All news by author: Emily Pennink

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Three family members to go on trial accused of murdering Sara Sharif, 10
A previous court hearing was told police found Sara Sharif's body under a blanket on a bunk bed at her home after receiving a call from Pakistan, which lasted eight minutes and 34 seconds, at 2.47am on August 10.
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Mum 'told to avoid falling asleep while holding baby' - before the child died
Constance Marten, who is on trial with her partner Mark Gordon, was warned by health professionals of the risks of suffocation, overheating and positional asphyxia
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Dentist locked up after warning Labour MP could be 'stabbed, shot, beheaded'
Amit Kerai tweeted Labour's Barry Gardiner suggesting he would be 'stabbed, shot, beheaded' in 2022. The Old Bailey heard Mr Gardiner warn protection for MPs is 'lamentably poor'
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14 things inside same Lidl bag as Constance Marten's baby - including beer can
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon spent almost two months on the run with their newborn daughter Victoria, before they were arrested, and her body later found in a red Lidl bag stashed in an unused shed
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Moment police find Constance Marten's dead baby in Lidl bag captured on bodycam
Constance Marten and partner Mark Gordon spent eight weeks on the run after giving birth to little baby Victoria, but once they were caught they both repeatedly refused to answer any questions on their daughter's whereabouts
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Three accidentally cleared for stabbing due to jury forewoman's 'mistake'
Adrian Keise's family left the Old Bailey tearful after brothers Paul and Matthew Yusuff and their friend Moussa Traore were acquitted over his death due to a 'mistake'
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Mum sobs after being charged with killing her four-year-old son
Keziah Macharia, it is alleged, is responsible for the murder of Kobi Macharia Dooly, who was discovered with multiple cuts in his cot at an address in Hackney, east London
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Mum shot dead at home was 'trying to protect family from balaclava-clad gunman'
Lianne Gordon died after being shot in the head at her home in Hackney last week. The Old Bailey has now heard the mum was trying to protect her family at the time
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Mum dumped in cupboard after being tortured, starved and beaten to death by trio
Shakira Spencer, 35, died after falling under the influence of her former neighbour Ashana Studholme, 38, her lover Shaun Pendlebury, 26, and their friend Lisa Richardson, 44
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11 people jailed for role in people-smuggling operation that killed 39 migrants
Eleven people have been jailed for their role in a people-smuggling operation that killed 39 migrants who suffocated inside an airtight lorry trailer in Essex in October 2019
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Ex-RAF mechanic bought grenades from the US with Bitcoin through Telegram app
Alex Piatt-Green paid over £500 in bitcoin to buy two grenades from an arms dealer in the US and have them shipped to his home in Redditch, Worcestershire
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Murderer killed and robbed OAP then went on spending spree and left her to rot
Xyaire Howard bound and strangled Susan Hawkey, 71, whose body was found 20 days later under a duvet in the living room of her home in Neasden, northwest London
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Constance Marten and partner facing new charges following death of baby daughter
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were charged with manslaughter by gross negligence on March 2 - and now also face charges of child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child
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Aspiring lawyer murdered on way home from Waitrose in mistaken identity attack
Rashid Gedel, 22, from Ilford, and Shiroh Ambersley, 22, from Wembley, were found guilty of murder following the killing of Sven Badzak, 22, on February 6, 2021
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Man admits killing woman, 21, whose body was dumped inside a suitcase
Warehouse worker Muhammad Arslan pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 21-year-old student Hina Bashir, but faces trial for her murder at the Old Bailey in London
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Man froze leg of 'eunuch-maker' who was accused of broadcasting castrations
Jacob Crimi-Appleby has pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Marius Gustavson, who is alleged to have led a wide-ranging conspiracy involving extreme body modifications
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Tram driver 'asked passenger 'how it happened' after crash killed 7
Alfred Dorris, 49, was allegedly speeding when the tram derailed on a sharp corner near the Sandilands stop on November 9 2016, killing seven people and injuring many more
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'Desperate' woman predicted own death in 'chilling' WhatsApp message to friends
Aaisha Hasan, 34, allegedly kept secret recordings of her husband Asim Hasan and voiced her fears to her friends on WhatsApp before her death, in which she suffered 36 stab wounds
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Rich couple guilty of plotting to bring man to UK to harvest kidney for daughter
A wealthy Nigerian senator and his wife faced a shocking trial at the Old Bailey, accused of plotting to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his kidney for their daughter
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Killer dances in his victim's house with twerking model who later turned on him
Mohammed El-Abboud posted several TikToks dancing with his accomplice's girlfriend, Romanian model Maria Amariucai, before murdering Louise Kam in a £4.6million romance fraud
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Drugs kingpin and crooks 'Del Boy' and 'one-legged mechanic' tried to fix trial
Boxing promoter Leslie Allen promised juror Damien Drackley £5,000 to help him get off charges - but they were rumbled when defence witness Laurence 'Del Boy' Hayden was spotted nodding and winking at Drackley in court
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Son stabbed father to death in frenzied knife attack 'after years of sex abuse'
Sean Maurice was cleared of murder but admitted to manslaughter after killing his father during a knife attack that saw him stab him over 30 times before fleeing the scene
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Teen who plotted Islamist terror attack wanted to ‘torture, mutilate’ soldiers
Matthew King, 19, came to the attention of authorities after posting a video to a WhatsApp group in which he sought advice on social media about the best route to get to Syria
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Teen, 19, admits plotting Islamist terror attack targeting police and military
Authorities were tipped off about Matthew King through an anti-terrorist hotline and the Prevent counter-terrorism programme after he posted a video on a WhatsApp group on April 13 last year