14 h. ago Suspect in court accused of murdering Polish woman who disappeared 15 years ago

Anna Podedworna, 39, has been remanded into custody to appear before a crown court next week.

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33 h. ago Admitted lies, emojis and a dehydrator: Erin Patterson spars with prosecutor as fatal mushroom lunch deconstructed

Murder accused cross-examined in Victorian supreme court trial over beef wellington lunch that left three in-laws deadWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?There were times in Erin Patterson’s fourth day in the witness box where it seemed as if her lies she has admitted in her testimony, like the mushrooms she prepared for the beef wellington, were being cooked down as much as possible.Had she pretended to have cancer at the fateful lunch or had she not? What, exactly, were the reasons for her repeated lies to Gail Patterson about a lump in her elbow? How about the lies she told to police? Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Father and son, aged 27 and 53, appear in court accused of murdering boy, four, killed in pickup truck crash that also injured his dad, mother and baby sister

Patrick Maughan, 53, and Owen Maughan, 27, of Darenth, Kent, appeared at Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court to each face four charges over the fatal crash near Dartford

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60 h. ago Father and son, aged 27 and 53, appear in court accused of murdering boy, four, killed in pickup truck crash that also injured his dad and baby sister

Patrick Maughan, 53, and Owen Maughan, 27, of Darenth, Kent, appeared at Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court to each face four charges over the fatal crash near Dartford

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62 h. ago Two men, aged 27 and 53, are charged with murder after boy, four, killed in pickup truck crash

Patrick Maughan, 53, and Owen Maughan, 27, have been charged with murder after a four-year-old boy died in a crash involving two pickup trucks in Dartford, Kent Police said.

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65 h. ago ‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’: Erin Patterson tells mushroom trial husband confronted her over dehydrator

Triple murder accused, who denies deliberately poisoning anyone, tells court she dumped dehydrator used to dry foraged mushrooms due to feeling ‘scared’ of child protection officers seeing itWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.In her third day in the witness box, Patterson also said she thinks there is a “possibility” that foraged mushrooms were unintentionally added to her beef wellington mixture as she tried to improve its “bland” flavour, and lied to her lunch guests about having cancer because she was embarrassed about planned weight loss surgery.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Two arrested after boy, 4, killed in Kent pickup truck crash

One-year-old baby girl also injured in crash near Dartford

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6 d. ago An Ohio lawyer once called in bomb threats to delay court dates. Now, he’s been accused of murdering a client

Gregory Moore, a former divorce attorney in Cleveland, Ohio, is accused of murdering his client, Aliza Sherman, in 2013 to avoid taking her case to court.

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7 d. ago Fugitive accused of murdering dog walker 'planted her phone miles away to fool detectives' who arrested wrong man, court told

Anita Rose, 57, was found fatally wounded near her home in Brantham, Suffolk, last year. Roy Barclay, 56, denies murdering her. The case continues.

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7 d. ago Murder accused ‘dumped victim’s phone to put police off trail’, court told

Roy Barclay denies the murder of Anita Rose, whose phone was found by members of the public.

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7 d. ago Erin Patterson given voice as interview with police fills in some blanks: week five in court

As much as any moment, the video shown to the Victorian supreme court helped give the murder accused shape after weeks of silenceWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson watched herself on a screen, her voice filling court room four of the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.She had done little but stand up and sit down, and watch on silently, throughout the first 20 days of her triple murder trial, as more than 50 witnesses catalogued their own role in her story.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A life saved and what Erin Patterson allegedly confided to friends: week four of the mushroom lunch trial

Sole surviving lunch guest watches on as Victorian supreme court hears how hospital staff ‘thought he was going to die’ from death cap mushroom poisoningWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Ian Wilkinson sat in the Victorian supreme court, only metres from the woman accused of trying to murder him, as one of the men who helped save his life gave evidence.Prof Stephen Warrillow, the director of intensive care at Austin Health, had already spoken about the deaths of three people from death cap mushroom poisoning and the particular characteristics of their illnesses; “rapidly progressive deterioration”, the organ failure and of it being “non-survivable”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Murder accused Richard Satchwell was ‘controlling and obsessive’, court told

Tina Satchwell’s half sister told the Central Criminal Court that Satchwell always wanted to know where his wife was and who she spoke to.

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2 w. ago ‘Sick of this’: Erin Patterson told friends she wanted ‘nothing to do’ with in

Victorian supreme court shown Facebook messages in which murder accused vents frustration at estranged husband’s parents Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson told a Facebook group chat “this family I swear to fucking god” and said she wanted “nothing to do” with her parents-in-law, according to messages shown in a Victorian court.Messages written by the user Erin Erin Erin, which the court has previously heard was one of three Facebook names used by Patterson, also included saying she was ““sick of this shit” and “fuck em” about the parents of her estranged husband Simon. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teenager appears in court accused of murdering Kayden Moy, 16, in beach attack

The youth is also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, and carrying an offensive weapon.

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4 w. ago Bank murder accused aided by interpreter during court appearance

Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur spoke only to confirm his name, date-of-birth and claim he did not know his address during a hearing before a district judge.

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4 w. ago Provisional trial date set as man appears in court accused of murder after Rochdale fatal collision

A trial date has been set for November this year

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4 w. ago Australia mushroom murders trial: Erin Patterson’s daughter describes eating ‘leftovers’ of fatal lunch in police video

Court also hears from nurse who says triple murder accused told Leongatha hospital staff ‘I don’t want any of this’ in relation to treatment for suspected poisoningWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s daughter told police she ate leftovers of the deadly mushroom meal with her mother and brother for dinner the day after the meal, a court has heard.A video of Patterson’s daughter’s evidence was played on Thursday during her mother’s triple murder trial. Continue reading...

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