54 m. 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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4 h. ago ‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross

Patterson also tells triple murder trial she’s ‘puzzled’ clinic she says she had an appointment for a gastric bypass with offers no such surgeryWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson says she is “puzzled” that a clinic in which she said she had an appointment for a gastric bypass offers no such surgery, and denies lying about making herself vomit in the hours immediately after the beef wellington lunch, a court has heard.In her sixth day in the witness box, Patterson was repeatedly asked under cross-examination by prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC whether she was lying about the deadly lunch and other parts of her evidence before her triple-murder trial. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Accused killer chef faces her sixth day on the witness stand

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

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17 h. ago What happened to Sade Robinson? How a teen’s murder is fueling demand for change

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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21 h. ago Boy, two, was placed on the child protection register month before 'he was murdered by his grandparents while his mother was upstairs', court hears

Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, are on trial accused of murder, causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child - which they deny.

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24 h. ago Violence inflicted on toddler before his death shown to murder trial

Ethan Ives-Griffiths' grandparents are on trial accused of his murder

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2 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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5 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson is grilled under cross

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

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5 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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5 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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