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fromIndependent
1 day ago
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Billy Burns sentenced to life in prison for murder of his mother Miriam at her Co Kerry home three years ago

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1 day ago
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Man sentenced to life in prison for mother's murder at her Co Kerry home three years ago

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1 day ago
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Billy Burns sentenced to life in prison for murder of his mother Miriam at her Co Kerry home three years ago

fromIndependent
1 day ago
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Man sentenced to life in prison for mother's murder at her Co Kerry home three years ago

#robbery
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 day ago

Robber jailed for life after murdering pensioner in north London to steal his shopping

A robber fatally assaulted an 87-year-old pensioner over groceries and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.
France news
fromThe Local France
1 day ago

Frenchman jailed over killing champagne boss father

Yann Vadin received a 25-year prison sentence for murdering his father Jean-Luc, amid allegations of embezzling funds from the family champagne business.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Luigi: The Making and the Meaning by John H Richardson review sympathy for a devil?

A 26-year-old alleged killer, linked to internet influences, shot an insurance CEO, provoking public catharsis tied to anger over denied coverage and profit-driven health algorithms.
#domestic-violence
fromABA Journal
1 month ago
Chicago

Former BigLaw partner is accused of throwing his wife to her death from 24th floor stairwell

A former Duane Morris tax partner is accused of murdering his wife by throwing her from a 24th-floor stairwell.
fromwww.sgvtribune.com
4 weeks ago
California

Woman convicted of killing wife with sword in their California home, attacking mother-in-law

Weichien Huang was convicted of murder, attempted murder, corporal injury to a spouse, and destroying a cellphone after fatally stabbing her wife in July 2024.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Latin musician DELAROSA was killed ambush-style in L.A. Three have now been charged

Three Northridge men face murder and attempted robbery charges after an ambush-style killing of 22-year-old musician DELAROSA; one suspect remains fugitive.
#rape
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

New Zealand: 'Suitcase murders' mother sentenced to life DW 11/26/2025

Hakyung Lee was sentenced to life with a 17-year minimum non-parole period for murdering her two children in 2018 and hiding their bodies in suitcases.
US news
fromBoston.com
3 days ago

'I snapped': North Adams man accused of murdering parents, arson

A son, Darius Hazard, allegedly assaulted and set fire to his parents' house, killing them; he was arrested and charged with arson and murder.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Man indicted for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in brutal Upper Manhattan attack | amNewYork

A man allegedly stalked his ex, waited in her building, and fatally stabbed her multiple times; he was indicted on a murder charge.
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fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Man charged with two murders misses court hearing

Simon Levy, charged in two killings and additional offences, failed to appear at a magistrates' hearing and his case was sent to the Old Bailey.
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fromIrish Independent
4 days ago

Woman who died after knife attack in Cork hailed as someone who 'brought joy into the lives of all she met', funeral hears

Stella Gallagher, 59, died after a stabbing; son David was charged with her murder and assault on father; family remembered her joy and generosity.
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fromIndependent
4 days ago

Ex-soldier shot former army captain at his Co Kerry home after events took a 'foul turn', murder trial hears

A 67-year-old former Defence Forces member pleaded not guilty to murdering his 84-year-old friend and former army captain found shot dead in County Kerry.
#sexual-assault
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

Man charged with murder of second woman

Simon Levy, 40, has been charged with the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins and faces additional sexual violence charges.
#assault
fromIndependent
5 days ago
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Man (21) cleared of murder of Josip Strok gets suspended sentence for assaulting Croatian man's friend

fromIndependent
5 days ago
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Man (21) cleared of murder of Josip Strok gets suspended sentence for assaulting Croatian man's friend

#dismemberment
fromIndependent
5 days ago
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Man (32) pleads guilty to helping dispose of body parts of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods

fromGothamist
1 week ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn man sentenced to life for killing acquaintance, stashing body in the fridge

fromIndependent
5 days ago
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Man (32) pleads guilty to helping dispose of body parts of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods

fromGothamist
1 week ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn man sentenced to life for killing acquaintance, stashing body in the fridge

France news
fromThe Local France
6 days ago

Thousands rally in France after murder linked to anti-drug activism

Thousands gathered in Marseille demanding justice after 20-year-old Mehdi Kessaci was shot dead, a killing tied to anti-drug activism and drug crime.
Law
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Cop who allegedly killed Sandra Birchmore pleads not guilty on new charge

Matthew Farwell pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he killed Sandra Birchmore and caused the death of her unborn child, and he remains in custody awaiting trial.
World news
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

She set up three surfers visiting Mexico to be robbed, investigators say. All were found dead in a well.

