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Menezes family stages courtroom protest
Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes staged a courtroom protest today - just minutes before jurors were sent out to consider verdicts.
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Shannon's mother was 'pure evil'
Thursday, 4 December 2008
The mother of Shannon Matthews was condemned today as "pure evil" and told she faces a substantial jail sentence after being found guilty of kidnapping her own daughter.
'Jealous detective attacked policewoman partner'
Thursday, 4 December 2008
A police inspector told a jury today that the married detective sergeant she lived with assaulted her after becoming jealous about an affair.
Detectives cried after finding Shannon
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Two burly detectives with nearly 60 years' experience between them broke down in tears on finding Shannon Matthews.
Drug mule pensioners
Thursday, 4 December 2008
A 77-year-old grandmother has been jailed for trying to smuggle £1m of cocaine into Britain. Terri Judd investigates the new couriers
Mother critical after carjacking
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Woman was dragged along road under her car
Child murderer's sentence 'excessive'
Thursday, 4 December 2008
The first person in the world to be convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence was given the go-ahead to challenge his sentence today.
Mother of seven portrayed as sink estate slob
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Mother-of-seven Karen Matthews has been regularly portrayed as the epitome of a benefit-dependent, sink estate slob.
Shannon 'totally betrayed' by mother's financial motives
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Shannon Matthews was "totally betrayed" by her mother whose motivation for kidnapping her was purely financial, the senior investigating officer said today.
Detective 'felt doubts about Matthews' story'
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Detective Constable Christine Freeman suspected from early on in the investigation that certain aspects of Karen Matthews' account "didn't seem to fit".
Key dates in search for Shannon
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Here are the key dates and times in the story of the disappearance of Shannon Matthews.
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7 'Jealous detective attacked policewoman partner'
8 Shannon 'totally betrayed' by mother's financial motives
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