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A court heard how the children begged for their lives when their dad broke into a terrifying rage after a 12-hour pub binge and told police they would find 'four bodies' inside the family home

A notorious mob boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, who eluded arrest for almost 30 years died while receiving medical treatment. Reports say he was suffering from colon cancer

A birthday celebration in Forest Hills, New York, attended by a group of prominent guests, was interrupted when a neighbour allegedly sprayed the guests with his water hose

A mother was sentenced for the deaths of her three sons who drowned after she plunged her SUV into a icy pond while she was intoxicated

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Colombia's controversial legal system may grant parole to Luis Alfredo Garavito, a notorious child killer responsible for over 190 murders

Cuba has branded an incident in which two Molotov cocktails were thrown at its embassy in Washington DC a 'terrorist attack.' Nobody was hurt in the attack yesterday

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was digging a grave when he claimed he suddenly felt the desire to kill - though his statement in court was later shut down by a relative and psychiatrist

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who admitted to killing 13 women and attempting to murder seven in the seventies, claimed he was driven to kill by 'the voice'

Labour research reveals the Tory-Lib Dem coalition - in which Ed Davey was a Cabinet minister - cut nearly 17,000 police officers, 16,000 staff, and 5,000 PCSOs

A brutal brawl in Alabama left a dock worker who was attacked 'a little sore' two months later. Five people were charged after a fight was sparked when Dameion Pickett was attacked

Britain was rocked more than 24 years ago when much-loved presenter Jill Dando was shot dead on her doorstep - her killer has never been found or brought to justice

The Prime Minister could block the chance of early release for rapists when the Government unveils it agenda in the King's Speech in November, according to reports

John and Susan Letby doted on their only child, from the moment she was born right up until she was sent behind bars for murdering innocent babies in her care. Now, their lives and roles as parents have changed forever

Noelle Obcarska, 64, posted videos on YouTube hurling abuse at her neighbours, John McKimmie, 40, and his wife, who live in the quaint village of Pulford, Cheshire

The mysterious disappearance of a young woman in 2010 and the subsequent search uncovered the remains of 10 people in the Gilgo Beach area, all believed to be victims of a serial killer dubbed the Craigslist Ripper

Noel 'Razor' Smith, an armed robber-turned-writer, said there are rumours in the criminal world that BBC Crimewatch host Jill Dando was the victim of 'a professional hit' in 1999

Patricia Martin, a former Cook County judge was disbarred after admitting to stealing more than $240,000 (£197,000) from her uncle, Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr., a former Tuskegee Airman

Disgraced comic Russell Brand spent a week living with a drug-addict couple while making a TV documentary, which never made it to air thanks to the intervention of a producer

The British Retail Consortium said there were eight million cases of shoplifting in the year to March - but police recorded 339,206 incidents, with just 48,218 resulting in charges

The family of Carrie Slater have paid tribute after she died two days after being shot in a quiet village in Leicestershire. A man has been charged with her murder

Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana was struck with another lawsuit alleging that 41-year-old grandmother, Ternell Brown was taken to the 'Brave Cave' warehouse and strip searched

Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch national already serving time for the murder of a Peruvian woman, is the main suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance. New disturbing details on the case have come to light

Christopher Coulthard has been stealing money from churches since the 1970s. After finally being caught this year, he admitted to being a serial church burglar

After a growing number of burglaries in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, those living in the town took security matters into their own hands by all paying for a street patrol

The incident has been labelled as a 'terrorist attack' by Kosovo's Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, who blames the unrest on Serbian organised crime backed by Belgrade