All news on the topic: Murder trial

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Mum of 5-year-old found dead in suitcase arrested after 2 years on the run
Indiana State Police this week arrested Dejaune Anderson over the death of her five-year-old son whose body was found in a suitcase two years ago just before the mother disappeared
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How 'voice-activated' Alexa made a liar of monster who killed Angie
Angie White, 41, was brutally killed by her abusive husband Daniel White, 36 - and her Alexa device proved key in court as it helped secure a conviction for the monster
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Mastermind behind PC Beshenivsky raid says robber offered to 'get money back'
PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, had only been an officer for nine months when she was shot in the chest, after she responded to a robbery at Universal Express in 2005
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'My mum was jailed for helping her pal die - she never regretted what she did'
The novelist Deborah Moggach - whose mother was convicted of attempted murder for helping a friend end her life - hopes the new drama she's written will have as big an effect on public debate as Mr Bates vs The Post Office
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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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'Beautiful' boy, 17, murdered after bravely standing up to estate's drug kingpin
Callum Riley, 17, was stabbed to death in September 2022 in a fight in Manchester with a friend at the home of a drug dealer with whom he had become embroiled in a feud
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Moment knife-wielding teen chases man through clothes shop after deadly stabbing
Joshua Howell and his friend Alfie Hammett, both 19, have been put behind bars after a deadly stabbing in Ipswich - the attack was branded a 'senseless act of extreme violence'
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Woman who murdered girl, two, appeals sentence arguing CCTV 'violated privacy'
Child killer Karen Harrington, 40, is appealing her life sentence for the murder of two-year-old Santina Cawley on privacy grounds after being convicted by a jury in 2022
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Woman killed with husband after 'group boarded yacht' was 'raped', police say
Kathy Brandel, who was murdered alongside her husband, Ralph Hendry in the Caribbean, was raped before she was killed, according to reports, as three were arrested and charged with murder
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Cruel trolls abused Brianna Ghey's mum during trial saying 'you're a failure'
Esther Ghey, the mother of Brianna Ghey, spoke about an emotional meeting with murderer Scarlett Jenkinson's family as she also opened up about the hateful, transphobic abuse she received
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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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Oldest man on death row had gut-busting last meal before dying in 'severe pain'
America's oldest death row inmate Walter Moody enjoyed a lavish 2,100-calorie dinner surrounded by friends before being administered a lethal injection and suffering an agonizing death
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Moment police arrest killer who dumped human remains in ponds across a county
Lee Clarke from Harlow, Essex, murdered friend Phillip Lewis before disposing of his remains in several locations across the county before they were eventually found
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Man blows kiss after jury finds him guilty of murdering and dismembering victim
Lee Clarke has been convicted of murdering Phillip Lewis who was found dismembered in several ponds around Harlow, Essex, and is due to be sentenced next week
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British spy Stakeknife who ran IRA 'nutting squad' cost 'more lives than saved'
Operation Kenova published damning findings about the actions of 'Stakeknife', who was a British mole embedded in the IRA unit responsible for interrogating and torturing suspected informants
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Armed police officer accused of murdering man in fatal shooting can now be named
The police marksman accused of the murder of unarmed Black man Chris Kaba, 24, in Streatham, south-west London, in September 2022 can be named publicly as 40-year-old Martyn Blake for the first time after a lengthy legal battle
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Murder defendant's cutting remark as account is labelled 'nonsense' in court
Liam Thomas, from Crosby, from Merseyside is accused of murdering his cousin Matthew Horton by stabbing him to death outside a block of flats in a row over a woman
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Shay Kang's mum 'pictured' in court charged with murder of 10-year-old daughter
Jaskirat Kaur appeared in court charged with the murder of her 10-year-old daughter Shay King. A police cordon remains in place at the house in Rowley Regis where the schoolgirl was found
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Dognapping killer who left victim decomposing inside duvet jailed for 19 years
Killer Ian Connell, 39, who murdered 45-year-old Donald Patience before leaving his decomposing body wrapped in a duvet and taking his beloved dog has been jailed
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Police officer wounded in bungled robbery says they 'didn't have a chance'
PC Sharon Beshenivsky was killed and her colleague Teresa Milburn wounded during a raid on a travel agents. The mum was the seventh serving UK policewoman killed in the line of duty
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Lover lured boyfriend into honeytrap after family paid £3k to have him murdered
Emma Giles and her family hatched a twisted murder plot to kill her ex-boyfriend - but he narrowly escaped death after he was stabbed in the chest outside his home
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Woman, 55, found dead in home named by police as man charged with murder
Attempts to save 55-year-old Christine Bauld, who was found seriously injured at her home, failed. Gregor Bauld, 22, has appeared in court charged with her murder
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Tears and hugs in emotional funeral for girl, 11, 'killed by family friend'
Audrii Cunningham was missing for five days before her body was found in a river near Houston on February 20
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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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'Horse whisperer's six-word sentence moment she's arrested for husband's murder
Keen horsewoman Christine Rawle plunged a knife 10cm into her husband's back then called a friend to "sort her dogs out" before removing the blade, prosecutors told the jury during the trial at Exeter Crown Court