6 h. ago Lillie Clack: Distraught friend tells of terror before 100mph car crash that killed ‘popular princess’

Drunk driver Charlie Hilton, 25, was being chased by police before his Mercedes hit a tree and burst into flames in south London

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30 h. ago Man who stabbed wife to death in front of baby son tells court he planned to kill himself but 'lost control'

Kulsuma Akter, 27, suffered more than 25 knife injuries in an attack by her husband Habibur Masum, 26, after he confronted her in a street

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46 h. ago Entitled Egyptian drunk driver who killed innocent man tells court why he shouldn't face maximum sentence

Amr Elzagh, 44, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence of intoxicants for the deadly January 2, 2022, collision.

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68 h. ago Doctor charged with suppling Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty

Salvador Plasencia, who gave Friends star the drug in month leading to overdose, to plead guilty to four countsA doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said Monday.Dr Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They said the plea carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, and Plasencia is expected to enter the plea in the coming weeks. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Doctor charged with supplying Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty

Salvador Plasencia, who gave Friends star the drug in month leading to overdose, to plead guilty to four countsA doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said Monday.Dr Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They said the plea carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, and Plasencia is expected to enter the plea in the coming weeks. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson trial hears of ‘four calculated deceptions’ at heart of mushroom lunch case as closing address begins

Prosecutor also tells court Patterson lied about cancer to lunch guests because she thought ‘her lie would die with them’Erin Patterson trial LIVEWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Four calculated deceptions are at the heart of Erin Patterson’s triple-murder case, the prosecution has claimed in its closing address to the jury, including a lie about cancer the accused hoped would “die with” her lunch guests.On Monday, Nanette Rogers SC spent day 32 of the trial closing the prosecution case, outlining these four deceptions: Patterson’s fabricated cancer claim; the “lethal doses” of death cap mushrooms “secreted” in home-cooked beef wellingtons; Patterson’s attempts to make it seem she also suffered death cap mushroom poisoning; and the “sustained cover-up she embarked upon to conceal the truth”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Emmerdale's Cain and Tracy team up to take down Nate's killer

Emmerdale star Amy Walsh has revealed 'moving' new scenes see Cain Dingle and Tracy Robinson realise they're both innocent, and work begins on exposing Nate's real killer

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7 d. ago Coronation Street fans 'double take' as they spot Craig Tinker 'return' amid memorial complaint

The residents of Weatherfield gathered to remember the innocent cop after he was killed by newcomer Mick Michaelis

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8 d. ago Coronation Street fans make 'weird' observation over Craig Tinker's hearbreaking memorial

It's been a few weeks since tragedy struck in Weatherfield as the innocent cop was killed in the line of duty by newcomer Mick Michaelis

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson denies foraging death cap mushrooms hours before buying food dehydrator, murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells Victorian supreme court that she thought beef wellingtons were ‘the perfect dish’ for dried mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has denied leading health officials on a “wild goose chase”, and that she foraged death cap mushrooms two hours before buying a food dehydrator, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning four lunch guests with beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, on 29 July 2023. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson tells court she thought beef wellington recipe was ‘the perfect dish’ for dried mushrooms

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow live‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross-examinationErin Patterson questioned over what her children ate the day after fatal lunchProsecutor Nanette Rogers SC begins to ask Erin Patterson about evidence regarding what her children ate the day after the lunch. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago British woman facing death penalty in Bali for 'smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight packets' tells court 'I was framed'

Lisa Stocker, 39, told Denpasar central court that she was stitched up when she entered the island with £300,000 worth of cocaine disguised as the powdered dessert mix.

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9 d. ago Former Love Island star tells court businessman accused of 'beating the c*** out of his girlfriend' at £1.5million home was 'protective and caring' when they dated

Francesca Allen , 28, offered a glowing character reference for bespoke tailor Ricky Lawrence, 33, as he stands trial for allegedly attacking former Miss Universe GB finalist Chloe Othen.

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9 d. ago Constance Marten’s partner tells court ‘no laws on how to raise your children’

Marten and Mark Gordon have denied the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Victoria and causing or allowing her death in 2023.

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9 d. ago Medics tell court how toddler allegedly murdered by grandparents was injured

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was desperately ill when he arrived at hospital and doctors operated with little hope of saving him

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1 week ago Constance Marten’s partner tells court prosecution case is ‘like a movie script’

Mark Gordon, 51, told jurors: ‘The whole prosecution in this case is like a script from a movie, indeed a fictional novel’

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1 week ago Whitehall staff are flouting the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex 'by telling transgender women it's okay to use the female toilets'

A message sent to officials by the LGBT + network in the Department of Transport said staff can decide themselves if they can use 'any appropriate single sex toilets and other facilities'.

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1 week ago Neighbor accused of killing ‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss ‘maintains his innocence’ lawyer says

The lawyer of the neighbor accused of killing Jonathan Joss said on Friday, “We urge the public to withhold judgment”.

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1 week ago Man accused of killing ‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss ‘maintains his innocence’ lawyer says

The lawyer of the man accused of killing Jonathan Joss said on Friday, “We urge the public to withhold judgment”

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1 week ago High court tells UK lawyers to stop misuse of AI after fake case

Ruling follows two cases blighted by actual or suspected use of artificial intelligence in legal workThe high court has told senior lawyers to take urgent action to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence after dozens of fake case-law citations were put before the courts that were either completely fictitious or contained made-up passages.Lawyers are increasingly using AI systems to help them build legal arguments, but two cases this year were blighted by made-up case-law citations that were either definitely or suspected to have been generated by AI. Continue reading...

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