36 h. ago Mum 'who struggled to cope' smothered autistic son to death and then tried to kill herself

Claire Button has been jailed following a trial in which the judge said was 'one of the hardest I’ve heard in almost 30 years'

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38 h. ago Mother jailed for murder of autistic son, five, after struggling to cope

Claire Button, 36, denied her son Lincoln’s murder last December in South Ockendon, Essex, but was found guilty by a jury.

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41 h. ago Killer's mother who plotted to help son flee to Jamaica after he knifed footballer to death on nightclub dance floor avoids jail

Jahzeen Carpenter, 40, drove Kami Carpenter to London a day after he murdered Cody Fisher at the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, Birmingham on Boxing Day, 2022.

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65 h. ago Ricky Hatton's son addresses boxer's struggles as he admits 'I always knew'

Ricky Hatton's son, Campbell, has opened up about the "whirlwind" weeks following the death of the former world champion

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5 d. ago Furious mother shouts out in court at 'weak' judge who has 'blood on his hands' after her son's killer and accomplices are jailed over 'execution' shooting

Gabriel Charles, 19, shot Jesse Lloyd-Smith, 20, five times in an alleyway next to his mother's home in Peckham, south east London, on July 10 last year.

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9 d. ago David Beckham thanks wife Victoria for giving him their 'beautiful' son Brooklyn amid feud and praises her for 'showing people her struggles' following Netflix documentary release

The former England footballer, 51, also praised the fashion designer, 51, for 'showing people her struggles' following Netflix documentary release.

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9 d. ago GP jailed for plotting to murder mother’s partner with fake Covid jab now admits trying to poison him with wine

Thomas Kwan laced wine with a highly toxic metal called thallium, Newcastle Crown Court heard

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9 d. ago Evil GP jailed for posing as Covid nurse to inject mother's partner with poison admits trying to kill him on further occasions using wine bottles laced with deadly substance

Thomas Kwan, 54, sent at least three bottles of the poison thallium to Patrick O'Hara, 73, after convincing him to sign up to a bogus wine delivery company he had created.

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1 week ago Woman, 51, who tried to snatch a baby from her pram as her mother nipped inside shop is jailed

Nicolette Goldrick 'brazenly' walked up to the seven-month-old baby in her pram, which was outside a shop on Central Drive, Blackpool, as her mum was inside the store.

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1 week ago Louise Redknapp's savage comment about Jamie's new wife as son struggled to cope

Louise Redknapp was married to Jamie for several years before they split and the football pundit went on to marry his wife Frida Andersson, with the pair having a baby soon after their nuptials

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1 week ago Gabby Logan reveals delight over having daytime sex with husband Kenny after struggling with their libidos

Gabby Logan has revealed she is enjoying an afternoon delight with her husband Kenny after getting their sex life back on track.

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1 week ago Mother, 42, who drowned toddler daughter, two, at a beauty spot after stopping medication for postnatal depression is jailed

Alice Mackey, 42, has been jailed at Winchester Crown Court for four years for the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of her daughter Annabel who she drowned in a pond.

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1 week ago Mother, 42, who never recovered from postnatal depression drowned toddler daughter, two, at a beauty spot after stopping anti

Alice Mackey, 42, has been jailed at Winchester Crown Court for four years for the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of her daughter Annabel who she drowned in a pond.

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1 week ago Mother jailed for four years for drowning toddler daughter in village pond

Alice Mackey had suffered depression and killed two-year-old Annabel to ‘protect her from a bad mother’.

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2 w. ago Barbie Kardashian reveals 'violent sexual fantasies' about high profile inmate while inside prison

Kardashian — who was jailed for threatening to rape and kill her mother — is already facing arrest after making new threats this week after upon her release from Limerick Prison

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2 w. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape at the time of his rampage and was 'struggling with debt' after 'splitting up with his wife and young son'

The terrorist responsible for the Manchester synagogue attack was reportedly out on bail for alleged rape when he carried out the massacre - and 'struggling with debt following a marital split'.

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2 w. ago Combs pleads with judge in letter before sentencing, saying he was ‘reborn’ in jail

Music mogul, facing up to 11 years in prison, says he is a new man and ‘I no longer care about the money or the fame’Facing up to 11 years in prison at his sentencing on Friday, Sean “Diddy” Combs told a federal judge that he has experienced “a spiritual reset”, and he hoped to be released so that he can return to his children and his mother.“The old me died in jail and a new version of me was reborn. Prison will change you or kill you – I choose to live,” Combs, 55, wrote in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Voices: I’m struggling to come to terms with my son’s assault

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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2 w. ago Man in his 30s is charged with murder after his parents and brother were stabbed to death in their home

A man has been charged over the murder of a couple and their autistic son in Ireland. 

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2 w. ago Man, in his 30s, is charged after couple and their son are stabbed to death in their home

A man has been charged over the murder of a couple and their autistic son in Ireland. 

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