All news by author: Brian Farmer

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Rikki Neave's killer loses appeal over life sentence for murder of schoolboy, 6
James Watson, 42, was handed a minimum jail term of 15 years in 2022 after being convicted of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave, who was found strangled in Peterborough in 1994
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Child asylum seeker, 9, 'left unaccompanied and housed in hotel alone'
A court hearing detailed how a "high proportion" of asylum seekers initially accommodated in hotels are unaccompanied children under 16 - with the youngest aged just nine
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Woman who weighs just 70lb after 35 years of anorexia 'must not be force fed'
Mr Justice Mostyn described the case as "very disturbing" but ruled the unnamed 50-year-old woman should not be force fed after hearing she suffered from "overpowering delusions"