All news on the topic: Murder trial

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'Ground Zero of drugs' with zombie-like addicts as heroin and crack made legal
In the province of British Columbia, anyone today and for the next three years caught with 2.5 grams or less of hard drugs such as fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine and crystal meth will no longer be arrested
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Baby died 'in extreme pain during collapse' under care of murder-accused nurse
Lucy Letby, 33, is accused of murdering the girl, referred to as Child I, at Countess of Chester Hospital in October 2015 having already made three previous attempts
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Woman tried to kill lookalike with poison cheesecake in bid to steal identity
Viktoria Nasyrova was found guilty of attempted murder after poisoning Olga Tsvyk with a cheesecake laced with a powerful sedative and she will be sentenced on March 21
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Dad's mutilated body left on road after sadistic vigilantes bundle him into boot
The men have been jailed for more than 200 years for killing Christopher Hughes after they mistakenly believed he had raped a teenager in Wigan at knifepoint
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Alleged murderer told 999 'There's blood everywhere' after stabbing girlfriend
Kevin Mannion, 45, s accused of murdering 22-year-old Elinor O'Brien in a flat in Manchester, on Tuesday, August 16 last year. The court heard the harrowing 999 call
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'Murdered' baby boy's eyes so badly swollen he looked like a panda, court hears
Jacob Lennon, aged fifteen months, suffered 'sadistic' injuries to his genitals and his eyes were so badly swollen he looked like a 'panda', a murder trial has heard
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Girl, 8, beaten to death by her own grandmother as she dies of severe injuries
Patricia Ann Ricks, 72, was the legal guardian of her 8-year-old granddaughter, police said, and she lived with her and her "several" other siblings in Nashville, North Carolina, US
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XXXTentacion trial begins as three charged with rapper's murder in Florida
Michael Boatwright, 27, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, are all facing life in prison if convicted of the murder of XXXTentacion
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Predator who raped and murdered student Libby Squire got £110,000 in legal aid
Evil Pawel Relowicz benefited from thousands from the taxpayer after he was charged with the murder of Hull student Libby Squire, whose grieving mother he has refused to meet
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PC David Carrick handed 30 years after he's exposed as one of UK's worst rapists
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape as well as charges of sexual assault, controlling and coercive behaviour and false imprisonment
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Former victim who escaped jungle paedo cult shares details of monstrous abuse
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Yisrael Amir, now 22, was just 12 years old when his father ripped him away from his home in Israel with the promises of a heavenly life in Guatemala, but he instead arrived at a cult compound where leaders have been accused of raping children
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Gangsters arrested in 'cartel' murder which saw teen mum and baby shot in head
Suspected gang members Noah David Beard, 25, and Angel "Nanu" Uriarte, 35, were dragged into custody after six people were murdered in a brutal massacre in January, including a teen mother and her six-month-old baby boy
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'Gentle giant' killer stabs man after being accused of flirting with girlfriend
Mason Mills stabbed Kieron Moore to death after the victim attacked him with a plank of wood as he stood smoking outside his sister's house, wrongly believing him to be involved with his girlfriend
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Mum believed beaten and tortured before being found decomposed in child's bed
The body of Shakira Spencer was found decomposed in her child's bedroom in her flat and it is alleged she was beaten and tortured - at a hearing at the Old Bailey in London today, Lisa Richardson denied murder and preventing a lawful burial
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Dad 'changed his shirt' the night he is accused of shooting son and wife dead
The Snapchat videos, sent by murdered 22-year-old Paul, have been shown in court with a witness saying it places Alex Murdaugh at the scene shortly before the killings
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Lucy Letby wrote sympathy card to parents of baby she's accused of murdering
Lucy Letby wrote a card to the grieving parents of a baby girl she allegedly murdered, saying that their loved one would be 'remembered with many smiles', a court heard
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Sick dad who murdered his nine-week-old baby in fit of rage at bath time jailed
Leon Mathias, 34, killed his son Hunter after becoming angry with his crying at bath time. He will have to serve a minimum term of 16 years before he is considered for release
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Two suspects arrested after man killed in fight over Arsenal defeat to Man City
A Ugandan police spokesman said that a 25-year-old man had intervened as his brother, an Arsenal fan, fought with two City supporters
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'Caring' grandad found stabbed to death in his home as woman charged with murder
Paul Wagland, described as a 'caring and funny' dad and grandad, was tragically found dead in his own home in Bristol in the early hours of Monday morning and a 41-year-old woman has been charged
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Murder suspect 'killed victim's toddler during twisted game of hide and seek'
Andrew Innes has admitted killing Bennylyn Burke and her daughter Jellica but denies murder as another girl at the scene claims the toddler was killed during a game of hide and seek
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Russian model killed after calling Putin a 'psychopath' was strangled by her ex
After slaughtering Gretta Vedler, 23, evil Dmitry Korovin, 24, took out a £7,850 loan in her name with her banking apps and slept in a Moscow hotel room with her corpse for three nights
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Man admits killing mum and toddler, 2, and burying bodies under kitchen floor
Andrew Innes, 52, is accused of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her toddler daughter Jellica Burke, at a home in Dundee in 2021 after meeting the mum on a dating app
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Woman finds 'doppelgänger' on social media before killing her to stage own death
The mutilated body of a woman was found in a Mercedes Benz in a residential part of Ingolstadt in Germany, but the woman initially thought to be the victim turned out to be the killer, police say
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Dad lost temper before murdering baby and then claimed he tried to save him
Leon Mathias was told to expect an "inevitable" jail sentence for killing his nine-week-old son Hunter, who prosecutors say he killed after losing his temper with the baby's crying
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Brian Walshe 'dismembered his wife for grim reason', criminal expert claims
A professor of criminal psychology has commented on Ana and Brian's case claiming that dismembering a body isn't related to the suspect's legal mental health state