All news on the topic: Murderers

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Prime suspect in estate agent’s murder dies in jail from apparent ‘aneurysm’
The prime suspect in the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh died in prison as a result of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, an inquest has heard.
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Baby killer could be released on license after serving 22 years in prison
The family of a baby who was battered to death by her mum’s boyfriend have been are ‘disgusted’ as her killer could be allowed to roam the streets again.
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Jack the Ripper ’finally unmasked after 136 years’ as DNA breakthrough identifies serial killer
The identity of Jack the Ripper has been a mystery for over 130 years - but one author believes he has unmasked the serial killer and even created an image of what he would have looked like
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Killers seen walking hand-in-hand minutes after ’sugar daddy’ was stabbed to death
A woman who stabbed her ‘sugar daddy’ to death after he ‘ran out of money’ has been jailed for 25 years.
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Crossbow murders suspect Kyle Clifford ‘paralysed by self-inflicted wound’
A man arrested over the crossbow murders of the wife and daughters of BBC commentator John Hunt has not been questioned by police yet.
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Baby-faced murderers, 13 and 14, jailed for life for stabbing schoolboy over cannabis dispute
The court heard how Nathaniel and Dermody had previously been pals
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Death Row killer Ruben Gutierrez who brutally murdered woman, 85, stops execution with 20 mins to go
Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of killing an 85 year old woman in 1998 and has been on death row in Texas for more than two decades, but his lethal injection was halted at the 11th hour
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Bushey crossbow killings: suspect taken to hospital after being located
Manhunt was launched after Carol Hunt, 61, and two of her daughters, Hannah and Louise, were found at their home, where they later died
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A woman has admitted to murdering her parents and leaving their remains to decompose for years
Virginia McCullough, 36, admitted murdering her parents in June 2019. It is now believed police visited the pair’s home while their remains were rotting upstairs
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A hitwoman who allegedly ’used a hijab in a botched UK contract killing’ has been ’detained’ in Armenia after five years on the run
She was allegedly living in a rented one-bed flat on the outskirts of Yerevan
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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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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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US banana giant ordered to pay $38 million to families of Colombian men killed by death squads
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad
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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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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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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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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.
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Violent attacks against environmental journalists on the rise
Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders
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Deported Albanian inmates in UK enjoy plush prisons with amenities
Around 12 murderers, eight rapists and more than 100 guilty of drugs or firearm offences are due to be deported to Albania to serve the remainder of their sentence
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Primary teacher lured boyfriend with sex before tying him up, killing him and burying body in garden
Fiona Beal, of Moore Street, Northampton, was arrested in March 2022 after police discovered the body
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An asylum seeker, reportedly inspired by revenge in Gaza, has been found guilty of murdering a pensioner in the street
A Moroccan asylum seeker who said he was inspired by “revenge” for the Israel-Hamas conflict has been convicted of murdering a pensioner out walking in the street.
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The grim murder of millionaire aristocrat Lord Shaftesbury, whose body was discovered in a desolate ravine, shocks the nation
Ahead of new Channel 5 documentary A Very British Sex Scandal: The Earl & The Escort, the Mirror takes a look at the death of aristocratic Anthony Ashley-Cooper, whose remains were found in a lonely ravine
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The police files on Jill Dando’s murder have revealed a significant unanswered question in the investigation
An unidentified individual, wearing a suit and tie, was caught on CCTV on the killer’s suspected escape route on April 26, 1999 - Jill Dando’s murderer has never been caught
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British Jewish woman murdered by Hamas saves five lives with organ donations
Lucy Dee, 48, was murdered a year ago and her husband, Leo, met three people who received her organs, including her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart
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