Crime

Anne Seago, who has lived at her home in Staining, near Blackpool, since 1982, says one of her pleasures in life is sitting in her conservatory watching sparrows and robins eat seeds on her bird table

Ashley Ketcherside was a heavily involved member of the community in the city of Godley. But when parents discovered she was a sex worker, which is illegal in Texas, she was banned the community work

German paedophile Christian Brueckner, 46, was named by police as the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance in 2022. He is set to go on trial for multiple sex crimes

A 13-year-old boy who was once an honor student appeared in court looking 'confused' after stabbing his mother to death and sending photos of her body to his friends

Santana Hailstones, 12, was last seen leaving her mum's house in Kensington on Saturday November 25 - the Met police confirmed she has since been found 'safe and well'

WARNING DISTURBING: Mark Clowes has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Clare Bell, who suffered third-degree burns and died after being placed in a dangerously hot bath while she was intoxicated

Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times in the head, neck, back and chest at Culcheth Linear Park near Warrington, Cheshire, and two teenagers were arrested and are on trial for her murder

Kelvin Ward, 50, was stabbed to death as he left a KFC in Birmingham by a group who were targeting his son and heard shouting "everyone kill him" with two people found guilty of murder

Dad-of-four Ian Godber claims his children's eyes were "popping out of their heads" after they ate chocolate that was allegedly "laced with drugs" at Mansfield Christmas market

Schoolgirl Brianna Ghey was attacked and killed at Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington, Cheshire, in February of this year, being stabbed 28 times - two teenagers are on trial for her murder

Monique Olivier, the wife of French serial killer Michel Fourniret, is standing trial in Nanterre, Paris, for Joanna’s brutal death and two other grisly killings

Jason J. Eaton, is accused of shooting and injuring Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday night - with Awartani's mother describing his trauma and agonising road to recovery

Girl X, who cannot be identified due to her age, is accused of stabbing 16-year-old Brianna Ghey to death, alongside a boy, known in the trial as Boy X. They are both on trial at Manchester Crown Court

Jason J. Eaton, is accused of shooting and injuring Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday night as the students walked to a family dinner

Gerard Hand, 44, was stabbed to death in Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside, on November 22. His family now paid tribute to him, saying he was 'full of life' and 'ill never be forgotten'

MI6 agent Gareth Williams was mysteriously discovered dead inside a padlocked North Face bag at his flat in London 13 years ago - and a team of experts have thrown up a compelling new theory

PC Jonathan Broadhead and a colleague went to the girl's family home after her mum called them - and after entering the house, he Tasered her twice within eight seconds

The trial of two teenagers accused of murdering 16-year-old transgender student Brianna Ghey began at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday - with the jury hearing details of the alleged plot to kill her

Police found children living alongside five dogs, believed to be XL Bullys, Cane Corsos and other bully breeds in poor conditions after responding to a report of animals fighting

Martin Hayes was found guilty of manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, Ireland, following the death of his partner Amadea McDermott in July 2017

Findings have been published in the inquiry into murderer and serial necrophiliac David Fuller who is serving two whole life sentences for abusing bodies at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust hospitals

A teenage girl and boy are both standing trial at Manchester crown court accused of murdering 16-year-old Brianna Ghey in a park near Warrington in February

The violent brawl broke out inside the gym at Southeast Raleigh High School in North Carolina on Monday which also saw a second student, 16, in hospital following a non-life-threatening stab wound

Suzie Dudas' two children, Zale, nine, and Saxon, seven, were in a family friend's swimming pool when they used scuba tanks unknowingly filled with helium, which caused them to lose consciousness

Emergency services in Edinburgh were called to reports of a crane collapsing on a block of flats that had been constructed in the area of Leith - people have been told to avoid the area