5 h. ago Jury sworn in ahead of trial of two children accused of killing elderly man

Bhim Kohli died in hospital in September last year after he was allegedly attacked in a park near his home in Braunstone Town, near Leicester.

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10 h. ago French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 people, mostly children

Joël Le Scouarnec, now 74, will face hundreds of victims during a four-month trial in Vannes, Brittany

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48 h. ago Syrian man, 19, accused of stabbing Spanish tourist at Berlin Holocaust Memorial 'planned to kill Jewish people', police fear

A 19-year-old Syrian man, Wassim al M, has been accused of stabbing a Spanish tourist at a Holocaust Memorial site in Berlin and had 'planned to kill Jews for weeks', police have said.   

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51 h. ago ‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 patients, mostly children

Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against himWhen two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea that she was about to find herself at the dark heart of one of the world’s biggest child abuse cases.The French mother of three, now 38, was shocked when the officers told her she had been the victim of Joël Le Scouarnec, a surgeon and an alleged serial paedophile accused of raping and sexually abusing hundreds of children. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago ‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 child patients

Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against himWhen two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea that she was about to find herself at the dark heart of one of the world’s biggest child abuse cases.The French mother of three, now 38, was shocked when the officers told her she had been the victim of Joël Le Scouarnec, a surgeon and an alleged serial paedophile accused of raping and sexually abusing hundreds of children. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Luigi Mangione's jaunty courtroom flex slammed as 'major fashion faux pas'

As supporters caught a glimpse of accused killer Luigi Mangione at a New York courthouse on Friday, some were shocked by what he was wearing.

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69 h. ago SpaceX engineer 'murders' yoga teacher wife in the driveway of his parents' quaint home in Maine

Samuel Whittemore, 34, is accused of murdering Margaux Whittemore, 32, and almost killing his own mother at her home in Readfield, Maine, weeks after they returned from sailing the world.

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2 d. ago Luigi Mangione live updates: Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer leaves after brief hearing in front of fans

The 26-year-old returned to Manhattan court today for the first time since December arraignment

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3 d. ago Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author

The British-American novelist was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in the August 2022 attack. Hadi Matar pleaded not guilty to the charges

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3 d. ago Watch live: Luigi Mangione due back in New York court over UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death

Watch live arrivals at a New York court as Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, is due back in court on state murder and terrorism charges on Friday, 21 February.

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3 d. ago Luigi Mangione, accused CEO killer, set to appear in court: Live updates

The 26-year-old returns to Manhattan today for the first time since December arraignment

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3 d. ago Man accused of murdering woman found dead at Cardiff house admits manslaughter

Alcwyn Thomas, 44, is accused of killing Victoria "Vicki" Thomas, 45, who was found dead at a property in Caerphilly Road, Heath.

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3 d. ago Man accused of trying to kill partner after New Order gig claims he 'panicked' and jumped out of window

Michael Cosgrove, 45, is on trial for attempted murder, which he denies

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3 d. ago The Natalia Grace saga: A new series will explore the Ukrainian adoptee accused of faking her age

The disabled Ukrainian orphan with dwarfism accused of masquerading as a child and trying to kill her adoptive parents spoke out for the first time last year. Now, she’s making new, harrowing claims about what happened next. Andrea Cavallier takes a look at the bizarre case

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5 d. ago Woman in court accused of killing child by scalding her in bath in 1978

Janice Nix was charged on Tuesday over the death of five-year-old Andrea Bernard.

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5 d. ago Human traffickers 'beat eight migrants to death during boat crossing including father and son and a 14

Spanish police have arrested seven alleged people smugglers accused of killing the migrants during a sea crossing from Senegal to the Canary Islands, authorities said Wednesday.

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6 d. ago Thornton Heath: Janice Nix accused of killing Andrea Bernard

Thornton Heath: Janice Nix accused of killing Andrea Bernard  BBC.com

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7 d. ago Man accused of killing girlfriend and burying her in Philly captured after car chase in New York

Melody Rivera, who was found dead in Philadelphia, leaves behind an eleven-year-old daughter

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