61 m. ago Madeleine McCann's sister says her parents installed a panic alarm with direct link to police after Polish 'stalker' turned up at their home and insisted she was Maddie

Julia Wandelt turned up at the McCanns' property amid an alleged stalking campaign, which saw her sending unwanted emails and making numerous phone calls to the family, a court heard.

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4 h. ago GP jailed for plotting to murder mother’s partner with fake Covid jab now admits trying to poison him with wine

Thomas Kwan laced wine with a highly toxic metal called thallium, Newcastle Crown Court heard

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6 h. ago ‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act

Court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais could limit voters from challenging racial discriminatory districts The US supreme court is set to hear a case this month that could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act, effectively killing one of the crown jewels of the civil rights movement and the nation’s most powerful statute to prevent discrimination in voting.The court’s decision in the case, Louisiana v Callais, could be one of the most consequential rulings for the Voting Rights Act since it was enacted in 1965 and is almost certainly the biggest test for the law since its decision in Shelby county v Holder in 2013, when the justices hollowed out a provision of the law, section five, that required certain places to get voting changes approved by the federal government before they go into effect. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Nan shot dead on her own doorstep 'for what sons did', court hears

Jackie Rutter died aged 53 after being shot on the doorstep of her own home

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22 h. ago Islamist terror suspects 'bought assault rifles, handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in plot to kill Jews in Manchester in attack likened to Paris 2015 massacre'

Walid Saadaoui, Bilel Saadaoui (pictured) and Amar Hussein are appearing at Preston Crown Court charged with terror offences

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22 h. ago Pair plotted ‘mass fatalities’ with gun attack on Jewish people, court hears

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, deny preparing acts of terrorism between December 13 2023 and May 9 2024.

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22 h. ago Men plotted to kill 'as many Jews as possible' before being foiled by undercover cop, court hears

A jury was told how Waalid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein, inspired by Islamic State, were amassing a huge arsenal of weapons

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23 h. ago Husband thought he was in a 'happy marriage' while wife and lover plotted various ways to kill him, including putting foxgloves in his salad

Former soldier Christopher Mills, 48, was planning a holiday with wife Michelle, 46, when her lover Geraint Berry allegedly teamed up with friend Steven Thomas for a murder attempt, a court heard.

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24 h. ago Companies ‘dishonestly’ supplied insulation to Grenfell Tower, High Court hears

Celotex and Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK are alleged to have been involved in an unlawful conspiracy.

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24 h. ago James Comey vows to fight Trump's DOJ as he pleads not guilty to all charges in first court hearing

Former FBI Director James Comey vowed to fight Donald Trump and his Justice Department in court on Wednesday as he was arraigned for the first time.

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25 h. ago Drivers squared up to each other with weapons after minor collision

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Robert Muir brandished a metal pole while Tony McCart had a Stanley knife.

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26 h. ago Soldier so scared on Bloody Sunday his ‘knees were trembling’, court hears

The trial of Soldier F for the murder of two men heard one of his colleagues describe being terrified on the day of the shootings in 1972.

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27 h. ago Gran shot dead in her home after sons stole phone from drug dealers, court told

Jackie Rutter, 53, was shot dead in her own home in Moreton, Wirral, after her sons stole a phone from two drug dealers, a court has heard as four men and a woman stand trial

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28 h. ago Julia Wandelt's letter to Kate McCann in full from 'cruel' sign

A woman who falsely claims to be Madeleine McCann wrote a disturbing letter to the missing girl's mum Kate where she made a DNA plea, a court has heard

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29 h. ago Teenage fare dodger 'assaulted by police officer' after pushing through ticket barriers, court hears

PC Adrian Young is accused of grabbing a teenage fare dodger around the neck at a London train station

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37 h. ago Dad accused of murdering girlfriend had sex with another woman hours earlier, court hears

Rebekah Campbell, 32, was stabbed 18 times during a 'sustained and violent assault' inside her own home on April 15 this year

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39 h. ago Reform treasurer's firm seeks millions in damages over investment 'fraud' after tech start

Candy Ventures Sarl (CVS) insists it has been the victim of a 'clear case of fraud', the High Court heard yesterday.

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42 h. ago Girl, 12, killed after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, aged 12, was playing with friends and using a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, when the branch snapped and she died after being crushed by the tree, a court heard

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43 h. ago Ashling Murphy killer's chilling seven words to wife after school teacher murder

A court heard how Jozef Puska told his wife Lucia Istokova he 'didn't mean to kill that girl' but she was 'scared' to inform the authorities following the shocking murder

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43 h. ago Man told 999 'I've just killed my girlfriend in the hot tub' Scots court hears

Aren Pearson denies murder by stabbing Claire Leveque, compressing her neck, and holding her head under water.

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