A 23-year-old Mexican woman pleaded guilty and received a 20-year prison sentence for involvement in robbery and the deaths of three surfers in Baja California.
#life-sentence
#stabbing
fromVulture
1 week ago

Elsbeth Recap: Do Not Climb Ev'ry Bell Tower

As I watched the episode unfold, my giddy delight in Dianne Wiest's performance slid into sadness at what a dreadful corner Mother Constance felt herself backed into, disgust at Monsignor Frank ( David Rasche) for placing his ambition above the needs of the convent, and further disgust at Mother Constance's choice to exploit the solution to her long-ago crisis of faith in service of committing the worst of sins.
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UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Man arrested in Florida over murder and kidnap of vulnerable' British woman

Sonia Exelby, 32, was found dead in Florida after contacting a man; a suspect, Dwain Hall, was arrested and faces multiple charges including first-degree murder.
#kidnapping
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago
California

'I knew he was going to die': New details emerge in Calif. tech CEO murder case

fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago
California

'I knew he was going to die': New details emerge in Calif. tech CEO murder case

fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

Black trans TikTok star Girlalala killed; boyfriend charged with her murder

"She was the first transgender person many had the chance to meet through her role as an influencer on TikTok and likely saved lives by being an example for people looking for the words to describe their own journey. Her death takes place during a time of deep grief and mourning as our community commemorates Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience."
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US news
fromVulture
1 week ago

King of the Hill Star Jonathan Joss's Neighbor Indicted on Murder Charge

Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez was indicted on one count of murder for the June killing of actor Jonathan Joss.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

US charges ex-Olympic snowboarder turned drug kingpin with murder of witness

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Weddell allegedly led a violent multinational cocaine trafficking ring and is charged with ordering a witness's murder; international arrests followed.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 week ago

Killer who left victim decomposing in bathtub in north London jailed for life

Dante Forrest was brought to justice after Met officers used DNA evidence from Marvin's blood at the scene and trawled through hundreds of hours of CCTV to prove he was at the crime scene. They found Marvin's blood on a pizza box at the crime scene and uncovered crucial footage which showed him wearing Marvin's trainers in the days after his death. Mr Dickson's death was the result of substantial blunt force trauma to the left side of his head, according to a pathological examination.
UK news
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Woman told her sister three weeks before she was killed she would have to let murder accused son 'go'

A woman told her sister three weeks before she was killed that she would have to let her murder accused son "go", but the deceased "didn't want to hear it", a jury has heard.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Man who stabbed woman in the throat as they rode L.A. Metro is found guilty of murder

"This whole case is really sad. It's so senseless," said Bott, who said Nowden lacked a "moral compass."
Los Angeles
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fromIndependent
1 week ago

Two men sentenced to life for 'brutal' murder of 'amazing brother and super son' who was beaten to death on Dublin street

Two men received life sentences for the brutal Dublin murder of Josip Strok, with Mark Lee acting on weak hearsay after posting racist comments online.
#knife-crime
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Teenager charged with murder after death of girl, 17, in South Wales

A teenager has been charged with murder after a 17-year-old girl was killed in South Wales. The girl, named as Lainie Williams, was pronounced dead at the scene, Gwent police said. Cameron Cheng, 18, has been charged with murder and attempted murder, as well as possession of a bladed article. Cheng, who the force said is a British national from Newbridge, Caerphilly, will appear at Newport magistrates court on Monday.
UK news
#attempted-murder
California
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 weeks ago

