15 h. ago Nephew who repeatedly stabbed auntie guilty of attempted murder

Adrian Smith told his aunt: "Sorry, but you are going to have to die tonight"

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31 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live updates: mushroom cook had ‘tension’ with inlaws and struggled with mental illness, estranged husband says

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?‘Important you’re all there’: Erin Patterson urged husband to reconsider skipping mushroom lunch, murder trial hearsJurors have been shown messages between Simon and Erin between 14-15 October 2022 exchanged on the app Signal.Simon says there was “a lot of tension” in his relationship with Erin at this point. He says her relationship with his parents was also tense.Hey are you coming to mum’s Birthday lunch.I’m not too sure how your dad could have been confused..... Seems that my invite tomorrow is a bit of an afterthought and not even from your parents so I might pass thanks...What I recon is everybody forgot to actually invite me to this thing and I feel very very hurt about that..I’m sorry for shouting at you this afte...

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32 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live updates: estranged husband Simon Patterson’s evidence continues in mushroom cook’s murder case

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?‘Important you’re all there’: Erin Patterson urged husband to reconsider skipping mushroom lunch, murder trial hearsMandy questions Simon about a conversation he had with his father, Don, on 30 July when he was hospitalised after the mushroom lunch.Mandy says at this point Don had been “distressed, physically for a long period of time”. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live updates: estranged husband Simon Patterson’s evidence to continue in mushroom cook’s murder case

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?‘Important you’re all there’: Erin Patterson urged husband to reconsider skipping mushroom lunch, murder trial hearsWe’re waiting to begin.Our reporter Nino Bucci was in the court room yesterday on day three of Erin Patterson’s murder trial, when her estranged husband Simon Patterson started his evidence. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live updates: mushroom cook’s murder trial continues in Victoria’s supreme court

Victorian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Hello and welcome to Guardian Australia’s live coverage of the Erin Patterson trial, which is expected to restart at 10.30am this morning.Patterson is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson by feeding them a beef wellington dish allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023. The lunch took place in the regional Victorian town of Leongatha, in Australia’s south-east. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Americans linked to Congo coup attempt plead not guilty to US criminal charges

Four Americans pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Utah after authorities said they conspired to stage a violent coup in Congo that failed

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1 week ago Attacker who stabbed Salman Rushdie to be sentenced for attempted murder

Hadi Matar was convicted over 2022 attack in western New York that left author partially blindedHadi Matar, the man who stabbed and partially blinded the novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a New York arts institute in 2022, is scheduled for sentencing on Wednesday, four months after he was found guilty of attempted murder in the second degree.He could receive up to 25 years in prison. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hindu priest sentenced to seven years for the rape of a vulnerable devotee after telling followers he was 'a God and knew black magic'

A Hindu priest revered by followers 'as a God' has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of the rape and attempted rape of a 'vulnerable' devotee.

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3 w. ago Army chaplain hugs teenage boy who pleaded guilty to his attempted murder

An Irish army chaplain who was stabbed by a teenager has hugged the boy who pleaded guilty to his attempted murder in court.

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3 w. ago Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on hiking trail pleads not guilty

A doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a Hawaii hiking trail has pleaded not guilty to on an attempted murder charge

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3 w. ago Plastic surgeon guilty of attempting to murder fellow doctor he ‘hated’

Peter Brooks, 61, was convicted of attempting to kill a fellow plastic surgeon who gave evidence in his disciplinary proceedings.

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3 w. ago Headteacher caught on CCTV attacking deputy at school in 'spectacular fall from grace'

Anthony John Felton, 54 pleaded guilty to attempted grievous bodily harm with intent against deputy head, Richard Pyke, 51 at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Comprehensive School in Aberavon, South Wales

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