12 h. ago Violent killer unmasked after teaming up to murder young dad in Greenock

Andrew McQuillan is the second man to plead guilty to the murder of 35-year-old Michael Beaton in 2023.

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12 h. ago Inmate denies murdering disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins with a makeshift knife inside HMP Wakefield, court hears

Samuel Dodsworth, 43, pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder and denied possessing a makeshift knife inside the prison.

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27 h. ago Former NFL star Antonio Brown pleads not guilty to attempted murder charge

Ex-NFL star accused of firing shots after fightVictim says bullet grazed his neck, per warrantFormer NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to face an attempted murder charge stemming from a May shooting, with his lawyer filing a not guilty plea on his behalf.Jail records in Essex county, New Jersey, show Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his transfer to Florida. Brown, one of the most popular players in the NFL, had waived extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was taken after being arrested in Dubai. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Monster shook new girlfriend's baby son to death while she went to get her nails done

Kieran Humphreys, 33, was left to look after six-month-old Archie after just a week of dating Saskia Woodbridge - he was found guilty of murdering the baby by shaking him to death

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36 h. ago Man, 33, is found guilty of murdering his teenage girlfriend's six

Kieran Humphreys had been left to look after 19-year-old Saskia Woodbridge's son Archie while she popped out to have her nails done.

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41 h. ago Dad drowned his own three children on Father's Day after horror 'threat'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Robert Farquharson was found guilty of three counts of murder after he drove his three sons into a dam on Father's Day in 2005, with the boys' mother saying he had a 'love-hate relationship' with them

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59 h. ago Warped teen murdered girlfriend's gran after brag about 'tearing through flesh'

Uriah Lee Urick Jr. was found guilty of capital murder for the February killing of 61-year-old Tammy King, his girlfriend's grandmother, and sentenced to life in prison

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3 d. ago The Mushroom Tapes review – Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

This account of what the three authors observed during Patterson’s triple murder trial does resemble a podcast transcript at times, but it is extremely readableEvery reader of The Mushroom Tapes will open the book knowing that Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering three people – her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson – and of the attempted murder of Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson. They will also know she was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years, and is now appealing against her conviction. Who among us hasn’t been roped into speculation about this family tragedy, the carcass of which has been picked over by pundits, amateurs and experts for years now?Over 11 long weeks, the baroque details of the trial of Erin Patterson were made immediately available to a ravenous public – including sightings of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, three of Australia’s most celebrated nonfiction writers, in ...

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6 d. ago Deliveroo disguise gunman guilty of shooting girl, 8, and her father during spree of London attacks

Jazz Reid faces years behind bars after being found guilty of attempted murder

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6 d. ago ‘The Butt Lady’ found guilty of murdering ER star, sentenced to 15 years in prison

Adame had been convicted in relation to another death caused by a botched butt injection which she carried out in 2019

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6 d. ago Horror of girl, 2, boiled in car by dad from stolen beer and sex videos to mum's plea

Christopher Scholtes, 38, was set to be sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison on November 21 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his daughter, Parker, but was found dead yesterday

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6 d. ago Wife of Minnesota preacher killed in Africa found guilty alongside her Angolan ‘romantic partner’ of plotting murder

Jackie Shroyer was reportedly in a romantic relationship with one of the men who took part in her husband’s murder

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6 d. ago Driver who murdered ‘Good Samaritan’ when he ploughed into crowd to be sentenced

Hassan Jhangur was found guilty earlier this year of murdering father-of-two Chris Marriott, 46, and a number of other offences.

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7 d. ago Dad who left daughter, 2, to die in hot car dies day he was due to be jailed

Scholtes had struck a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to the second-degree murder of his daughter Parker, which took place in July 2024

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7 d. ago Man who fatally speared girlfriend completely through chest learns fate

A Florida man who claimed his girlfriend died in a freak accident after being impaled on a spear bedpost has been jailed for life after a jury found him guilty of murder

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8 d. ago California father who killed his baby son sentenced to more than 30 years in prison

Jake Haro and his wife had reported the baby kidnapped outside a store, drawing widespread attention and a public searchA southern California father who pleaded guilty to killing his missing seven-month-old son was sentenced Monday to more than 30 years in prison.Jake Haro, 32, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty in October to the second-degree murder of his son, Emmanuel, the Riverside county district attorney’s office said in a statement. A months-long investigation has failed to locate the child’s remains. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Erin Patterson appeals guilty verdicts over deadly mushroom lunch that killed three

Lawyers lodge challenge to conviction of triple murderer who served relatives beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in regional AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTriple murderer Erin Patterson has filed an appeal against her conviction for killing three relatives with poisoned beef wellingtons, but will not appeal against her sentence.Lawyers for Patterson, 51, signalled they would be appealing last month, but the deadline for her to lodge the challenge to the court of appeal passed late yesterday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Man who killed girlfriend's brother pictured as he's found guilty of murder

Stephen Bates, 42, has been found guilty of murdering Martin O'Donovan when he hit him with his Ford Fiesta outside his sister's home in Liverpool while heavily intoxicated

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9 d. ago Man who ran over and killed girlfriend's brother at 70th birthday party found guilty of murder

Stephen Bates ran over and killed his girlfriend's brother Martin O’Donovan on the night the two men first met after a drunken brawl erupted at his mum's birthday party.

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9 d. ago Man who ran over his girlfriend's brother after boozy family party found guilty of murder

Stephen Bates was 'extremely intoxicated' when he got behind the wheel

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