6 h. ago Heartbroken mother of woman killed by boyfriend in Hackney tells PM justice system is ‘broken’

Linda Westcarr sent a letter to the Prime Minister calling for an urgent meeting after her daughter’s killer was handed a hospital order

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18 h. ago Mother of woman killed by boyfriend tells Starmer justice system is ‘broken’

Linda Westcarr sent a letter to the Prime Minister calling for an urgent meeting after her daughter’s killer was handed a hospital order.

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23 h. ago Brave woman confronts 'evil' killer who brutally beat her disabled mum to death

“Pure evil” killer Robert Karl Huber, 69, frequently beat his partner Lindy 'Kimmy' Lucena, 64, over the course of their five-year relationship before murdering her on January 3, 2023

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25 h. ago Turkish asylum seeker who threatened to kill woman and her family in 'murder

Samet Arik, 23, moved into the same block of flats as his victim, told her he was in love with her and had been spying on her for three years.

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49 h. ago Trump calls for 'the death penalty' as 'only option' after Ukrainian woman killed

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51 h. ago Woman who cut off mum's head and gouged eyes out admits to shocking prison act

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A woman who killed her own mum by stabbing her more than 100 times is facing a longer prison sentence after a shocking attack

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53 h. ago Six shot dead in two days as Cape Town reels from gang violence

Minister admits there is ‘no proper plan’ to tackle violent crime in divided city that pulls in 2.4 million visitors Six people have been shot dead in two days in a crime-plagued area of Cape Town, adding to the death toll in a city already reeling from the scourge of gang-related violence.At 11.30pm on Monday, two women, aged 19 and 25, were killed and a 24-year-old woman injured in a shooting in Wallacedene, an informal settlement on Cape Town’s north-eastern edge, South African police said. About 10 minutes later, two other women in their 20s were killed by gunshots to the head in a bedroom in the same area, with police saying the deaths may be linked. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Man charged with murder after woman is killed at London Road address

Man charged with murder after woman is killed at London Road address  Reading Chronicle

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68 h. ago Woman killed by falling tree branch in Manchester pictured as 'vibrant' wife

Jen Higgins, 49, was killed when a branch fell on her as she was walking along Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, in Manchester, on August 30 - emergency services tried but were unable to save her

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3 d. ago Woman killed by falling tree branch in Didsbury named as 'inspirational' PR firm boss

Jen Higgins led one of the Manchester's biggest PR firms with her partner

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3 d. ago Tributes to 'beautiful' young woman killed in horror A98 crash

Kirsty Shankland has been named locally as the 21-year-old who passed away following the collision on the A98 southwest of Banff last week.

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3 d. ago Charlotte officials under fire after man with long criminal history kills Ukrainian woman on train

Charlotte, North Carolina, officials are facing criticism for failing to keep a man with a history of erratic behavior off the streets before he fatally stabbed a young Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train last month

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3 d. ago Woman smelled gas in weeks before house explosion which killed neighbour

Brian Lyn Davies' body was discovered among the rubble at his home address in Clydach Road, Morriston, Swansea, after an explosion

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4 d. ago Woman ‘with heart of gold’ killed in savage attack by pack of wild dogs

Priscilla Jones was found suffering from life-threatening injuries after the attack and died in the hospital.

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4 d. ago Woman goes above and beyond for tiny creature her partner almost killed

When a woman's partner accidentally killed a tiny creature, she was left mortified and trying to save him, knowing that without her quick thinking, he likely wouldn't survive

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4 d. ago Terrifying moment gunmen kill six people including pregnant woman and leave multiple wounded as they open fire with automatic weapons on board bus in Jerusalem, sending civilians fleeing

Police said preliminary reports indicated 'several people were injured as a result of the shooting, and the terrorists were neutralised'.

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4 d. ago British woman, 23, is killed and two others injured with one left fighting for life after 'drugged

One of the survivors is fighting for her life in hospital, it emerged today as officials confirmed all three women were from the UK.

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4 d. ago Woman who killed three family members with beef wellington laced with poison jailed

Erin Patterson, 50, invited her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail Patterson's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66, over for lunch at her home in the town of Leongatha

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4 d. ago British tourist is seriously injured in crash that killed another woman after driver 'high on laughing gas' mounted kerb and ploughed into group in Spain

The British woman, 23, was one of three rushed to Ibiza's main state hospital Can Misses after the fatal crash, which took place at 11.15am on Sunday in San Jose, a municipality on the popular party island.

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5 d. ago Baby and woman killed during Putin's record 800 drone attack on Ukraine as NATO scramble warplanes

The 32-year-old woman and her two-month-old son died in the Sviatoshynskyi district of the capital, with dozens of people injured in the Russian terror.

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