All news on the topic: Murder

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Serial killer convicted of murdering five people found dead in prison cell
Prison officials said convicted killer Joshua Wade was "found unresponsive in his cell at the Indiana State Prison" on Thursday
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Mum’s powerful statement to teenager who murdered her child in cold blood
A knife-obsessed 15-year-old who stabbed another boy through the heart on the way home from school has been locked up for life.
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Constance Marten and Mark Gordon facing retrial for killing baby daughter
Aristocrat Constance Marten and boyfriend Mark Gordon face a retrial after an Old Bailey jury was unable to reach verdicts.
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British businessman kills TV star wife in murder-suicide in Turkey
A British businessman has killed his wife before shooting himself in an apparent murder-suicide.
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Man sentenced to prison for murder after enticing former teacher to his flat via a dating app
A 29-year-old man who admitted murdering a retired teacher in a catfishing plot has been sentenced to at least 22 years behind bars. The judge told him he "exploited" the victim even in his death.
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Police detain a 57-year-old woman on suspicion of murdering a baby more than 40 years ago
A woman, aged 57, has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a newborn baby girl who was found in Northampton in 1982, police have confirmed following fresh evidence
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Suspect in court charged with murder and obstruction of justice after man’s death in Edinburgh
Police Scotland officers were called to Westfield Road on Friday afternoon following concern for a man within a property. The 53-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Nine arrested for attempted murder after two men in their 20s stabbed
Two men have been taken to hospital and one is in a serious condition following a knife attack in Bristol.
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Teacher who murdered partner and buried him in garden jailed for at least 20 years
A primary school teacher who murdered her boyfriend before burying him in their garden has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years.
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Notorious gangster the public ’must be protected from’ absconds from prison
Daniel Gee Gee was jailed after a secret probe caught him conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill a teenager
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Killer teens who slaughtered their victim ’like lions on prey’ are jailed for over 130 years
Bailey Atkinson, 21, was left in a pool of his own blood and a "Rambo" knife lodged in his shoulder in the brutal attack - he died in hospital hours later as his killers are jailed
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Killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal to have her murder convictions overturned
Former nurse Lucy Letby is serving a whole life sentence for murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016
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A gangland enforcer attacked victims with machetes during a ’seven weeks of mayhem’ for the mob
Ross Al-Gailani, 36, doled out horrific violence including a murder bid on a former clan member who ended up having to have his leg amputated
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‘Limbless human torso’ found in Mitcham river ‘belongs to Sarah Mayhew, 38, who was murdered then chopped up by couple’
Woman’s limbs and head found when dog took human bone to owner in park
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Islamic Jihad leader killed in West Bank; Israel hits 70 targets in Gaza
IDF says ‘senior terrorist operative’ Islam Khamayseh was killed in strike on the city of Jenin
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Man who stabbed ’defenceless’ grandfather ’for people of Gaza’ jailed
Ahmed Ali Alid, 45, told police after his arrest that the attack was "for the people of Gaza" and that if he had access to a machine gun he would have killed more people.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a woman’s body in a residence in Leicester
A 47-year-old man is in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder
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Judges rule sentence for Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane not ’unduly lenient’
Valdo Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was handed an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates, and the attempted murder of three others.
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34-year-old knifeman, who slashed a woman’s throat in a horrific daytime rampage, could face life imprisonment
Mohamed Nur was armed with a makeshift blade when he cut the throat of Johanita Kossiwa Dogbey, 31, in daylight last May 1. The victim was walking in Brixton after a shopping trip
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Man who killed girlfriend and three children reportedly assaults fellow inmate, fracturing their skull with a claw hammer
A man jailed for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend and three children has now smashed the skull of a fellow inmate – with a claw hammer – it has been reported.
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Teenager who fatally stabbed British mother after break-in sentenced to 14 years in prison
A teenager who stabbed a British mum to death after breaking into her home in Australia has been jailed for 14 years.
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Sharon Beshenivsky: Robbery ringleader to be sentenced for PC’s murder
The ringleader of an armed robbery in which a police officer was shot dead almost 20 years ago is due to be sentenced for her murder.
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Labour pledges to address ’gaping loopholes’ concerning zombie knives following Daniel Anjorin’s death
The Government has long promised to ban zombie knives and machetes in its Criminal Justice Bill, which is currently going through Parliament - but campaigners say the legislation is full of holes
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Teenager sentenced to life in prison for the zombie-knife murder of a 16-year-old boy at a house party
A teenager who stabbed Mikey Roynon, 16, to death with a zombie knife has been jailed for life.
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Two teenagers, aged 17 and 15, charged with murder following the stabbing death of a ’caring’ father
A 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl have been charged with the murder of a 40-year-old father who was stabbed to death.