All news on the topic: Murder trial

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Witchcraft-obsessed schizophrenic accused of murdering stranger dies in prison
Emma Borowy, 32, suffered from schizophrenia and had an obsession with witchcraft - she stabbed Roger Leadbeater, 74 in August as he walked his dog in a Sheffield park
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Serial killer's widow guilty for part in British student's murder 33 years ago
Joanna Parrish was just 20 when she was raped and killed in Moneteau, France in May 1990 by Michel Fourniret - known as the Ogre of the Ardennes - who confessed to her murder three years before his death in prison in 2021
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Killers carried out revenge attack on ‘gentle giant’ murdered in his own home
Ryan White and Damian White stormed in Warren Burns' home, sending his partner and child fleeing in terror, before they savagely beat the dad and left him to die of his injuries three days later
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Brianna Ghey murder suspect compared to 'Tesco meal deal' by own defence
Boy Y, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is on trial for murder along with Girl X, both 16, following the death of Brianna Ghey who was stabbed 28 times in a Warrington park
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Last two words of man killed by wife before being found with no 'organs in body'
Cocina Penn had claimed she and her husband were trying to escape a robber who then killed her husband in the middle of the night in Kentucky
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Clare Holland killer finally brought to justice in chilling undercover footage
Footage taken by an undercover Avon and Somerset Police officer managed to bring Darren Osment to justice after he initially walked away with a minor conviction for killing his partner Claire Holland
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Suspected serial killer lured victims into woods to hunt for buried treasure
A suspected serial killer allegedly led his victims into the woods after asking them for help digging up buried treasure, then slaughtered and buried them in a park near Seattle
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Holly Willoughby 'has gone cold' over Dancing on Ice amid 'crisis of confidence'
Holly Willoughby has told pals that she wants to present Dancing on Ice, but ITV bosses fear she may have gone cold on the idea following an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her
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Dating app conman boasted he beat up baby killer in jail as 'you don't hit kids'
Lloyd Neels, 36, punched Sean Sadler in the head before he kicked the baby killer at least twice inside HMP Birmingham before he was dragged away by prison officers
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Killer's eight chilling words as he confessed to mum of 4's murder in 999 call
Darren Osment has been found guilty of murder after he confessed in a 999 call to killing mum of four Claire Holland and disposing of her body in the Severn Estuary in 2012
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Chilling case of 'bubbly' cheerleader, 19, beaten and strangled to death on NYE
Valerie Zavala Wilson, 19, went to a New Year's Eve party in Fillmore, California but never returned home, with her naked body found in a concrete drainage pipe on New Year's Day
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Boy, 13, 'stabbed mother to death as baby sister slept a few feet away'
Prosecutors played a recording of Floridan Derek Rosa, 13, confessing to the murder of his mother Irina Garcia, 39, saying he grabbed a knife and killed her
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Man told wife 'if I can’t have them neither can you' before murdering three kids
Police arrived at the Chicago home for a welfare check only to find the grim note left for Jason Karels estranged wife and the three children dead from drowning
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Killer mum vomits in court she's shown photos of son she starved to death
A Muskegon County Circuit Court jury deliberated just over an hour before convicting her of first degree murder
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Callous ex-partner murdered woman and dumped body near M1 motorway lay-by
Following an argument, Darren Hall killed Sarah Henshaw and disposed of his former partner's body in woodland near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, some 20 miles from her home
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Three guilty of killing schoolgirl found dead in river 27 years ago
Caroline Glachan was just 14 when she was found dead in 1996 and today, a jury at the High Court in Glasgow convicted Robert O’Brien, 45, Donna Marie Brand, 44, and Andrew Kelly, also 44, of her murder
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Boy, 8, looks skeletal in grim photos before he died with disturbing note found
Navin Jones, 8, was found covered in bruises and starved with his bones visible in disturbing photographs at his Peoria, Illinois, home, the trial for his murder has revealed
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Co-accused claims he was 'relieving himself behind tree' during murder of teen
Boy Y - who has been diagnosed with selective mutism, as well as autism spectrum disorder since the murder - said he was relieving himself behind a tree when Brianna Ghey was killed
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Mum shot dead at home was 'trying to protect family from balaclava-clad gunman'
Lianne Gordon died after being shot in the head at her home in Hackney last week. The Old Bailey has now heard the mum was trying to protect her family at the time
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Accused killers blame each other for stabbing teen Brianna Ghey to death
WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT: On day 13 of the murder trial, the two teenagers accused of killing Brianna Ghey claim each other stabbed her to death in Culcheth Linear Park, Cheshire
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Three words boy, 16, told police when he was accused of murdering Brianna Ghey
Boy Y has "gradually stopped speaking" to anyone apart from his mother following his arrest for the murder of Brianna Ghey and had been diagnosed with selective mutism, as well as autism spectrum disorder
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Baby-voiced Jon Venables describes James Bulger murder in harrowing recording
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson took toddler James Bulger from a shopping centre in Liverpool and brutally murdered him before trying to blame each other for their sick crimes
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Boy accused of stabbing teen to death 'didn't agree with trans and gay people'
The teenage girl accused of Brianna Ghey's murder told Manchester Crown Court her co-defendant 'had a problem' with transgender people and referred to the victim as 'it'
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Mum in court after two kids shot dead as family blast 'unemotional' attitude
"Killer" mum Tiffanie Lucas arrived in Court Monday "stoned faced" as the judge in her murder trial decided to uphold her $2 million(£1,592,102) bond Monday at the request of the prosecution
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DJ tortured by members of 'international organised crime', court hears
Father-of-two Mehmet Koray Alpergin and partner Gozde Dalbudak were kidnapped before the dad was tortured to death while being held captive in a restaurant near the Tottenham Hotspur stadium