56 h. ago Grandparents accused of toddler’s murder were ‘horrible’, mother tells court

Ethan Ives-Griffiths died in August 2021.

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2 d. ago Oregon jury convicts former NBA player Ben McLemore of raping incapacitated woman at team party

A jury in Oregon has found former NBA player Ben McLemore guilty of raping a 21-year-old incapacitated woman during a lake house party attended by many of his then-teammates from the Portland Trail Blazers

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3 d. ago Hundreds of mourners come together for vigil of 'murdered' pregnant mother, 27, after man appears in court over her death and 'child destruction'

Sarah Montgomery, 27, was found found dead in a residential property in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland on Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, Zak Hughes, 28, was charged with her murder.

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5 d. ago Pictured: 'Beautiful and vibrant' mother, 56, who died after she was 'murdered by BMW driver'

Nila Patel died after allegedly being attacked by Michael Chuwuemeka, 23, following a traffic accident in Leicester on June 24. She was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead 48 hours later.

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5 d. ago Granddaughter speaks of how Louisa Dunne’s murder cast shadow over family

Mary Dainton told Bristol Crown Court in a victim impact statement how her mother never recovered from circumstances of her own mother’s murder.

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5 d. ago Man, 92, jailed for 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol

Ryland Headley sentenced to minimum of 20 years after what is thought to be oldest cold case solved in modern English policing historyA 92-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years after being convicted of the rape and murder of a woman in Bristol 58 years ago.The sentencing judge, Mr Justice Sweeting, told Ryland Headley that he would spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Louisa Dunne at her home in 1967. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mother loses High Court challenge over murdered son’s inquest

Jada Bailey sought to challenge the decision not to resume the inquest into the death of her son, Jaden Moodie, who was murdered in 2019.

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6 d. ago Kelsey Parker pays tribute to 'precious' daughter Aurelia on her sixth birthday as she returns to social media for the first time since confirming the loss of her third child

The podcaster is a parent to children Aurelia and Bodhi, four, from her marriage to The Wanted singer Tom Parker , who died in 2022 following a long battle with brain cancer .

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6 d. ago ‘I never believed they’d be able to trace him’: granddaughter of 1967 murder victim finally sees justice

Mary Dainton ‘stunned’ when police told her DNA evidence led them to man who raped and murdered Louisa DunneMan, 92, convicted of raping and murdering Bristol woman in 1967When police officers sat Mary Dainton down last year and told her they needed to talk about her grandmother, she asked at once: “Have they caught him?”The officer confirmed they had a suspect for the rape and murder of Dainton’s grandmother, Louisa Dunne, almost 60 years earlier. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago MLAs raise concerns over violence against women after Sarah Montgomery murder

A man is still being questioned over the murder of the pregnant mother-of-two.

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6 d. ago Grandfather accused of toddler’s murder says boy’s mother was ‘quick

Michael Ives, 47, and his wife Kerry, 46, deny the murder of two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths.

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8 d. ago How a family’s beef wellington lunch ended with three dead and a mother on trial for murder

The key question in the Australian murder trial of Erin Patterson was how fatal death cap mushrooms got into the meal, Rachel Clun writes

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8 d. ago A fatal mistake that led to bloody murder of a young mother: How wannabe influencer tracked down his wife who was in hiding... before slaughtering her in the street

Tech-savvy Habibur Masum appeared to be embracing life in Britain after moving from Bangladesh to study for a masters in digital marketing in 2022.

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9 d. 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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1 week ago Alabama sets August nitrogen execution for man convicted of 1992 shooting death

Alabama has set an execution date for a man convicted three decades ago of shooting a woman in the head while she slept

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1 week ago BBC racing's John Hunt says daughter 'saved his life' before tragic murder alongside her sister and mother

John Hunt's two daughters and wife were murdered in a crossbow and knife attack at their family home

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1 week ago David Beckham acknowledges estranged son Brooklyn as he credits mum Sandra for 'always being there' on her 76th birthday

The former Manchester United and England midfielder shared a carousel of photos featuring himself with mum Sandra from childhood to the present day as she turned 76.

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1 week ago Police who were repeatedly called to house where mother and boyfriend brutally beat her nine

Alfie Steele was murdered in February 2021 after months of 'indescribable' cruelty in which he suffered 50 injuries all over his body and his head was held underwater in a bath.

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1 week ago Florida set to execute man convicted of raping and killing a woman outside of a bar

A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar is scheduled to be executed

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1 week ago Only four children came to my son's third birthday party... all because the other mothers don't like me

The hall we'd hired was full of toys and balloon animals, the bubble machine and soft play all set up. The night before, I'd stayed up to finish the party bags and home-made pinata.

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