1 hour ago Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

Brazil's Supreme Court had a historic moment on Tuesday when it heard a confrontation between an army colonel and general, both disgraced for their involvement in an alleged coup plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in office

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7 h. ago Prison guard shot dead in 'revenge' for exposing officer's illicit relationship, court hears

Two men, Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary, are on trial at Preston Crown Court accused of the murder of Lenny Scott, 33, who was shot dead outside a gym last year

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8 h. ago Prison guard shot dead in 'act of revenge after exposing illicit relationship'

Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary have gone on trial accused of the murder of 33-year-old former prison officer Lenny Scott, who was shot dead outside a gym in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire

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9 h. ago Whisky boss wished his wife dead when he didn't like the birthday present she gave him, court hears

Christopher Leggat allegedly told his wife Cara 'I hope you die in your sleep' because of the 'childish and ridiculous' TikTok water bottle she had gifted him.

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10 h. ago Former prison guard was shot dead outside gym after he exposed a convict and female officer's illicit relationship, court hears

Lenny Scott, who was the father of twins, was shot six times outside a gym on February 8 last year by a gunman dressed in a hi-vis jacket.

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10 h. ago Former prison officer 'gunned down in revenge plot after exposing behind bars fling between inmate and colleague', court hears

The two men on trial deny the murder of Lenny Scott who was shot six times

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15 h. ago Inmate told child killer Roy Whiting 'that was for Sarah Payne' as he stabbed him with 6in wooden shank in his jail cell, court hears

A prison guard believed Andrew Light, 45, was 'killing him' as he attacked Whiting, 66, with the wooden blade in HMP Wakefield.

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17 h. ago Woman knifed her film director sister to death in Camden flat before she was found with victim's diamond Rolex, court hears

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in her flat stabbed eight times by her sister, Nancy Pexton, 69, who was later found with her diamond Rolex watch, a court heard today. 

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17 h. ago Woman knifed her film director sister to death by stabbing her eight times in Camden flat before she made off with her diamond Rolex watch, court hears

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in her flat stabbed eight times by her sister, Nancy Pexton, 69, who was later found with her diamond Rolex watch, a court heard today. 

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18 h. ago Film director, 69, discovered murdered in her Camden flat was stabbed eight times by her sister whose diamond Rolex watch was found in her bag when she was arrested, court hears

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in her flat stabbed eight times by her sister, Nancy Pexton, 69, who was later found with her diamond Rolex watch, a court heard today. 

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26 h. ago Woman with ties to a cultlike group to appear in court after border agent's killing

A woman connected to a cultlike group who is charged in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is due in federal court for a hearing

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36 h. ago 'Fraudster' posed as a millionaire on social media to scam rich friends and relatives out of £420,000 of designer Hermes handbags, court hears

Jack Watkin, 26, allegedly promised his victims a share of the profits if they loaned him cash to buy and sell expensive Hermes bags.

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38 h. ago Man defrauded people out of thousands for ‘designer handbags’, court hears

Jack Watkin, 26, is standing trial at Chester Crown Court.

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40 h. ago Woman admits trying to smother elderly mother with pillow in hospital bed

A court heard Susan Hardwick carried out an ‘attempted mercy killing’ to stop her mother being transferred to another hospital for palliative care.

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40 h. ago Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were shaved by guards in violation of his religious beliefs

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3 d. ago Drug dealer 'sent horrendous texts to ex before torturing her partner to death'

John Belfield, 31, threatened former girlfriend Demi-Lee Driver and called her a "money grabbing little dog" in messages heard by the court.

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3 d. ago Driver accused of killing Million Dollar Beach House star thought she hit traffic cone, court hears

The accused driver, Amanda Kempton, found the suitcase of Hampton’s realtor Sara Burack wedged under her car

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3 d. ago 'Evil' teen hacked man to death in with pickaxe in 'most depraved' murder

A man was murdered with an axe after chatting to a fake profile on a fetish website for six months, with court hearing the murderer's twisted cannibalism fantasies

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4 d. ago He forced a schoolgirl to her knees on a footpath then raped her

The court heard the victim's school work had suffered and that she was now scared to go out and struggled when in crowds because she could not trust people

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4 d. ago Three men drugged and raped girl they spotted in supermarket car park

A court heard she was plied with drugs including crystal meth and amphetamine

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