40 h. ago Sade Robinson went on a first date and never came home. Her murder has fueled demands for change in missing persons cases

When 19-year-old Sade Robinson didn't show up for her shift at a pizza joint in April 2024, her co-workers suspected something was wrong. Robinson had gone out on a first date the night before – but never returned home. Andrea Cavallier takes a look back at the tragic case as her killer is found guilty of her murder

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54 h. ago America's worst mother Lori Vallow is thrown out of court after attacking judge

'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow Daybell, 51, is facing charges in Arizona for the attempted murder of Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of her niece.

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65 h. ago Bride's brother used car 'as weapon' to murder Good Samaritan before stabbing the groom when family feud exploded after wedding, court hears

Hassan Jhangur, 25, hit five people including Chris Marriott with his Seat Ibiza in Sheffield when he arrived at his sister's wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the two families.

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2 d. ago Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial

Accused told court the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even diedAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn Erin Patterson’s telling, the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even died.According to evidence Patterson gave at her triple-murder trial this week, she was in a Monash hospital room alone with her estranged husband, Simon, after their two children had left to buy food from a vending machine, when he asked her: “Is that how you poisoned my parents, using that dehydrator?”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 d. ago John Belfield 'panicked and fled' to South America after hearing rumours he was involved in Thomas Campbell murder, jury told

Mr Belfield was arrested in March 2023 and returned to the UK about a year later. He is on trial and denies murder.

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson reveals messages she 'regrets' sending about lunch guests

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson is quizzed over single word she used to describe her husband

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Murder accused to be grilled under cross

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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3 d. ago Murder trial jurors shown CCTV of moment Thomas Campbell 'pounced' on before being 'tortured to death'

John Belfield is on trial accused of murder. He denies the charge, and also denies an offence of conspiring to rob Mr Campbell.

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Drill rapper guilty of murdering father in front of child at East London barbershop in 'savage' attack

Renai Belle has been convicted for the murder of Josh KcKay following a five-week trial at the Old Bailey

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson is grilled under cross

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson forced to respond to accusation she weighed death cap mushrooms to work out fatal dose ahead of beef Wellington lunch, court hears

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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4 d. ago Dog walker Anita Rose's face was ‘black and blue’, jogger tells murder trial

Martyn Nash had been out running when he came across Anita Rose who lay injured near a sewage works in Brantham, Suffolk on July 24 last year

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4 d. ago 'Mushroom poisoner' mum's astonishing explanation for fatal family lunch

Erin Patterson is on trial for murder after allegedly serving a dish containing toxic death cap mushrooms to her in-laws and their 66-year-old sister in Victoria in July 2023

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4 d. ago Injured dog walker’s face was ‘black and blue’, jogger tells murder trial

Mother-of-six Anita Rose, 57, was found injured by a cyclist in Suffolk on July 24 last year and died four days later.

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson tells triple murder trial she knew foraged mushrooms may have ended up in fatal lunch

Australian woman accused of fatally poisoning relatives says she threw out food dehydrator and reset phone fearing they could link her to death cap mushrooms

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4 d. 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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5 d. ago Mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson details the day of the deadly beef Wellington lunch in her own words

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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5 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson tells court she felt ‘scared, responsible’ after husband asked if she poisoned his parents using dehydrator

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch. Follow liveErin Patterson explains health lies, food issues and how she made mushroom lunch as murder trial continuesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson says it was ‘a possibility’ foraged mushrooms were in containerMandy turns to preparations for the meal.I cooked that for a very long time.You’ve got to get almost all of the water out so it won’t turn your pastry soggy.I decided to put in the dried mushrooms which I bought from the grocer which I still had in the pantry. Continue reading...

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