All news on the topic: Life sentence

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Death row drug smuggling gran's one last hope to escape firing squad
Lindsay Sandiford may dodge a firing squad thanks to a change in the law in Indonesia wher she has been held since 2013 for trying to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine into the country
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Wife who murdered 'kind' husband after drinking cocktails jailed for life
Lisa Ellwood, 40, stabbed her husband Ryan Ellwood in the chest in their Wakefield, West Yorkshire, home and has now been sentenced after being found guilty
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel shooting target in 'pain' as he tries to lift shirt in court
In August 2022, Joseph Nee ran into the house in Dovecot, Liverpool where Olivia lived with her mother as he was trying to escape gunman Thomas Cashman - today he appeared in court on drug charges
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Labourer who stripped grandmother naked and beat her to death also raped her
Two years ago Valentin Lazar was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 23 years and six months after he admitted murdering Maria Rawlings. Today he returned to the Old Bailey to admit rape
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Mum meets parents of killer who stabbed her teen daughter Brianna Ghey to death
The mother of brutally murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has revealed that she has met the parent of killer Scarlett Jenkinson, and says she has no anger or hatred for her daughter's murderers
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Mum of missing daughter on heartbreaking gesture with her empty house
For Joan Lawrence Mother's Day is always the hardest day of the year - bringing back memories of her daughter's disappearance in 2009 - but now Joan wants to make sure Claudia's empty home is put to good use
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Hollywood sex therapist thrown off balcony by her obsessed ex-boyfriend
Amie Harwick wanted to protect women, but in the end she was the one in danger
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Mum of murdered teen turns horror tragedy into heartbreaking legacy
Just weeks after coming face to face with her daughter Brianna's teenage killers, Esther Ghey has stepped back into the classroom in a quest to make children kinder
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Evil stepfather who tortured Baby P to death could be out in months
Steven Barker was jailed in 2009 for causing the horrific death of toddler Peter Connelly but advocates are furious he could be released from prison on parole in a matter months
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Emma Caldwell killer to appeal after being jailed for life over 2005 murder
Iain Packer, 51, has been convicted of killing Emma Caldwell, 27, in Lanarkshire in 2005. The sex worker's death had been one of Scotland's most high-profile unsolved murders
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Mum's two words to describe thug who murdered son by stabbing him 40 times
Nathan Costello brutally knifed his former friend Taylor Black to death in a frenzied attack in Stockton-on-Tees - Taylor's mother has spoken out four years after the murder
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'My sister was killed by a freed murderer - now we're the ones on life sentence'
Sister of murdered Cherylee Shennan, Chiyvonne is backing the Mirror’s Justice For Our Daughters campaign, calling for tougher sentences for domestic killers
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Eerie CCTV shows tortured, beaten and starved mum just days before she died
Shakira Spencer was starved and battered to death by Ashana Studholme, Shaun Pendlebury and Lisa Richardson, who were all jailed for life for murder at the Old Bailey on Friday
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Death row inmate freed after 30 years as new evidence proves wrongful conviction
A Philadelphia inmate was exonerated after serving 30 years on death row for a crime he insists he did not commit — new evidence was presented that all but proved his innocence
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Murder victim 'told come back tomorrow when she tried to report domestic abuse'
Marcus Osborne, who murdered Katie Higton and her new partner Steven Harnett in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was today sentenced to life in jail for the killings
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Murderer who 'sacrificed' girlfriend's family in knife bloodbath jailed for life
Joshua Jacques left a “bloodbath” when he attacked Samantha Drummonds, her mother, her grandmother and her grandmother’s partner in their home in Bermondsey, south east London
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Double killer will die in prison after murdering couple with sick mutilation
WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Marcus Osborne was jailed for life on Friday after he murdered Katie Higton and new partner Steven Harnett in a merciless, depraved attack at her home in Huddersfield
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Elle Edwards' shooter learns appeal decision after challenging 48-year jail term
Connor Chapman was jailed for life for murdering innocent 26-year-old Elle Edwards, shot multiple times in a gang-related attack outside a Wirral pub on Christmas Eve 2022
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J.K. Rowling slams Sky News for calling transgender murderer a 'woman' in rant
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has hit out at Sky News for referring to a transgender murderer as a woman, after the outlet covered the news that Scarlet Blake had been sentenced to life in prison
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Cat killer's life in male prison - how she'll face 'danger, solitude and status'
Transgender killer Scarlet Blake, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 24 years, will be housed in a men's prison where an expert claims she will receive special privileges as a 'vulnerable prisoner'
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Fred West 'may have used secret tunnels to carry out his crimes'
The serial killer Fred West was known to carry out works across Gloucester and it is claimed that he may have had access to a network of tunnels in order to aid his crimes
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Man retches as he's jailed for 100 years for torturing brother to death with mum
Shanda Vander Ark, 44, and her son Paul Ferguson, 21, from Michigan, US, tortured Timothy, 15, with a nine hour ice bath before his death - they both retched during their trials
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Scarlet Blake sent to male prison as lawyer warns no parole board will free her
Cat killer Scarlet Blake - who was inspired by Netflix documentary - has been sent to an all-male prison and her own lawyer warned no parole board will ever set her free
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Scarlet Blake's disturbing 14-word statement after dissecting cat live on camera
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONENT Scarlet Blake was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 24 years behind bars for murdering Jorge Martin Carreno in Oxford in July 2021
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Netflix's mind-bending true crime documentary scores 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Netflix's true crime documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer has been at the top of the most-watched list for two weeks and fans are urging others to watch it