2 h. ago Australian cricket great Stuart MacGill spared jail time over supplying cocaine

MacGill was convicted of supplying drugs for a deal between his regular supplier and his brother-in-law in April 2021

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44 h. ago Victim 'stabbed to death and chopped up by porn star had filmed himself sexually assaulting a teenager', court hears

Albert Alfonso, 62, (pictured) whose body was found in a suitcase after being dismembered by his porn star lover, has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenager. 

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45 h. ago Suitcase dismembering victim who was 'stabbed to death and chopped up by porn star lover had filmed himself sexually assaulting a teenager', court hears

Albert Alfonso, 62, (pictured) whose body was found in a suitcase after being dismembered by his porn star lover, has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenager. 

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46 h. ago A man with a knife slashes 2 people at a Tokyo subway station and is arrested

Japanese police and media say a man with a knife has slashed two passengers on a train stopping at a Tokyo subway station during Wednesday's evening rush

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3 d. ago French village where British woman Karen Carter was fatally stabbed is scene of cult murder film

Karen Carter, 65, died in the Dordogne village of Trémolat

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7 d. ago Childminder left three babies at home while she did school run

Andrea Ward, 62, left three boys - the eldest aged 16 months - alone at her home on 'multiple occasions', a court heard today.

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1 week ago Man who 'raped' dead man's corpse on New York subway turns himself in

Felix Rojas, 44, from the Bronx, was charged with rape almost three weeks after the disgusting incident, which took place on an R train at Whitehall Street subway station just after midnight on April 9

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1 week ago Man arrested after turning himself in for 'raping dead man's corpse on New York subway'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Felix Rojas, 44, turned himself in to police, according to sources - almost three weeks after he was seen on CCTV fleeing a subway station after allegedly raping a dead passenger

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1 week ago Woman charged with murder in stabbing of a paramedic during ambulance ride to a hospital

A woman in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded not guilty in the fatal stabbing of a paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance

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2 w. ago South Korean man arrested for fatally stabbing woman in supermarket

Man smokes cigarette and calls police after stabbing store employee

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2 w. ago Stirling cattle farmer spared jail after five cows left to starve

He left the animals in a field near the city without checking on them during a drought in spring and summer 2023 - but was spared jail and dodged a cattle-keeping ban.

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2 w. ago Three men charged with manslaughter after death of woman on golf course

Suzanne Cherry, 62, was fatally struck by a van that was being pursued by police in StaffordshireThree men have been charged with manslaughter after a woman was fatally struck on a golf course by a van after a police pursuit.Suzanne Cherry, 62, died in hospital on 15 April, four days after she was struck by a van at Aston Wood golf club in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police launch murder probe after woman, 45, found stabbed to death in Enfield

A 45-year-old woman has been found dead in Enfield, north London, after a fatal stabbing yesterday evening.

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3 w. ago Stable worker who poses ‘risk of harm’ to young females in racing permanently excluded

William Frost, an experienced stable worker, was found to have engaged in both non-consensual sexual acts and instigated verbal comments towards his victims

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3 w. ago Love triangle girlfriend who drunkenly glassed a love rival at their ex's funeral wake is spared jail after magistrate takes pity over 'ongoing tension'

Following the attack by mother-of-one Shannon Morgan, 27, Lisa Wilson was left with a 3 cm cut in her neck requiring stitches. She later said she was lucky to be alive.

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3 w. ago Schoolgirl, 15, who stabbed ‘abusive father’ to death over his gambling spared jail

A teenager allegedly slashed her dad with a kitchen knife at their Moscow apartment in an apparent desperate attempt to save her older sister from a brutal attack, following a disagreement

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3 w. ago Woman avoids jail after stabbing man to death who 'sexually harassed her at train station'

A lawyer for Alem Tekeste's family said the verdict passed down by German judges following his fatal stabbing at a Kaiserslautern train station implied 'his life is worth nothing'

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3 w. ago US woman who fatally stabbed a man 'after he sexually harassed her in German subway station' is spared jail

Judges agreed Fallyn Ball, 21, had 'acted in self-defence but then deliberately advanced' on Alem Tekeste, 64, 'shifting from defence to attack' in the incident killing him within seconds.

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3 w. ago 'She has left a family grieving... what they thought was a joyful reality was in fact a wicked lie'

Beth Fernley has been spared jail

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4 w. ago Woman who suffocated terminally ill father with pillow ‘to end his pain’ spared jail

Judge recognises Lisa Davenport’s ‘merciful’ sentence as he warns: ‘I emphasise that however stressful the circumstances, no one is permitted to take matters into their own hands’

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