5 h. ago Nurse in 'utter disbelief' at internal injuries of patient 'murdered on hospital ward'

A post-mortem examination concluded pensioner Valerie Kneale died because of her stroke but due to a "forcible sexual assault"

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10 h. ago 'Murder bid' probe launched after Greenock flat firebombing leaves pensioner in hospital

A ground floor flat on Sir Michael Street was targeted in the Inverclyde town at around 2am on Tuesday, August 26.

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11 h. ago Greenock crime: 'Wilful' flat fire that left man, 67, in hospital being treated as 'attempted murder'

Detectives say enquiries are ongoing.

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7 d. ago Woman who fled Ukraine to escape war stabbed to death in North Carolina train station

The suspect, a homeless man with a lengthy criminal history, will be charged with first-degree murder after he is released from the hospital.

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2 w. ago Baby murder accused appears in court charged with infant's death at Scots hospital

He appeared at in court charged with one count of murder after the death of the baby in Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital last month.

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2 w. ago Man charged over Edinburgh 'murder bid' as 'gunshot fired' with person taken to hospital

He is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.

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3 w. ago Man and woman arrested on suspicion of murdering toddler, one, who was rushed to hospital with 'serious injuries'

Jayla-Jean McLaren was taken to hospital after suffering serious injuries, and tragically died around 48 hours later. A man and a woman have now been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.

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3 w. ago What the jury wasn't allowed to hear in the Erin Patterson trial: suspicions and mystery illnesses

Material and claims the jury in Australia’s mushroom lunch murder trial wasn’t allowed to hear can be reported after a suppression order was liftedFive key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cookErin Patterson’s hospital visit – and what the beef wellingtons really looked like: mushroom murder exhibits revealedSimon Patterson told his father, Don, and other family members that he suspected his estranged wife, Erin Patterson, had been trying to poison him before she invited his parents and his aunt and uncle to a fatal beef wellington lunch, according to evidence heard in a pre-trial hearing.One argument heard in court, but not able to be revealed to the jury in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial, involved police suspicions that she might have previously used rat poison in an alleged attempt to kill Simon.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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