80 m. ago Five people had lunch in a small Australian town. Three are dead – and one is accused of their murder

Jury hears from sole surviving guest as well as medical staff and Erin Patterson’s children in second week of mushroom murders trialIan Wilkinson sat in the witness box, a crucifix within an ichthys pinned over his heart, and told the supreme court about four people he shared lunch with on 29 July 2023.Three of those people are dead, and the other is accused of killing them. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Female Russian spy ‘world away from classic George Blake case’, court told

The six Bulgarian nationals are to be sentenced on Monday.

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6 h. ago 'I wish killer had taken me instead' says survivor of Nottingham attacks as she speaks for first time

Sharon Miller was hit by a van driven by Valdo Calocane, who had earlier stabbed to death two students and a school caretaker

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22 h. ago Bulgarian spy helped Wirecard’s Marsalek plan Kabul airlift for CIA, court told

Claim dismissed by prosecution lawyers at Old Bailey sentencing hearing

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25 h. ago Mother saw gunman open fire as son shot near her home, court told

Mother saw gunman open fire as son shot near her home, court told  BBC

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26 h. ago Murder accused claimed wife was ill in England weeks after her death, court told

Richard Satchwell is accused of murdering Tina Satchwell at their home between March 19 and 20 2017.

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26 h. ago Mother saw gunman shoot son near Damilola Taylor centre, court told

Jesse Lloyd-Smith, 20, was fatally injured close to the Damilola Taylor centre in Peckham, south-east London, the Old Bailey was told on Thursday.

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26 h. ago Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan was 'beaten' by footballer ex who 'controlled what she ate and stopped her wearing red lipstick', court told

A former football star has been accused of a ten-year campaign of abuse and harassment against Sugababes star Keisha Buchanan.

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27 h. ago British 'stalker' told American influencer she needed 'kidnap insurance' before following her to Bali and threatening to 'go 50 Shades of Grey' on her, court told

In a video Rob Keating sent to social media personality Alexandra Saper, he also threatened to 'tie you up' and 'spank you', a trial in Portsmouth heard.

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29 h. ago Former Scots Britain’s Got Talent finalist cleared of raping two women

Andrew Johnston told Southwark Crown Court both women had told "a pack of lies".

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29 h. ago Girl, 6, playing outside died after she 'ran out into road', court told

An inquest has been opened and adjourned

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32 h. ago Teen best friends died 'holding each other's hands' in 75mph horror crash on the way to prom after driver ignored pleas to slow down

Two teen best friends were laid next to each other 'holding hands' after they died in a horror 75mph crash on their way to their school leavers ball, a court was told. 

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32 h. ago Australia mushroom murders trial: Erin Patterson’s daughter describes eating ‘leftovers’ of fatal lunch in police video

Court also hears from nurse who says triple murder accused told Leongatha hospital staff ‘I don’t want any of this’ in relation to treatment for suspected poisoningWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s daughter told police she ate leftovers of the deadly mushroom meal with her mother and brother for dinner the day after the meal, a court has heard.A video of Patterson’s daughter’s evidence was played on Thursday during her mother’s triple murder trial. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live: witnesses continue giving evidence on day eight of mushroom cook’s murder trial

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Foote reviewed Erin upon her return to hospital, the court hears.Under cross-examination, Foote agrees Erin complained of diarrhoea and abdominal pain and nausea. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Raploch residents remain in limbo six months after being given move ultimatum

The latest development at Penman Court saw residents being told they may have to move out for “approximately 12-14 weeks” - but there has been no news since then.

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48 h. ago Man found dismembered in suitcase had 'raped and blackmailed teen,' court told

A witness under the pseudonym James Smith appeared by video at the Old Bailey during the trial of Yostin Mosquera, who is accused of murdering and dismembering Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71

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48 h. ago Terror suspect tried to enter Israeli embassy with two knives, court told

Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, is accused of carrying a pair of kitchen knives in his trousers when he jumped onto the embassy’s eight-foot fence

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50 h. ago Moment woman ignores warning not to approach wild hippo... before enraged beast charges and knocks her down

Footage shows the enraged beast charging at the woman before using its head to ram her face-first to the ground as bystanders watch on in horror.

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50 h. ago Greater Manchester men charged after woman and girl badly burned in Stoke

A total of ten men have been charged following the blaze

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51 h. ago Satchwell became suspect in missing wife’s case in August 2022, court told

Ann Marie Twomey she could not comment on the previous investigating team’s 2017 search of the Satchwell home.

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