30 h. ago Woman, 21, becomes sixth person charged with murder of mother

Former shop worker Joanne Penney, 40, was killed on a doorstep when she was shot in the chest by an alleged crime gang in Talbot Green, south Wales

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47 h. ago No charges over Brit woman shot dead in dad's home in America

Lucy Harrison was visiting her dad home's in Prosper, Texas, when she was shot in the chest from "medium range" on January 10. The Warrington woman was rushed to hospital but died later that day

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47 h. ago Sixth person charged with murder of woman who died after being shot in chest

Joanne Penney, 40, was found lying on her back in a block of flats died on March 9 after being fatally shot

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3 w. ago ‘She lived without fear’: daughter of Chechen activist publishes book she vowed to pen after mother’s murder

Lana Estemirova promised to tell story of her mother, a renowned human rights activist. This month it is publishedLana Estemirova was 15 in 2009, when her mother, the renowned Chechen human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, was kidnapped and murdered. Bundled into a car as she walked to the bus stop on her way to work, she was driven out of town and then shot five times in the chest and head.The killing was widely seen as retribution for Estemirova’s fearless investigations of extrajudicial murders, kidnappings and human rights abuses in Chechnya, first by Russian soldiers and then by forces loyal to the Kremlin-appointed warlord, Ramzan Kadyrov. Nobody was ever prosecuted for the crime. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago First picture of woman who died in Inverness incident as man charged with murder

Miriam Macdonald, 51, from Inverness, died from her injuries at Raigmore Hospital on Monday.

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3 w. ago Gangland hitmen shot Scottish targets in chest and stomach outside Spanish bar

Gangland hitmen shot Scottish targets in chest and stomach outside Spanish bar

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3 w. ago Two Brits killed in shooting outside bar in Malaga as Spanish police hunt suspect

Two Brits have been identified in Malaga, Spain, after they were shot in the chest in a shock attack outside a bar in a popular tourist hotspot, with the suspect still at large

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