8 h. ago Nan shot dead on her own doorstep 'for what sons did', court hears

Jackie Rutter died aged 53 after being shot on the doorstep of her own home

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17 h. ago Nan, 53, shot dead on her doorstep in 'targeted revenge attack' for sons' misdeeds

James Byrne, Simon Allen, Barrie Glynn and David Harrison are on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of the murder of Jacqueline Rutter, 53, in October 2022

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23 h. ago Stephen Lawrence's mum brands David Norris 'coward who refused to show his face'

Mum of Stephen Lawrence, Baroness Dorren Lawrence, spoke outside the court after watching the video stream of one of her son's killers, David Norris, during his parole hearing

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28 h. ago Gran shot dead in her home after sons stole phone from drug dealers, court told

Jackie Rutter, 53, was shot dead in her own home in Moreton, Wirral, after her sons stole a phone from two drug dealers, a court has heard as four men and a woman stand trial

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66 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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69 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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8 d. ago Son of Post Office manager who 'drank herself to death' after being wrongly convicted in Horizon scandal wins inheritance battle against uncle over £578K compensation payout

Matthew O'Connell, 38, won his bitter inheritance war against his uncle, Mark O'Connell, 61, over his late mother, Dawn O'Connell's estate.

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8 d. ago Malvern College hockey coach stabbed his interior designer wife to death in front of their young son, court told

Mohamed Samak, 43, is accused of stabbing 49-year-old interior designer Joanne in front of their young son.

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8 d. ago Public school hockey coach stabbed his interior designer wife to death in front of their young son, court told

Mohamed Samak, 43, is accused of stabbing 49-year-old interior designer Joanne in front of their young son.

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8 d. ago Man due in court charged over deaths of couple and their son

The bodies of Mark and Louise O’Connor and their son, Evan, were found at the family’s home in Dromgowna, outside Tallanstown village on Monday.

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9 d. ago 'Jealous' dad cries in court as judge tells him 'your son died because of you'

As paramedics fought to save the child’s life, Mehmet Tufan tried to claim the baby was unresponsive because a hair was stuck in his throat after he shook the five-week-old causing serious brain damage.

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1 week ago Illegitimate son of aristocrat who inherited £50m estate via DNA test appears in court accused of GBH

Jordan Adlard-Rogers who spent five years proving an aristocratic is his father has pleaded not guilty to one count of inflicting grievous bodily harm.

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1 week ago Post Office manager's son and brother fight in court over the £578,000 payout awarded her after she was wrongly convicted in Horizon scandal and 'drank herself to death' aged 57

Dawn O'Connell, 57, passed away in September 2020 just seven months before the Appeal Court overturned her conviction for false accounting.

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1 week ago Barry George: Man jailed and cleared of Jill Dando murder charged with child rape

Barry George is set to appear in court on historical sex charges 17 years after he was cleared unanimously by a jury of shooting dead the BBC star on her doorstep

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2 w. ago Better Days review – modest, honest study of woman trying to grapple with a drinking problem

Valérie Bonneton is terrific in French drama about women in rehab that gets a little carried awayThis French rehab drama begins with some painfully realistic scenes showing the grim slog of maintaining a hidden drinking problem. At night, after her kids go to bed, mum of three Suzanne (Valérie Bonneton) gets a box down from a high cupboard. Inside is her stash of vodka, which she carefully siphons into mineral water bottles for the next day. There is no pleasure in her drinking; it makes her foggy at work and detached from her boys. Bonneton, better known in France for comedy roles, is terrific, with her warm, worn performance, not a scrap of sentimentality in it.Suzanne hits her rock bottom after a car accident; the court puts her sons into the care of their grandparents and orders her into rehab. First comes denial. “Some wine with dinner,” she tells the doctor who asks her about her drinking at the all-female unit. Other residents include Diane (Michèle Laroque), a famous actor w...

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2 w. ago Katie Boulter draws positives from Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup semi

Keothavong’s team suffer 2-0 defeat by United States‘I feel like my motivation’s back and it’s there every day’Great Britain’s wait to get their hands on the Billie Jean King Cup will continue after they exited the tournament with a semi-final loss to the United States.Sonay Kartal was first to step on court in Shenzhen, China, facing Emma Navarro and going a set up early on with a 6-3 success, but losing the next two sets 6-4, 6-3 to leave Great Britain 1-0 down. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sotomayor urges better civic education so people know difference between presidents and kings

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better decisions

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3 w. ago Parents who raised £100,000 for their son before he died from cancer lose battle to make charity hand over donations so they can take his terminally

Kyle Morrison (pictured), of the town of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, tragically died in October 2020 from a rare, incurable childhood brain cancer.

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