63 m. ago Man who fatally stabbed Syrian war refugee, 16, in the neck after 'minor contact' with his girlfriend 'just wanted to cut him', court hears

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, died after being stabbed by Alfie Franco, 20, whose girlfriend he had brushed past on a crowded shopping street in Huddersfield on April 3.

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2 h. ago 'Polish Madeleine' confronted Kate and Gerry McCann at their home demanding DNA test, court hears

Julia Wandelt and her supporter Karen Spragg also discussed rummaging through Kate and Gerry McCann's rubbish in an attempt to find something the could take a DNA sample from.

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2 h. ago Alleged stalker signed letter addressed to McCanns as Madeleine, court hears

Julia Wandelt, 24, who has claimed to be Madeleine McCann, and 61-year-old Karen Spragg are on trial accused of stalking the missing girl’s parents.

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3 h. ago Man turned up at the wrong flat and died four hours later, court hears

Paul Ince, 31, denies killing John Ithell with a single, 'devastating' punch

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3 h. ago Woman who 'stabbed husband to death as he slept' confessed her anger to AI chatbot

Police said 41-year-old personal trainer and bodybuilder Valter de Vargas Aita was attacked by his wife, Andrea Carvalho Aita, who later told officers she had acted in self-defence in Chapeco, Brazil, on Sunday 7 September

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4 h. ago Man, 67, felt 'used' by stepdaughter and her husband before he 'went berserk' and stabbed them to death in argument over money, court hears

Mother-of-four Chloe Bashford, 30, was beaten by a hammer before being repeatedly stabbed to death in a frenzied attack at her home in June 2023.

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6 h. ago British fraudster will not attend court in person for confiscation hearing

Mark Acklom previously admitted five counts of fraud against his ex-girlfriend.

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7 h. ago Judge is shot dead during property dispute court hearing and two plaintiffs are also wounded

Appeals court judge Astrit Kalaja was presiding over the man's case when the man opened fire, police said.

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9 h. ago High Court to hear major legal challenge over 'baffling' Greater Manchester masterplan change

Greater Manchester's Places for Everyone plan is to face legal scrutiny over the proposed loss of green belt land at London's high court

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21 h. ago Mother 'murdered' her son, five, and tried to kill herself after 'challenges of caring for him' made her depressed, court hears

Claire Button, 35, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her child Lincoln Brookes at their family home, but denies murdering him.

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22 h. ago Woman asked 'am I gonna die?' after boyfriend stabbed her 18 times, trial hears

Rebekah Campbell was stabbed 18 times in an attack by her boyfriend Michael Ormandy at her flat, a court has heard

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22 h. ago ‘Stalker’ who claimed she was Madeleine McCann contacted missing girl’s mother 60 times in a day, jury told

Julia Wandelt, who had previously claimed to be two other missing girls, told the McCanns ‘don’t give up on your daughter’, a court heard

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22 h. ago 'This woman is not Madeleine McCann', jury told in stalking trial

Julia Wandelt, 24, from Poland, has no familial link to the McCanns despite her claiming to have memories of Madeleine’s childhood and disappearance, a court heard

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23 h. ago Mum killed her own son after 'challenges of caring for autistic child', court hears

Claire Button, 35, denies murdering her five-year-old son Lincoln Brookes at their family home

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24 h. ago Six bombshells from court as two women accused of stalking family of Madeleine McCann

It was heard in court how Julia Wandelt, 24 - who believed she was Madeleine - called and messaged Kate McCann '60 times' in a single day, including about her alleged memories of the girl's abduction

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24 h. ago Seven bombshells from court as two women accused of stalking family of Madeleine McCann

It was heard in court how Julia Wandelt, 24 - who believed she was Madeleine - called and messaged Kate McCann '60 times' in a single day, including about her alleged memories of the girl's abduction

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26 h. ago Ghislaine Maxwell's final bid for freedom crushed as court makes dramatic decision

Jeffrey Epstein's 'madam' Ghislaine Maxwell has lost her final appeal after the Supreme Court refuses to hear her case, leaving a presidential pardon from her pal Donald Trump as her only hope of an early release

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27 h. ago Stepdad 'stabbed couple to death in their own home' before picking up their kids

Brighton Crown Court heard that Derek Martin, 67, 'flipped out' and bludgeoned and stabbed his stepdaughter Chloe Bashford, 30, before turning the knife on her partner

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28 h. ago Man, 67, beat stepdaughter with a hammer then stabbed her and her husband to death before collecting their four children from school, court hears

Parents-of-four Josh Bashford, 33, and Chloe Bashford, 30, were found dead at their home in Newhaven, East Sussex, on June 9 2023.

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28 h. ago US supreme court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of sex trafficking conviction

Jeffrey Epstein associate was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimesThe US supreme court has declined to hear an appeal from Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of her sex trafficking conviction.Maxwell in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimes. Continue reading...

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