2 h. ago Niece of woman 'murdered by British soldier' comes to UK in fight for justice

Greater Manchester soldier Robert James Purkiss is accused of the murder of Agnes Wanjiru

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5 d. ago Hamas terrorists held family at gunpoint before murdering daughter, 18, and forcing them to live stream October 7 atrocities

Hamas terrorists held Tsachi Idan, 49, at gunpoint at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, southern Israel, before killing his daughter Maayan, on October 7, 2023.

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1 week ago British mother murdered in US 'was killed and dismembered by her husband after he complained she had not lost weight after her pregnancy'

A British woman who was allegedly 'violently murdered' and dismembered in Los Angeles by her husband was killed because she 'failed to lose her baby weight'. 

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2 w. ago Police say 'white British' woman, 18, charged with terror offence and attempted murder as she appears in court

Alina Burns, from Bristol, was arrested on August 2 after a 27-year-old man suffered minor injuries when he was allegedly assaulted in the Bedminster area of the city.

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2 w. ago Richard Osman makes subtle dig at Thursday Murder Club film adaptation following fan outrage at 'unforgivable' plot change

Richard Osman appears to have shared a subtle dig at the highly divisive Thursday Murder Club film - as the latest of the British author's true crime series has come out today, with glowing reviews.

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2 w. ago Moment British murderer is finally arrested in Spain after huge manhunt

He's been on the run for 17 months after stabbing his roommate to death, but has now finally been caught

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2 w. ago Murder investigation launched after British mother of Bollywood actor is found dead in his Indian home

Indian police have launched a murder investigation into the death of the elderly British mother of a Bollywood actor. 

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2 w. ago Indian police open murder case after mysterious death of British pensioner

Pauline Crowther Ann was initially suspected to have died from a fall

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2 w. ago 'I didn't murder her': Boyfriend of missing British yachtswoman breaks silence four years after she vanished

Ryan Bane, 49, in his first direct comments since Sarm Heslop, 41, went missing from his yacht in 2021 said the couple were in a ‘loving, caring’ relationship

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3 w. ago I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger | Helen Pidd

Some in Whitehall were aggressive, some openly racist – but more still felt this far-right gathering was the only place they could be heardOn the ground with Tommy Robinson’s new supporters – podcastDetermined to get a good spot on Whitehall, the woman from Liverpool had woken her nieces at 3am to travel to London. Her dedication paid off. By the time the march reached her on Saturday afternoon, she was sitting on a wall outside Downing Street, the little girls in camping chairs at her feet, engrossed in their iPads.She had unfurled two banners. One said “Keir Starmer is a wanker” and the other read: “We’re not far right, we are England’s mothers and we will not stay silent. Stop the rape of our children, mothers across Britain are taking a stand.”Helen Pidd is a presenter of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s award-winning daily podcast Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kenyan court orders the arrest of a British national accused of murder

A high court in Kenya has ordered the arrest of a British national on charges of murdering a Kenyan woman near a British army training ground in central Kenya 13 years ago

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3 w. ago Arrest warrant issued for UK citizen over murder of woman found in septic tank

Agnes Wanjiru was stabbed to death in 2012

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3 w. ago Former British soldier is charged with murdering Kenyan woman, 21, and dumping her body in hotel septic tank

A Kenyan High Court has issued an arrest warrant for a British national accused of murdering a 21-year-old woman more than a decade ago.

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3 w. ago Arrest warrant issued for UK citizen after body found in septic tank in Kenya

An inquest in 2018 found Agnes Wanjiru had been murdered by British soldiers.

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3 w. ago Soldiers disgraced British army in ‘unjustified’ use of force on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is charged with two murders and five attempted murdersSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Gratuitous’ use of force on Bloody Sunday disgraced British army, trial told

Trial of former paratrooper Soldier F, charged with two murders and five attempted murders, begins in BelfastSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago British army veteran stands trial on two Bloody Sunday murder charges

Ex-paratrooper accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney, and attempting to murder five othersAn army veteran will stand trial on Monday charged with murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.The former paratrooper, known as Soldier F, is charged with two murders and five attempted murders during a military operation that became a defining event of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Continue reading...

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