17 h. ago French court finds ‘twisted’ anaesthetist guilty of killing 12 patients

Former top medic described as ‘Dr Death’ by prosecutors poisoned 30 people ranging in age from four to 89A French anaesthetist described by prosecutors as “Dr Death” has been found guilty of intentionally poisoning 30 patients and killing 12 over almost a decade as a top medic.Frédéric Péchier, 53, once seen by colleagues as a “star anaesthetist”, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after state prosecutors said he was “one of the biggest criminals in the history of the French legal system”. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago French doctor who poisoned dozens of patients killing 12 of them is jailed for life with prosecutors calling him 'one of the greatest criminals in history'

A French court on Thursday sentenced a doctor to life in jail for poisoning 30 child and adult patients, 12 of whom died, in an alleged attempt to discredit co-workers.

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19 h. ago 'Smelly b*****d': Courtroom chaos erupts as man found guilty of killing 'intruder'

Patrick Murphy was found guilty of manslaughter for fatally stabbing Jordan Ronan, who had stolen from his van and gotten into his partner's car

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62 h. ago Vegetarian couple accused of deliberately starving their three

Jaskiret Singh Uppal, 36, and Manpreet Jatana, 34, appeared via video link from HMP Pentonville and Bronzefield respectively at the Old Bailey on Tuesday to plead not guilty to killing Penelope Chandle.

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6 d. ago Husband guilty of killing wife after child reveals twisted plot to get away with murder

Robert Rhodes muttered to police “I wondered if this would come back to bite me” when he was arrested again last year

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1 week ago Beauty queen Trinity Poague who beat boyfriend's son to death breaks down in court

Trinity Poague, 19, has been sentenced to life in prison after she was found guilty of two counts of felony murder for the brutal killing of her boyfriend's 18-month-old son

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1 week ago Rapper and Netflix star Ghetts pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after killing student, 20, in hit

Justin Clarke-Samuel, who stars in the Netflix streaming series Supacell, hit Yubin Tamang while driving his black BMW M5 in Ilford, east London on the night of October 18.

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1 week ago Netflix star and rapper Ghetts pleads guilty to killing man in car crash

Rapper and Netflix's Supacell actor Ghetts appeared in court today and has pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving after his BMW collided with a 20-year-old student

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1 week ago Rapper Ghetts facing years in jail after pleading guilty to killing man in hit

Ghetts is in custody and likely to face several years in jail after his guilty pleas

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1 week ago Beauty queen beat boyfriend’s toddler son to death because 'she wanted own baby'

A student has been found guilty of murder after brutally killing her boyfriends young son - all out of jealousy that she wanted her own baby with him and "resented" being a step mum

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2 w. ago ‘Green River Killer’ who butchered up to 80 people is ‘near death’ in prison: report

Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty in 2001 in a deal to avoid the death penalty

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2 w. ago 2 former South African apartheid police officers are convicted of killing an activist 38 years ago

Two former apartheid-era police officers in South Africa have been found guilty of murder in the 1987 killing of activist and student leader Caiphus Nyoka

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2 w. ago Man pleads guilty to killing an Ole Miss graduate who was prominent in the LGBTQ community

A man charged with killing a University of Mississippi graduate who was prominent in the LGBTQ community has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and tampering charges

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2 w. ago Couple set up fake home viewing in twisted plot to abduct and kill estate agent

Akeem Wiggins has been found guilty of multiple offences following the horror killing of Monique Baugh, who was found shot and bound in a Minnesota alleyway after she was abducted

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3 w. ago Mother who hid children’s bodies in suitcases jailed for life in New Zealand

Hakyung Lee was found guilty of murdering her children and concealing their remains in a storage lockerA mother who murdered her two children and hid their bodies in suitcases stored inside a rented locker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea, was found guilty earlier this year of killing her children in a crime that has become known as the “suitcase murders”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rapper’s wife who chopped him up with hacksaw while still alive before putting body parts in washing machine is jailed

THE wife of a popular rapper has been jailed after being found guilty of killing and dismembering her husband. Marina Kokhal, 41, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison, for hacking her partner's corpse and shoving his body parts in a washing machine. Ukrainian-born singer Andy Cartwright, whose real name is Alexander...

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4 w. ago Christie’s withdraws rare ‘first calculator’ from auction after French court halts export

Move comes after French scientists issued urgent appeal to prevent La Pascaline from leaving the countryA rare example of the first functioning calculating machine in history looks likely to stay in France after Christie’s withdrew it from auction pending a definitive ruling from a Paris court on whether or not it can be exported.La Pascaline, developed by the French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal in 1642, when he was just 19, and billed as “the most important scientific instrument ever offered at auction”, had been expected to fetch more than €2m (£1.8m). Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Belgian farmer sues French energy giant for damage caused by climate change

A Belgian farmer is taking TotalEnergies to court, arguing the company should pay for climate change damage

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