ABC's Juju Chang uncovers exclusive new details about California woman's murder

Investigators used persistent detective work and surveillance to identify and arrest Nickey Stane for the 1996 murder of Debbie Dorian after 23 years.
Los Angeles
fromABC7 Chicago
2 weeks ago

Man accused of killing 'American Idol' exec, husband in California found incompetent to stand trial

A 22-year-old suspect in the fatal shootings of Robin Kaye and Thomas Deluca was found incompetent to stand trial and proceedings are suspended pending competency restoration.
US news
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

Livestream: Brian Walshe's competency hearing

Brian Walshe faces a competency hearing Friday after a jail stabbing, with murder and related charges pending and court aiming to resolve case by Christmas.
Television
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

The Beast in Me Recap: Kill the Beast

Nile Jarvis murdered his wife; Martin and Rick helped hide the body, undermining the show's central mystery and weakening character-driven intrigue.
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fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Man (45) charged with 2022 murder of Adnan Asic (60), who was attacked on late-night walk home

A 45-year-old man, Muris Coco, has been remanded in custody charged with murdering 60-year-old Bosnian national Adnan Asic in Blanchardstown in October 2022.
#forensic-evidence
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Man jailed over shooting murder of music manager

A coordinated, premeditated ambush using a 9mm pistol killed music manager Mr Powell, with ringleaders convicted and given lengthy prison terms.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

The red flags missed before Sara Sharif's tragic death

Ten-year-old Sara Sharif suffered prolonged, severe abuse by her father and stepmother, resulting in death while multiple agencies missed warning signs.
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Ominous text messages, a little black gun, and a dreadful smell: key moments from the Ruth Lawrence murder trial

Eleven years on from when the bodies of two missing Dublin men were found bound and buried in a shallow grave on a lake island in the midlands, the only person to face trial over their deaths - Ruth Lawrence - has been found guilty of their murders. The jury, by a majority verdict of 11-1, agreed with the prosecution case that 46-year-old Lawrence shot and worked "as a unit" with her boyfriend, South African national Neville van der Westhuizen,
Law
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Man charged with murdering his mother had called to her home but visit 'ended badly', jury told

A Kerry man who strangled his mother while suffering a manic or hypomanic episode related to bipolar disorder still understood what he was doing and is guilty of her murder, the State is to argue before a trial jury. Sean Guerin SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions in his opening speech today said that there is no dispute that the accused man, Billy Burns (55), was suffering from a mental illness when he assaulted his mother.
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France news
fromThe Local France
3 weeks ago

French court sentences American to 30 years for murdering wife and lover

An American man was sentenced to 30 years in France for murdering his estranged wife and her lover in 2020, and was stripped of parental rights.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Former British soldier accused of murdering Kenyan woman appears in court

A British man, Robert Purkiss, is facing extradition from the UK to Kenya on a murder charge over the 2012 killing of Agnes Wanjiru.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Driver who murdered Good Samaritan' when he ploughed car into crowd jailed

Jhangur hit five people with his Seat Ibiza when he arrived at his sister's wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the two families in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on December 27 2023. Jhangur, the bride's brother, first drove into the father of the rival Khan family, who was standing in the street, throwing him over the vehicle's bonnet, his trial heard earlier this year.
UK news
fromIrish Independent
3 weeks ago

Irishman charged with killing of US woman in Budapest

The prosecutor's office alleges the suspect, who arrived in the country less than a week before his arrest, met Ms Michalski at a nightclub, before they went to his rented apartment. The defendant is alleged to have tied up the victim before strangling her to death. Prosecutors have further alleged that the following day, he bought a large suitcase and transported her body in a rented car to a forested area 140km outside of the city.
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World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Erin Patterson appeals guilty verdicts over deadly mushroom lunch that killed three

Erin Patterson has lodged an appeal against her conviction for poisoning three relatives with beef wellingtons but will not appeal her sentence.
fromIrish Independent
3 weeks ago

