All news on the topic: Murder trial

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Schoolgirl murder suspect asks cops 'what evidence have you got?' before arrest
David Boyd, 55, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court where he denies the 1992 murder of seven-year-old Nikki Allan and the jury has seen video footage of his arrest by police
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Skydiving instructor jailed for murdering partner when she tried to dump him
Ashley Kemp, 55, has been jailed for life for the murder of beauty salon owner Clair Armstrong having headbutted and then strangled her in a fit of rage after she threatened to dump him over rape allegations
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Mum accused of murdering son, 9, called 999 and claimed he 'fell asleep in bath'
Carla Scott is on trial at Coventry Crown court accused of child cruelty and murder of her nine-year-old son Alfie Steele, while her partner Dirk Howell faces a manslaughter charge
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Man slit wife's throat after searching online for ways to get away with murder
In his chilling search history the Turkish man had looked up "punishment for killing a cheating wife" and "which diseases do not have a criminal liability"
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Man, 30, choked to death in headlock after outburst on New York Subway train
The man who went on to die on the floor of the New York Metro train had started acting eratically and threatening other passengers, police said. Another person attempted to restrain the man by putting him in a chokehold
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Nurse sobs as she describes being arrested in pyjamas for 'murder' of 7 babies
Lucy Letby, 33, is on trial accused of murdering seven new born babies and attempting to kill another ten in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire, between June 2015 and June 2016
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Boy, 9, died after being 'held in cold bath and whipped by mum and boyfriend'
Alfie Steele was allegedly beaten and whipped by his own mum Carla Scott and her fiancé Dirk Howell at their home in Droitwich, and held in a cold bath
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Accused killer nurse defends Facebook searches of dead babies' relatives
Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered five boys and two girls, and attempted to murder another five boys and five girls, between June 2015 and June 2016 at the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital
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Cash App founder Bob Lee had cocaine and ketamine in system when he died
Cash App chief Bob Lee, 43, was stabbed in the chest twice and tragicall died in a senseless mugging in San Francisco
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Mum accused of hacking son, 5, to death with machete before eating his head
The mother, identified only as Hanaa, was arrested after the remains of her five-year-old son Youssef were found by his uncle stuffed in a bucket at the family home in Abu Shalabi, Egypt
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Nurse Lucy Letby explains 'I am evil' note found after she 'murdered 7 babies'
Lucy Letby, a nurse, is alleged to have murdered five boys and two girls, and attempted to murder another five boys and five girls at the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital
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Teenage mum who threw newborn baby in the bin jailed
WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT AND PICTURES: 19-year-old Alexis Avila threw her newborn baby boy into a rubbish bin behind a shopping centre on a cold winter's day, thankfully he was found by people looking through the bin that same day with the judge warning he likely would not have survived if not
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Thomas Cashman's final desperate message to try and intimidate getaway driver
Paul Russell, jailed for assisting Thomas Cashman in the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, said he "terrified" after the killer gave him one final message
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Chilling moment man 'returns to date after shooting dead parking scammer'
Erick Aguirre, 29, allegedly told his date "everything was fine" and that he just scared the man after returning to the Rodeo Goat restaurant
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Mother kills her son then cooks and eats part of his head
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Egyptian mother Hanaa, 29, who is being assessed for mental health issues, reportedly decapitated and ingested her five-year-old boy because she "wanted him to stay with her forever"
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Ex boss of council responsible for baby Finley gets new job as child advisor
Social workers at Derbyshire County Council were probed about what chances were missed to save baby Finey after he died on Christmas day at the hands of his parents
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Evil dad who murdered wife and four kids aged from one to 10 sentenced to death
Michael Wayne Jones Jr. admitted to killing his wife with a metal baseball bat before stangling his step sons and drowning his two biological daughters in Marion County, Florida
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Jury in Lori Vallow's murder trial shown pictures of victim covered in blood
Lori Vallow and husband Chad Daybell have been accused of three murders including Daybell's wife and Vallow's two children. Prosecutors have said the mum began to believe their children were Satanic 'zombies'
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Teacher admits killing boyfriend buried in garden but 'doesn't remember details'
Primary school teacher Fiona Beal, 49, is accused of murdering her boyfriend Nicholas Billingham and burying his body in their garden in Northampton
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Michael Stone 'will die in jail unless Russell murders conviction is overturned'
The lag was 37 when he was handed three life sentences for bludgeoning Dr Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan to death with a hammer
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Girl, 7, 'stabbed in the heart by killer who left her to die in dark basement'
Seven-year-old Nikki Allan was dragged by the ankles down the stairs of the old Exchange building in Sunderland on October 7, 1992, having been attacked on the first floor, suffering multiple knife wounds, a court heard
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Nurse accused of murdering seven babies 'wrote "I killed them" on Post-it note'
Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neo-natal unit between June 2015 and June 2016
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Woman who had fling with girl's killer back with ex after helping catch gunman
A key witness in the Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder case felt compelled to come forward after learning that Thomas Cashman, with whom she was having an affair, had killed the nine-year-old
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Levi Bellfield admits Russell murders as man jailed over deaths demands freedom
Michael Stone says Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield’s confession contains information about the hammer attack in 1996 which only the murderer would know
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Remains of 'cult mum's' daughter recovered in 3 bags as cause of death revealed
The cause of deaths of Lori Vallow Daybell's two children, who bodies were found buried in an eastern Idaho yard, have been revealed in the 16th day of the shocking trial