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Father of schoolboy, 12, ‘who was murdered by 14-year-old’ on Lincolnshire village green refuses to ‘judge’ the accused, adding: ‘I am not God – for this we have court’ Roberts Buncis’ body was found in Fishtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire on Saturday A boy, 14, who can’t be named, was charged and appeared in court on Monday … Read more
Shocking new footage shows a distraught mother carry her ‘motionless’ child into a five-star hotel lobby after the baby’s British father ‘beat her to death’. One-year-old Sophia Barakat – ‘always smiling’ according to a court witness who saw her before the tragedy – was ‘blue’ and ‘not breathing’. Madina Barakat, 23, pleaded with staff at … Read more
A mother, 25, is thought to have murdered her two-year-old daughter, who she ‘doted on’, before killing herself in west London. Metropolitan Police officers were called with paramedics to an address on Old Meadow Lane in Hounslow just after 4pm on Monday. A 25-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl who was related to her were … Read more
Two career criminals who murdered a 61-year-old man in his own home after tying him up and torturing him in an ordeal lasting up to an hour have been jailed for life. Craig Stanton, 43, and Alexander Mackay, 47, broke into Saleem Butt’s house in Batley, West Yorkshire, through an open window on April 24 … Read more
Pictured: Man, 33, murdered with a single stab wound to the chest in his own home as more than 50 detectives hunt killer and his heartbroken mother pays tribute to ‘kind, caring son’ Christopher Allbury-Burridge died from single stab wound to the chest on Friday The 33-year-old’s devastated family have paid tribute to their ‘kind, … Read more
A coroner made a touching tribute to the victims of the Yorkshire Ripper’s and their families during an inquest into his death passing on his ‘solidarity and support’. During a hearing at Crook Civic Centre, assistant senior coroner for County Durham and Darlington Crispin Oliver paid tribute to Peter Sutcliffe’s 13 murder victims. He also … Read more
Two mothers whose daughters were murdered by their ex-boyfriends have joined forces in a bid to change the law over prison sentences. Ellie Gould, 17, and Poppy Devey Waterhouse, 24, were both brutally stabbed by former partners. Both deaths involved kitchen knives which were found at the murder scene – which the victims’ mothers think … Read more
Murdered teenager Louise Smith’s ‘predatory’ uncle has been jailed for at least 25 years after beating her to death and assaulting her in a ‘sexually motivated’ killing. Shane Mays, from Havant, Hampshire, smirked as he sat in the dock to be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court after being found guilty of the murder of the … Read more
Nurse, 56, jailed for life for murdering her disabled husband, 34, in 1997 by injecting him with insulin loses second legal bid to clear her name Deborah Winzar was convicted of the murder of Dominic McCarthy in 2000 Lawyers then claimed fresh evidence undermined prosecution case against her But, in a ruling today, senior judges … Read more
A jealous husband who murdered his wife after wrongly accusing her of having an affair before stabbing their next door neighbour to death has today been jailed for life. Property developer Tamer Moustafa, 40, flew into a cocaine-fuelled rage before murdering mother-of-four Nelly, 43, when she threatened to leave him. He then went next door … Read more