All news by author: Jack Hudson

Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, allegedly abandoned their pet cat after leaving a burnt out car on the M61 with their baby Victoria who they are accused of killing

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon both deny manslaughter after baby Victoria Marten's body was found in a plastic bag in a shed in Brighton, East Sussex last winter

WARNING DISTURBING: Amina Noor, 39, is accused of taking a toddler to Kenya for a horrific female genital mutilation surgery at a 'private house' of unlicensed doctors, the Old Bailey heard

Svetlana Mihalachi, 53, told police officers she was 'scared' Virtosu would kill her and an Old Baily judge conceded that the victim was 'poorly served' by UK authorities

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon vanished in January, disappearing with their newborn baby Victoria who was later found dead in a plastic bag on an allotment - now they face manslaughter charges

Liam Taylor, 37, brutally murdered mother-of-four Ailish Walsh and refused to face her family in court this morning because he would find it "extremely distressing"

Aminan Rahman, 45, is accused of murdering 24-year-old Suma Begum in their home in Docklands, east London, on 30 April

Deekan Vig was jailed for a minimum of 18 years after murdering his elderly dad Arjan Singh Vig, 85, by striking him over the head with a bottle of champagne while drunk

Deekan Vig, 54, was found lying on the floor naked amongst 100 bottles of champagne next to his dead father, Arjan Singh Vig, 86, at the family home in Southgate, north London, a court heard

Paul Mason had been out at London's exclusive Ivy Club when he was confronted by Steven Allan who punched him to the ground causing fatal injuries, the Old Bailey heard