All news by author: Sophie Corcoran

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Woman murdered 'kind' husband after necking six cocktails on birthday night out
Ryan Ellwood was stabbed in his rib, lung and aorta at his home in Greenwood Court, Wakefield by his wife Lisa Ellwood after the couple had been out for her birthday
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Thugs bit man's ear off on train after he asked them to 'shut up'
Despite other passengers trying to intervene and remove three thugs off the man, one of them bit off half of his ear and spat it out, before all three disembarked the train in December last year
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Boy, 7, left home alone while mum visited lover killed by speeding drug driver
Mohsin Hussain, 32, was jailed for nine years and nine months on Thursday after admitting causing death by dangerous driving following the death of seven-year-old Malakye Hall
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Thug murdered defenceless mum on Valentine's Day and robbed her as she lay dead
A thug who bludgeoned his flatmate to death with a claw hammer in a jealous rage - then stole from her as she lay dead - has been jailed for life
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Woman in vegetative state after family 'left her unconscious at home for 3 days'
Five of Ambreen Fatima Sheikh's family members, including her own husband Asgar Sheikh, are accused of causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm
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'Spectacular' girl, 4, died hours before first day at school after heart surgery
Rose O'Leary-Hall passed away on September 4 - just a day before she was due to start school - after undergoing surgery to repair a heart defect
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Bride-to-be appalled at wedding venue's 'passive aggresssive' email about guests
Whitley Hall Hotel in Sheffield, Yorkshire, warned the couple their wedding would be shut down if guests didn't behave and that there will be "direct financial consequences" for any damage
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Toddler died in pool after dad tried to save him as David Lloyd admits liability
Rocco Wright's horrified father screamed for help after noticing his three-year-old son Rocco face down in the deep end of the pool at the David Lloyd health club in Leeds
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Moment have-a-go-hero takes on robbers brandishing swords with crate of beer
Jeffrey Chikosha and Brandon Jarrett were jailed for robbery after going armed with machetes and swords to rob a Co-op store in Leeds
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'Healthy' dad, 29, found dead hours after going to the pub with friends
The devastated family of Tom Longley said he was "ripped away" from them and have since set up a fundraiser to help give the dad-of-one the "best send off" they can
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'I thought dog was just being weird but she was trying to tell me I had cancer'
Claire Churchill, 36, thought rescue dog Holly was "just weird" after developing an obsession with her left breast, before she found a lump and was diagnosed with cancer
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Teen killers who knifed boy, 15, outside school gates named in rare court order
Khayri Mclean, 15, was stabbed to death by two teenagers Jakele Pusey, 15, and Jovani Harriott, 17, who "lay in wait" for him as he walked home from school in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire on September 21 last year
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Gang chop man's leg off leaving him so scared he lied in court to save them
Max Lambert, 34, Liam Whitaker, 39, and Liam Hanbury, 41, have all been jailed for 30 years for a brutal attack on a man where they cut off his leg below the knee
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Thug beat partner to death leaving her with injuries usually seen in a car crash
Charlie Booth, 27, was convicted of murder after it was found that he beat partner Lauren Howe, 26, so severely that her liver was almost torn in two
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Son stabbed his parents 282 times then sat on doorstep to wait for police
David Taylor, 37, used three knives to stab his parents John and Beverley, both 66, to death at the family home before calling 999 and waiting on the doorstep for the police
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Mystery surrounds objects found on body pulled from canal as police investigate
A member of the public discovered the man's lifeless body in the canal near to Bramley Fall Woods Park in Leeds on Sunday morning and West Yorkshire Police are now trying to identify him