Fundraising appeal for Cork postman who died after attack outside home

It's impossible to comprehend the pain that Katie and the boys are enduring. Barry was known to everyone as a funny, kind and caring man - a loyal friend, a loving partner, and an incredible father. He was deeply dedicated to his job which he loved with An Post and took immense pride in providing for his family. Above all, he cherished every moment with his children: Jayden (17), Jaxon (10), Archie (9), and Bodhi (2).
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fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Afghan refugee faces murder trial for fatal stabbing

Safi Dawood, an Afghan refugee, is charged with murdering a dog walker and attempting to murder his landlord and a 14-year-old in Uxbridge, 27 October.
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fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

'I feel like this is the last thing I can do for my little sister': Inquest into death of woman found murdered in burnt-out caravan will finally be held

An inquest into Emer O'Loughlin's murder will begin over 20 years after her body was found in a burnt-out caravan in rural Co Clare.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Jennie was killed because her violent partner was able to hide his past - now her family are fighting to save other women

Domestic abusers' crimes would be available for all to see under 'Jennie's Law' - and her brother is hoping her legacy is one that helps others Jason Poole, a secondary-school teacher from Finglas in Dublin, is today a man animated by the kind of anguished drive that propels those touched by avoidable tragedy into public life. He hasn't always been that way.
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fromQNS
1 month ago

East Elmhurst man gets 50 years to life in prison for murdering his mother, brother in 2023: DA - QNS

A Queens man received 50 years to life for fatally stabbing and shooting his mother and brother and concealing one body in a trash bag.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Ex-Stoughton officer now charged with death of Sandra Birchmore's unborn baby

Prosecutors say Farwell groomed Birchmore from the time she was a high school student, committing statutory rape and engaging in a yearslong sexual relationship with her. She became pregnant in late 2020 and told Farwell that he was the father. He allegedly killed her in February 2021 to prevent the truth about their relationship from coming to light, strangling her in her apartment and staging it to look like a suicide.
Law
US news
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Family of murder victim frustrated after suspect mistakenly released from East Bay jail

A murder suspect arrested in Contra Costa County was mistakenly released from Martinez jail and remains at large while U.S. Marshals search.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Hollywood producer receives nearly 150 years in prison for two murders, multiple rapes

Hollywood producer David Brian Pearce was sentenced to 146 years for multiple rapes and supplying fentanyl that caused two women's deaths.
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fromIndependent
1 month ago

Killer Richard Satchwell hinted his wife Tina had died in sea tragedy, while her body was buried just a few metres away

Richard Satchwell murdered his wife Tina in their Cork home in 2017 and concealed her burial while falsely claiming she died in a sea tragedy.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

What did Pasolini know? Fifty years after his brutal murder, the director's vision of fascism is more urgent than ever

Pasolini was murdered in 1975 in Ostia in a manner designed to suggest a sex-worker hookup and to silence his warnings about Italy's corruption.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Suspect, 22, charged with murder of man, 81, following his death in Streatham

A suspect has been charged with murdering an elderly man in south west London. Detectives have been unable to identify his next of kin. The Metropolitan Police said Hill, of Chelsham Road, Clapham, appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of murder. He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday. Detective Chief Superintendent Emma Bond, who leads policing in Lambeth said: Detectives from the Met continue to investigate Robert's sad death earlier this year.
London
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Double murderer takes children to McDonald's after killing their parents

Derek Martin murdered Chloe and Josh Bashford in June 2023, then collected their four children, took them to Costa Coffee and McDonald's, and later surrendered.
#uxbridge
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Teen surrenders to police in murder of autistic man at Bronx park | amNewYork

Cops say both Martinez and Lopez Castillo allegedly attempted to rob 26-year-old Ronell Marte just before 3 a.m. inside Starlight Park on Sept. 3. The pair allegedly approached Marte, a special needs adult, and held him up at gunpoint, demanding his cellphone. Things turned deadly when Martinez allegedly opened fire, shooting Marte in the chest. EMA rushed Marte to Saint Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved and was pronounced dead.
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fromABC7 Chicago
4 weeks ago

Baby Emmanuel's mother pleads not guilty to murder of missing 7-month-old son

Rebecca Haro pleaded not guilty to murder in the case of her missing 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro.
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