65 h. ago Murder trial begins for Colorado dentist accused of poisoning wife's protein shakes

A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife of 23 years by poisoning her protein shakes begins trial with opening arguments this week

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1 week ago Australia mushroom verdict: Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old Australian woman who cooked poisoned beef wellingtons that killed three in-lawsFive key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cook Erin PattersonA jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth with a deadly beef wellington lunch almost two years ago.As the trial entered its 11th week, a Victorian supreme court jury convicted Patterson of murdering her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt, Heather Wilkinson. The 12-person jury also found Patterson guilty of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, who survived the lunch after spending weeks in hospital.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australia mushroom trial: Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old Australian woman who cooked poisoned beef wellingtons that killed three in-lawsFive key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cook Erin PattersonA jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth with a deadly beef wellington lunch almost two years ago.As the trial entered its 11th week, a Victorian supreme court jury convicted Patterson of murdering her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt, Heather Wilkinson. The 12-person jury also found Patterson guilty of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, who survived the lunch after spending weeks in hospital.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jury retires to consider verdict in trial of man accused of plotting to hire hitman to murder his ex wife

Paul Lewis is alleged to have paid a neighbour to arrange the killing of his ex wife

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2 w. ago An Ordinary Case review – Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in tense Ruth Rendell

A careworn husband is accused of murdering his wife in a story inspired by a real life case that dispenses with the genre’s familiar brutalityHere is a fictionalised true crime drama, but one that is more stately and sedate than the garish procedural brutality of regular true crime. There is one gruesome crime-scene photo, but otherwise this could really have been based on something by Ruth Rendell. It is co-written and directed by its star Daniel Auteuil and the original French title is Le Fil (The Thread), after an incriminating thread of material found on the corpse – or perhaps it means the thread of logic behind a legal argument, the loose thread which, if pulled sufficiently, might cause the whole thing to collapse.The action is based on a case recounted by Jean-Yves Moyart, a criminal defence lawyer, who blogged under the name “Maître Mô” and who died in 2021. Grégory Gadebois plays Nicolas Milik (“Ahmed” in Moyart’s blog), a devoted, careworn husband to his alcoholic wife Cé...

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3 w. ago Man accused of organising murder of 'love rival' bragged he was going to have sex with victim's ex

John Belfield, 31, is accused of being the 'driving force' behind the brutal killing of Thomas Campbell, whose bloodied body was found in the hallway of his home bound in extra-strength duct tape.

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3 w. ago Man accused of conspiring to get hitman to murder wife chooses not to give evidence

Paul Lewis and his neighbour Dominique Saunders are said to have agreed to secure the services of a hitman

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3 w. ago Man accused of murdering wife 'was seen grinning on bus CCTV moments after killing her', trial told

Alleged killer showed no signs of "distress" jury is told

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3 w. ago Murder accused ‘was seen grinning on bus CCTV after stabbing wife to death’

Kulsuma Akter was killed by her husband Habibur Masum after he confronted her in the street in Bradford while she was pushing their baby in a pram.

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