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The body of Shakira Spencer was found decomposed in her child's bedroom in her flat and it is alleged she was beaten and tortured - at a hearing at the Old Bailey in London today, Lisa Richardson denied murder and preventing a lawful burial

Police have stressed they don't think there is any third-party involvement in Nicola Bulley's disappearance - she was last seen on January 27 in St Michael's-on-Wyre in Lancashire

Jacquleine Vadurro was shocked after doing an online DNA test as soon she got a call from homicide detectives who told her she was linked to a cold case where a woman was shot in the chest

Photographer and 'Dave' claims the leader of a polygamist group acquired the land from a local farmer who wanted to move south to avoid the harsh Canadian winters it was later seized by authorities

Investigators believe the body of Regina Michalski could have been in the freezer for two years. Her daughter Eva Bratcher has been charged with concealing the death in Chicago, US

Magen Fieramusca has been sentenced to 55 years for strangling Heidi Broussard to death with a dog leash and trying to steal her baby in Houston, Texas, US

Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the Treason Act, during a hearing at the Old Bailey. He was also charged with making a threat to kill the Queen

The paedophile 70s star was caged in 2015 for sick child sex abuse crimes - but today the shamed singer becomes a free man after serving just half of his sentence

Edgardo Greco was wanted in Italy to serve a life sentence for the murders of two brothers which were "part of a 'mafia war'… that marked the early 1990s" in Italy

YouTuber Stephen McCullagh, 32, is accused of murdering pregnant Natalie McNally, with a court hearing he allegedly staged a livestream making it appear he was playing Grand Theft Auto at the time

England footballer Mason Greenwood will not face trial over an alleged sex attack with all charges against the Manchester United player, including attempted rape, dropped by the CPS

Climate activists want to draw attention to Barclays’ role as the UK and Europe’s largest fossil fuel investor – and their tactics were inspired by the suffragettes’ window smashing protests of 1911 and 1912

Up to 20 hours of additional footage could be released - including audio of what the Memphis officers charged with murder said immediately after Mr Nichols was taken to hospital.

Joseph Ward reversed into Inspector Tony McGovern in a horrific smash that left the officer needing to be rushed to hospital before a manhunt finally brought him to justice

Chelsey Brown, from New York, US, is trying to uncover why a man supposedly killed in a botched post office robbery was sending letters from Scotland

Patricia Spann knowingly married her son, who had no idea she was his mother, then tied the knot with her daughter, before trying to wed another son

The traumatised 17-year-old was walking home through Ashton-under-Lyne when a stranger asked her for a cigarette before licking her face and pushing her into an alleyway

The Snapchat videos, sent by murdered 22-year-old Paul, have been shown in court with a witness saying it places Alex Murdaugh at the scene shortly before the killings

The attempted rape, assault and coercive control charges against the Manchester United forward were dropped on Thursday, a year after he was first arrested

Nathan Chasing Horse, the 46-year-old star of the Oscar-winning film Dances With Wolves, has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting indigenous girls in America

The Wagner Group, which has been likened to Vladimir Putin's own personal militia, topped up its ranks by allowing Russia's convicts a chance to fight for the country in exchange for their freedom should they survive

Mexico's state environment department said a zebra was traded for tools and deer and Watusi cattle were traded off to private individuals, while three goats were slaughtered for consumption

Maria Mesi was jailed in the 1990s for sheltering Matteo Messina Denaro at her flat in Bagheria, Sicily. Letters found by police showed her love for the Mafia boss. She is now under investigation

The frightened youngsters were approached by an apparent stranger in the dark and invited into his car before making the decision to run away in Ponteland, Northumberland

After the football game ended with Liverpool losing 1-0, an argument between John Ashcroft and Anthony Griffin began, during which Mr Ashcroft said “it is just a game”