Crime

Lamont Hunter, from Cincinnati, Ohio, was found guilty of raping and killing his girlfriend's son by a three-judge panel in 2007 who said evidence showed the child had been shaken and beaten to death

Government lawyers have raised concerns about 'potentially problematic' entries in the former PM's diaries that suggested Covid guidance may not have been followed

Lori Vallow daybell is seeking a new trial after being convicted of murdering her children Tylee and JJ on a religious mission after meeting Chad Daybell who told her they had been married in several previous lives and she was a 'sexual goddess'

Tributes have poured in for a 15-year-old schoolgirl who died in a river not long after a village duck race had finished, with medics at the scene sadly unable to save her

Earlier this week a 31-year-old man conducted a spate of horrific attacks across the city of Nottingham, leaving three people dead and three others in hospital

The suspect arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were stabbed to death in Nottingham has been identified as mechanical engineering graduate Valdo Amissão Mendes Calocane

The 30-year-old US citizen lured the pair, aged 21 and 22 and also American, to a famous beauty spot near the 'Disney Cinderella' Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, where he attacked the younger woman before her pal intervened - but threw them both around 150ft down the gorge

Connor Chapman is accused of murdering Elle Edwards when he fired 12 shots from a Skorpion submachine gun outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey. Today an eyewitness to the fatal shooting took the stand

Teenager Tyler Lindley repeatedly plunged the blade into brother Cameron Lindley's neck and chest in an attack at a family meal, with the mum saying the killing may have been motivated by jealousy

DNA testing has finally led to the identification of a woman in a gruesome case: her decayed remains were found stuffed in a garment bag and discovered in Nevada, in 1978, before the case went cold

The youngster, who was only 12 at the time of the incident, appeared before a high court judge at Sheffield Crown Court to deny the murder of "loving and dedicated" Marcia Grant

Nottinghamshire Police confirmed the 31-year-old man attended University of Nottingham, where stabbing victims Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar had just completed their first years

A homeowner who lives on Ilkeston Road, Nottingham, was away during the knife and van rampage but says victim Grace Kumar, 19, died on her doorstep - and she wonders if she could have saved her

The 28-year-old rapper, real name Tyron Frampton, entered his pleas during a brief hearing at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday

Clement Omoregbee, of Charlton Lane, Greenwich, was found guilty of rape following a five-week trial at Wood Green Crown Court in London and will be sentenced on September 29

The Sheriff's office in St Charles Parish said that there wasn't a "nefarious reason" behind Martha Jessenia Gutierrez Serrano enrolling herself at the Hahnville High School - but simply that the Guatemalan national, 28, wanted to learn English

Mark Dicara, 62, was drifting off when he thought he heard an intruder entering his home in Illinois on April 10, but he awoke to a searing pain and a gunshot wound that had gone through his whole leg and lodged itself into the bed under him

Alfie Steele was just nine years old when he was found dead in a cold bath. His little body had more than 50 injuries at the time of his death at home in Droitwich, Worcestershire

Leighton Amies, 15, stabbed Tomasz Oleszak and shouted at a gang after the senseless attack in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, before the victim died hours later in hospital

Catherine Parr's rare illness went undiagnosed for 27 years but as she is finally receiving treatment, research shows hate crimes are on the rise for people with visible differences

Emmalyn Nguyen was just 18 years old when she went for breast enhancement surgery with Dr Geoffrey Kim, 52, in Colorado - but while under the knife she suffered a cardiac arrest that ultimately lead to such severe brain damage that she couldn't even smile

Colin Pitchfork was denied parole in 2016 and 2018 after being branded a danger to the public but is now set to walk free 40 years after raping and strangling 15-year-old Lynda Mann

Tina*, who her parents say was being picked on at Denton Community College for months before the incident, was portrayed as a woman in her twenties who wanted to exchange sexual messages

Nottinghamshire Police, which arrested the 31-year-old man in Nottingham on Tuesday, has been given further time to question him, it is understood this morning

The 31-year-old man accused of killing students Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar and school caretaker Ian Coates was reportedly known to MI5 after an incident at their Westminster headquarters