60 h. ago Murderer who killed homeless man in row over £12 Tesco trip dies in jail

Terence Townsend was serving a life sentence for the 'brutal and sustained attack'

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3 d. ago ‘I felt like the walls were closing in. All I could see was Fred West’s face’: how one woman escaped Britain’s worst serial killers

When Kathleen Richards rented a room at 25 Cromwell Street, she quickly realised the couple who owned it had a dark side. But even after their arrest, there was something about her 15 months at the house that she could never tell anyone – until nowKathleen Richards knows how lucky she is to be alive. In 1979, she woke up in bed to find the serial killer Fred West on top of her. It was by no means the first time West had assaulted the 17-year-old, but it was the last. This time, she managed to escape from the room she was renting at 25 Cromwell Street, perhaps Britain’s most notorious address, where Fred and Rose West raped, tortured and murdered so many girls and young women. Fred West took his own life in January 1995 while on remand, charged with 12 murders. Rose West was convicted of 10 murders later that year and is serving a whole-life sentence.In her own way, Richards has also been serving a life sentence. Today, she is a youthful, likable and traumatised 65-year-old. How...

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4 d. ago Second member of ISIS Beatles terror gang may apply to move to British jail, executed hostage's daughter fears

Alexanda Kotey, known as Jihadi George, received a life sentence after he admitted eight charges relating to the abduction, torture and beheadings of IS hostages in Syria.

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4 d. ago Disgraced chiropractor gets life sentence for trying to murder wife with lead

Brian Thomas Mann, a 36-year-old chiropractor from Alabama, tried to slowly kill his wife Hannah, 26, with vitamins laced with lead.

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4 d. ago Man could have murder sentence reduced 'if victim provoked him by refusing sex'

Serkan Dindar murdered Ceyda Yüksel after they met in real life after connecting online - a court reduced his sentence claiming he was 'provoked after she refused his demand for sex'

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4 d. ago Killer murdered woman then left her naked body in his shed for 10 days

Christopher Barlow faces a life sentence for murdering Mariann Borocz

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4 d. ago Man guilty of murdering woman found dead in his shed after huge search

Christopher Barlow faces a life sentence for murdering Mariann Borocz

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4 d. ago British ‘Beatle’ terrorist’s bid to transfer to UK prison ‘should be rejected’

El Shafee Elsheikh, known as ‘Ringo’ is serving eight life sentences in a US jail for his involvement in a hostage-taking scheme.

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5 d. ago Homeless man who murdered woman with mallet after she took him into £1.3m flat pictured

Apapale Adoum, 39, faces a life sentence after admitting to killing Victoria Adams, 37, at her home in Hammersmith, west London

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6 d. ago Man beat brother to death in 'frenzied' attack then told family he was 'asleep'

Daniel Lynch brutally killed his older brother Shane Lynch in a 'sustained and brutal' attack in November last year. He was slapped with a life sentence in court today

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7 d. ago ‘I was forced to marry my cousin when I was 14 and live in a polyamorous cult’

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Elissa Wall was forced to marry her cousin at just 14 years old when she was living in a polyamorous cult led by prolific leader Warren Jeffs, who is now serving a life sentence

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7 d. ago Mushroom lunch survivor forgives Erin Patterson as defence agrees triple murderer deserves life sentence

Ian Wilkinson says he is ‘no longer Erin Patterson’s victim’ as Victorian supreme court hears of impact of crimes on family membersIan Wilkinson says he forgives Erin Patterson for trying to murder him but cannot offer her forgiveness for killing three other people with poisoned beef wellingtons, a Victorian court has heard.The supreme court also heard on Monday that the prosecution and defence both agreed that Patterson should receive a life sentence for her crimes, which Justice Christopher Beale agreed were “horrendous”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Teen tortured for weeks as eyes gouged out and scalp removed in UK's worst murder

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: James Patterson Smith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Kelly Anne Bates, who he tortured for weeks in one of the UK's most shocking crimes

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1 week ago Fresh anguish for murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen's family as his drill rapper killer is lined up for freedom from prison by Christmas

Jack Fahri, then 19, was sentenced to life after he threw a large glass dish that shattered, severing an artery in the 16-year-old's neck, at a bakery in Lee, south-east London in 2008.

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1 week ago Chemical castration laws are toughened in Kazakhstan with men guilty of 'lesser' child sex offences facing injections before release

Paedophiles in the central Asian nation who have committed rape and violent sexual assault causing severe injury already face 'life-means-life' jail sentences and chemical castration.

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1 week ago Killer of Michael Jordan's father opens up on 1993 murder and makes desperate plea as he serves life sentence

Daniel Green, 50, has spent the last three decades behind bars over the July 1993 killing of Jordan, who was shot in North Carolina during what authorities believed was a botched robbery.

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1 week ago Murderer who 'took turns' with friends to mutilate man dies in jail

He was serving a life sentence for fatally 'bludgeoning, battering, and stabbing' a defenceless man 'for many minutes'

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1 week ago Inquiry ordered over prison death of Glasgow killer who stabbed teen through heart

Francis Docherty, 57, has served 25 years of his life sentence before he was found in his cell at HMP Perth.

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1 week ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearings to begin as duo who killed parents 36 years ago push for prison release: Live

In 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

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1 week ago Menendez brothers face parole hearings as they seek release after three decades

Erik and Lyle Menendez, sentenced to life over 1989 killings of parents, eligible for parole after judge’s May decisionThe Menendez brothers are scheduled to face separate parole hearings beginning Thursday, marking the closest they have been to winning freedom after spending nearly 30 years in prison in the slaying of their parents inside their Los Angeles home.Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. They were 18 and 21 at the time. Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, while prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Continue reading...

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