23 h. ago Thief who kicked pensioner to death for cottage pie sentenced to life in prison

Peter Augustine attacked the ‘frail’ 87-year-old outside a Co-op store in north London

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3 d. ago Mum who murdered her two children, 8 & 6, and hid bodies in suitcases in storage unit for months jailed

A NEW Zealand mum who killed her two young children and hid their bodies in suitcases has been sentenced to life in prison. Hakyung Lee, 45, was ordered on Wednesday to serve at least 17 years behind bars before becoming eligible for parole.  The High Court in Auckland heard she allegedly killed eight-year-old Yuna Jo...

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8 d. ago Biafran separatist leader sentenced to life on terrorism charges by Nigerian court

Judge says Nnamdi Kanu used his Indigenous People of Biafra group to incite attacks on security officials and civiliansThe Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been sentenced to life in prison on terrorism-related charges by a court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors had shown that Kanu, who also holds British citizenship, had used his Indigenous People of Biafra group (Ipob) to incite attacks on security officials and civilians in south-east Nigeria and during anti-police protests in Lagos. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Serial rapist Met Police officer David Carrick already in prison handed 37th life sentence

Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has been found guilty of molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner at the Old Bailey. He was already a convicted sex offender before the allegations came to light

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1 week ago Jealous husband 'murders wife with pair of scissors as she begged for her life'

Brian Jutson was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of his wife, Sherry, who he stabbed more than 30 times with a pair of scissors. Jutson confessed to the crime

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2 w. ago Oklahoma death row inmate’s life spared moments before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie WipfAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionTremane Wood, the 46-year-old death row inmate who faced execution today in Oklahoma, has had his life spared just minutes before he was set to receive a lethal injection.Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, accepted the Oklahoma pardon and parole board’s recommendation that Wood’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without parole. It is just the second time during Stitt’s nearly seven years as governor that he has granted clemency. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oklahoma inmate’s life spared moments before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie WipfAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionTremane Wood, the 46-year-old death row inmate who faced execution on Thursday in Oklahoma, has had his life spared just minutes before he was set to receive a lethal injection.Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, accepted the Oklahoma pardon and parole board’s recommendation that Wood’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without parole. It is just the second time during Stitt’s nearly seven years as governor that he has granted clemency. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thief who kicked and punched pensioner, 87, to death in the street while trying to steal his shopping is found guilty of murder

Peter Augustine, 59, attacked 87-year-old John Mackey after he visited a Co-op store in Manor House, north London, on the afternoon of May 6.

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2 w. ago Robber who kicked pensioner to death for cottage pie guilty of murder

Peter Augustine, 59, targeted 87-year-old John Mackey after he visited a Co-op store in north London

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2 w. ago Oklahoma governor spares life of death row inmate just before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie WipfAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionTremane Wood, the 46-year-old death row inmate who faced execution today in Oklahoma, has had his life spared just minutes before he was set to receive a lethal injection.Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, accepted the Oklahoma pardon and parole board’s recommendation that Wood’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without parole. It is just the second time during Stitt’s nearly seven years as governor that he has granted clemency. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘He did it’: Alex Murdaugh’s housekeeper reveals the moment she realized he had murdered his wife and son

The South Carolina attorney is currently serving two consecutive life sentences in prison for the 2021 murders

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2 w. ago Mother of murdered Harvey Willgoose says she would meet her son's killer

Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, was sentenced to life in prison last month, with a minimum term of 15 years for murder.

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2 w. ago Warped teen murdered girlfriend's gran after brag about 'tearing through flesh'

Uriah Lee Urick Jr. was found guilty of capital murder for the February killing of 61-year-old Tammy King, his girlfriend's grandmother, and sentenced to life in prison

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2 w. ago The Mushroom Tapes review – Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

This account of what the three authors observed during Patterson’s triple murder trial does resemble a podcast transcript at times, but it is extremely readableEvery reader of The Mushroom Tapes will open the book knowing that Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering three people – her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson – and of the attempted murder of Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson. They will also know she was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years, and is now appealing against her conviction. Who among us hasn’t been roped into speculation about this family tragedy, the carcass of which has been picked over by pundits, amateurs and experts for years now?Over 11 long weeks, the baroque details of the trial of Erin Patterson were made immediately available to a ravenous public – including sightings of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, three of Australia’s most celebrated nonfiction writers, in ...

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3 w. ago Woman murdered her mum and dad then lived with their bodies for 4 years

Virginia McCullough, 36, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 36 years

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian court jails Russian soldier for killing PoW in landmark sentence

The soldier is the first to be jailed for such a crime after being found guilty of shooting dead a Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered in Zaporizhzhia region. What we know on day 1,353See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Ukrainian court has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war – the first time Ukraine has jailed a suspect on such charges. The court in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia found Dmitry Kurashov, 27, guilty of shooting dead Vitalii Hodniuk, a Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered in January 2024 when his dugout was captured by Russian forces. Kurashov, who was taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces along with other Russian troops soon after and pleaded guilty in court, although he later told reporters he was innocent and wanted to be exchanged in a prisoner swap. He told Reuters after the ruling on Thursday that he did not plan to appeal. The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said criminal...

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3 w. ago Couple's monstrous dying moments after stepdad butchered them before school run

A man who brutally attacked his stepdaughter with a hammer before stabbing her and her husband to death has been sentenced to life in prison for the horrific double murder

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3 w. ago Woman with nightmarish plastic surgery learns fate after she killed Malibu actress with silicon oil during butt lift surgery gone horribly wrong

Libby Adame, 55, has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder actress of Cindyana Santangelo and practicing medicine without a license.

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3 w. ago Mum's last words as she dies in the arms of daughter, 15, after husband's beating

Shawntae Brown endured 24 hours of non-stop physical abuse at the hands of Joshua Brown who last week was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole

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3 w. ago Pensioner, 87, beaten to death in north London for bag containing cottage pie and cornflakes, court told

John Mackey was allegedly targeted by unemployed Peter Augustine after he visited a Co-op store in Manor House

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