumed his victim over a lengthy period and was later jailed for his murder

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3 w. ago 'In my country, murder is normal': Man who is in jail for his niece's honour killing sues ITV for accusing him of ordering her rape

Banaz Mahmod was aged 20 when she was killed on the orders of her father Mahmod Mahmod and uncle Ari Mahmod after she left an abusive arranged marriage.

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3 w. ago Killer who knifed Scots teen to death then hid murder weapon jailed for life

Lord Matthews said Lewis McCartney was 'robbed' of the future that lay ahead of him after Bailey Dowling's fatal attack on him.

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