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Catherine Wells-Burr murderers jailed for life as judge criticises Polish trio's revenge, jealousy and greed
Monday 10 June 2013
They stood to secure a £123,000 life insurance payout and a half-share of a £137,000 two-bedroom house
Google and internet service providers urged to do more to block child pornography in wake of April Jones murder trial
Friday 31 May 2013
Mark Bridger's most visited websites showed violent images of murders, beheadings and dead children
Driver admits killing couple
Wednesday 24 April 2013
A disqualified driver is facing jail after killing a couple while they rode their tandem bike in Bristol – as he fled police. Nicky Lovell, 38, admitted causing the deaths of Ross Simons, 34, and his wife Clare, 30, by dangerous driving.
The News Matrix: Wednesday 24 April 2013
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Kerry: prepare for chemical attacks
Bristol motorist banned for driving 'under the influence of drum and bass'
Friday 05 April 2013
Delivery driver Aaron Cogley, 25, was pulled over by police after taking a sharp turn and then running two sets of red lights
Voyeur Reverend Richard Lee walks free from court over indecent pictures of girls and woman
Monday 04 March 2013
A Church of England vicar has walked free from court after admitting using secret cameras to spy on and film intimate pictures of three girls and a woman.
Driver remanded over tandem cyclists deaths
Wednesday 30 January 2013
A motorist has appeared in court accused of killing a couple who were knocked off their tandem bike in an alleged hit-and-run.
Manslaughter charges dropped against firework display organiser accused over 7 motorway deaths
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Manslaughter charges against a firework display organiser accused after seven people died in a pile-up on the M5 have been dropped.
Murderer Brian Grady on the run from Prescoed prison
Tuesday 15 January 2013
A murderer has gone on the run from prison and could be a danger to the public, police warned.
Winterbourne View scandal: Call for new care home neglect law
Monday 29 October 2012
The Winterbourne View scandal has shown the need for a new offence of “corporate wilful neglect” to prosecute care home-owners for allowing abuse to go on behind closed doors, the former care minister has said.
'Don't ask me why, because I don’t know' - Daughter of Christopher Halliwell says the killer taxi driver couldn’t explain why he murdered Sian O’Callaghan
Monday 22 October 2012
Natasha Halliwell also begged her father to 'tell the truth' about murdering missing prostitute Rebecca Godden.
Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell is jailed for 25 years for murdering Sian O'Callaghan but will escape justice over second murder because of police blunder
Saturday 20 October 2012
He also confessed to police that he had killed drug addict Becky Godden-Edwards, but he will never stand trial for her death. Why? Because the police failed to follow procedure
Vicar's killer placed condoms, pornography and party poppers around dead body, court hears
Thursday 04 October 2012
A man killed a fatally stabbed a highly-respected clergyman inside his vicarage then arranged the body in a gruesome tableau of pornography, religious imagery and party poppers before staying the night to drink beer and watch films, a court heard yesterday.
Rapist-murderer Mark Shirley set to die in jail as judge hands him 16 life sentences
Thursday 27 September 2012
A convicted murderer and rapist was told by a judge today that he will probably die in prison after being convicted of another knifepoint sex attack.
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