All news by author: Sam Russell

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Man accused of poisoning couple and changing will 'had fentanyl in his backpack'
Luke D'Wit is accused of murdering Stephen Baxter, 61, and his 64-year-old wife Carol, and rewriting their will to make him a director of their shower mat firm Cazsplash
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Sickening moment drink driver causes horror crash that flipped victim's car
Nilen Chauhan, 27, had whiskey bottles strewn about in the inside of his car as he ploughed his Volkswagen Polo into the back of a Mitsubishi L200, causing it to completely flip over, on the A14 at Bar Hill in Cambridgeshire
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Woman shot herself days after resigning as PA at Barclays bank, inquest told
Lesley Page, 65, was found with shotgun wounds to her torso at her home in Emneth, Norfolk, days after she had resigned from her role at Barclays Bank, an inquest heard
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Man watched as millionaire couple died from poisoning on app, court hears
Luke D'Wit, 34, worked for Stephen and Carol Baxter, and befriended the couple but a court heard that he poisoned them and watched them die on his phone - before allegedly rewriting their will to benefit him
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Homeless man who stole dummies from babies' mouths and used them himself jailed
Josh Guilder, 23, took the dummies from five youngsters around Harlow in Essex between February 10 and August 7 last year and used them 'to soothe himself' the court was told
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Pensioner mum and dad found 'murdered by 35-year-old daughter', inquest hears
Virginia McCullough, 35, has been accused of killing her parents John and Lois McCullough between August 2018 and September this year. Inquests were opened in Chelmsford today
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'Device left charging' overnight caused flat fire that killed children and woman
Gemma Germeney, 31, died at the scene while two children, aged four and eight, later died in hospital following a fire in a flat that more than 30 firefighters were called to
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Boy, 12, crushed to death doing DIY project with dad found by 'screaming' sister
Scott-Swaley Stevens, 12, and his dad had been working in their garden when a garage wall collapsed and they were both trapped underneath a pile of rubble
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Man in court charged with murders of father and son shot in different villages
The bodies of Gary Dunmore, 57, and Joshua Dunmore, 32, were discovered at properties in The Row, Sutton, and Meridian Close, Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire on March 29
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Man accused of murdering wife and daughter, 12, to defend himself at trial
Peter Nash is accused of the murders of Jillu Nash, 43, and their daughter Louise at their home in Heath Estate, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, between September 7 and 9 last year
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Community gathers for candlelit vigil honouring girl, 4, killed by family dog
A four-year-old girl - named locally as Alice Stones - was mauled to death by her family's dog on Tuesday with the community gathering at a church near her home to unite in grief
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Grandad says lottery win was 'fate' after he swapped shift for knee appointment
Jeff Etherington, 65, won £500,000 on the Thunderball after swapping his work shift so he could attend a knee appointment at hospital before buying the ticket on the way home
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Man found guilty of robbing Mark Cavendish and wife in knifepoint raid
Romario Henry, 31, had denied two counts of robbery at an earlier hearing, but was found guilty on both counts by a majority verdict of 10 jurors to two on Monday
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Robber 'held knife to throat and threatened to stab' Mark Cavendish in ordeal
Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta took to the stand to give evidence into the trial regarding the robbery at their home in Essex back on November 27 2021
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Two Mark Cavendish robbery suspects still on the run after terrifying raid
The trial into the robbery at the home of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish has continued, with a court hearing today that detectives have been unable to find two suspects
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Intruders threatened to “stab up” Mark Cavendish in front of his kids, jury told
A court has heard that Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and wife Peta were robbed at knifepoint by armed robbers, whilst the pair attempted to hide one of their children.