Crime

April Evalyn Short, a 30-year-old Georgia mother of three, has been charged with murdering her infant son by slitting his throat, apparently believing that it would enable him to 'be with Jesus and God'

Ashley Dale, 28, was shot dead at her home while spending the evening watching TV with her miniature Dachshund, Darla. Four men were today convicted of her murder

Julie Dale, 43, and Rob Jones, 39 - mum and stepdad of Ashley Dale, 28 - have spoken of their heartbreak at losing their daughter - with four men convicted of her murder today

James Witham, 41, Joseph Peers, 29, Niall Barry, 26, and Sean Zeisz, 28, were all convicted of the murder of council worker Ashley Dale, 28, who was shot dead at her home

Ashley Dale, 28, was shot dead at her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, after a gunman opened fire with a Skorpion sub machine gun. Five defendants are currently on trial

The Metropolitan Police rushed to Clydesdale Road in Notting Hill in London after a shooting overnight. The London Ambulance Service said a person was taken to a major trauma centre

Jurors were told to rot in hell after convicting Juned Sheikh and Surie Suksiri who had "battered the f**k" out of her stepdad Frank McKeever before dumping his body. The pair were sentenced to life today at the Old Bailey in London

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sought to overturn his conviction for second-degree murder in the tragic killing of George Floyd. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal

Ashley Dale, 28, was murdered at her home in Liverpool last year - her killers have now been brought to justice with her own voice describing events leading up to the shooting

Ashley Dale was just 28 when she was shot dead at home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool on August 21 last year - she had been in an on-off relationship with Lee Harrison for six years

James Witham, 41, Niall Barry, 26, Sean Zeisz, 28, and Joseph Peers, 29, have all been found guilty today of the 28-year-old council worker

Ashley Dale was just 28 when she was shot dead at home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool on August 21 last year. Five men have been on trial for more than six weeks accused of her murder

The teenager, who cannot be named due to her age, allegedly left another girl with serious injuries, for which she had to go to hospital after an altercation in Abercraf, Powys

West Yorkshire Police arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman in her 20s after she was found lifeless at an address in Dewsbury on Sunday evening

52-year-old Louise Chaput was murdered over two decades ago while on a hiking trip in what the police believe was a “random” incident. 21 years later, her family are still searching for answers in New Hampshire

The mum of a middle school girl has brought a $3million lawsuit against her child's school alleging that administrators knew that there was a knife on campus and saw harassment but did nothing in Georgia

The body of Luis Alfredo Garavito, a twisted Colombian paedophile known as "The Beast", was left languishing on a mortician's slab for almost 40 days after his death on October 12

Matthew Zakrzewski was sentenced to over 700 years in prison on Friday for the sexual assault of 16 young boys. The evil molester uttered truly chilling final words before his sentencing

The officer - described only as W80 - shot Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, north London, as police stopped a plot to snatch two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court nearly eight years ago

The body of a four-year-old 'missing' girl was identified, and her cousin and cousin's boyfriend were subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder after the two ended up with the little girl in their custody

Paul Marsh tragically died in Atherton, Greater Manchester, on Friday, the police have said. The victim's heartbroken family have now released a tribute through GMP

Oaks Park High School in Carshalton, south London was forced to evacuate its pupils on two separate occasions after police swooped in to search for a bomb following a hoax threat

An e-fit has been released by Richmond Police of a suspect who robbed a woman in south west London, and it has led many to comment on social media over the likeness to an England footballer

The animal reportedly attacked the woman - who is now in critical condition - at about 8.55am this morning near Bexleyheath in south east London, with police Tasering the hound after the vicious incident

Evil Craig Meredith, from Morley was found guilty of 38 offences including rape at Leeds Crown Court. He manipulated young children and adults with learning difficulties in order to carry out his vile crimes