60 m. ago Man ‘decapitated and dismembered’ west London couple, court hears

Yostin Andres Mosquera is on trial for murder of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71A man “decapitated and dismembered” a couple, froze parts of their remains and brought the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court has heard.Yostin Andres Mosquera faces trial for the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on 8 July last year in the flat the two shared on Scotts Road in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Erin Patterson concocted cancer diagnosis to ensure children missed fatal mushroom lunch, murder trial hears

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have never recovered a phone used by Erin Patterson at the time of the deadly mushroom lunch, and another phone seized during their investigation was subject to a “remote factory reset” while they were searching her house, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson also told police she had never owned a food dehydrator nor dehydrated food, despite CCTV showing her dumping a dehydrator at a local tip, and forensic analysis later revealing it had her fingerprints, and contained traces of death cap mushrooms.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Erin Patterson used different plate to guests at deadly mushroom lunch, murder trial hears

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson, who allegedly murdered her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms, will defend the charges by claiming the poisoning was accidental, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Disgraced Cardinal Becciu formally withdraws from participation in conclave to elect pope

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope

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41 h. ago The Trial of the 'Grandpa Gang': New Mail podcast goes inside the Paris courtroom to hear case against the alleged masterminds of the $10m armed robbery of Kim Kardashian

Nearly a decade ago, men posing as policeman entered the Paris hotel room of Kim Kardashian, holding her at gunpoint and robbing the reality TV star of 10 million dollars' worth of jewellery .

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42 h. ago Rick Westhead: Jury hears first evidence in London hockey trial

Rick Westhead: Jury hears first evidence in London hockey trial  TSN

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47 h. ago 'Ringleader of Grandpa gang' accused of robbing Kim Kardashian is '80% disabled' while others have cancer, heart conditions and Alzheimer's, court hears as trial gets underway

One of the original 12 defendants due at the Paris Assizes died last month, and another can no longer be judged because he is suffering with late-stage Alzheimer's disease.

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5 d. ago Man told aunt ‘sorry but you are going to have to die tonight’ before repeatedly stabbing her, attempted murder trial hears

Adrian Smith denies attempted murder

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1 week ago Woman who 'raped and killed boyfriend's little girl, 4,' sent him chilling last text

Amber Lee Hughes, 25, has denied the rape and murder of her partner's four-year-old daughter and is standing trial in South Africa. The court heard she sent a chilling final text to the boyfriend

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1 week ago Man had leg amputated after shotgun and machete 'hit', attempted murder trial hears

Four men are on trial accused of attempted murder

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2 w. ago High Court ‘only forum’ where Andrew Tate will be ‘held to account’, lawyer says

The High Court heard on Tuesday that a trial of the claims of four women, who cannot be identified, against Tate could be held in early 2027.

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2 w. ago Andrew Tate High Court action a 'legal first' as 4 women sue over sexual violence claims

Anne Studd KC, representing the women, said on Tuesday it was understood to be the first claim where allegations of coercive control have been considered in a civil context, as the court heard a trial could be held in early 2027

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2 w. ago 'Shame on you Jesse Lingard, loads of lies': Woman 'abused by footballer's grandad' messaged player after TV documentary, trial hears

The trial against Kenneth Lingard is ongoing at Liverpool Crown Court

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2 w. ago Jesse Lingard's grandad 'sexually abused girl for years', trial hears

Ken Lingard, the grandfather of former Manchester United footballer Jesse Lingard, has appeared in court

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3 w. ago Teenage girl, 19, stabbed her cousin's boyfriend in 'an act of anger and aggression' after being  'wound up into a murderous rage', murder trial hears

Paige Poulton, then 19, was said to have been 'quarreling' with Jack Cadwallader at a flat in Harrietsham, Kent in the early hours of July 2.

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3 w. ago Trial begins in Germany for US woman over fatal stabbing of man who allegedly groped her

The trial of the unnamed American woman will be heard in Kaiserslautern, with Elon Musk having tweeted about the case

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4 w. ago Teenage girl shot dead in north London in feud sparked by social media humiliation, court told

17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne-Blake, shot dead in Tottenham, may not have been intended victim of gang feud, trial hears

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4 w. ago Car torched to 'get rid of black magic' after elderly Imam 'attacked', trial hears

Azizur Rahman and Shoha Miah are on trial and deny offences of kidnap, causing grievous bodily harm, non-fatal strangulation, robbery and perverting the course of justice. Mr Rahman, denies further offences of threatening the man with a blade and making threats to kill a woman

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