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Killer sentenced to life – 42 years after crime

A 61-year-old man has today, 4 November 2022, been given a life sentence for killing man in 1980.

Couple sentenced to life for murder of 15-year-old boy following a campaign of torture and abuse

A couple who subjected a 15-year-old boy to a sustained campaign of physical and mental abuse have been sentenced to life imprisonment for his murder, at Leeds Crown Court today.

Sebastian Kalinowski died last August from complications arising from the multiple serious injuries he sustained at the hands of his mother, Agniewska Kalinowska, and her long-term boyfriend, Andresz Latoszewski.

Man guilty of murder after woman he set on fire in 1998 died 21 years later

A man has been convicted of murder after a woman he doused with petrol and set on fire in 1998 died 21 years later.

Woman sentenced to 34 years for brutal murder

A 38-year-old woman has been jailed, today, Friday 28 October 2022, for the brutal murder of Mee Kuen Chong, known as Deborah Chong, a 67-year-old woman from the Wembley area of London.

Derbyshire house breaker convicted of murder for attack on older couple

A 34-year-old man has been convicted of murder and grievous bodily harm for an attack on an elderly couple in their home in Langwith Junction, Derbyshire.

Two men convicted of fatal stabbing in Carlisle

Two men have been convicted of murder following a nine-day trial at Carlisle Crown Court.

Kane Hull, 29, and Liam Porter, 33, pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter when they appeared in court in March 2022

Ryan Kirkpatrick, 24, was fatally stabbed on 18 September 2021 in Carlyle’s Court, Carlisle.

The Prosecution's case was there had been bad blood between Ryan Kirkpatrick and Kane Hull for some time and this had led to the events that took place on 18 September 2022.

Gang members jailed for attempted murder of schoolboy

Three members of a Birmingham gang have been jailed for life for the attempted murder of a 13-year-old boy today (14 October 2022) at Birmingham Crown Court.

Killer jailed for life after murdering Canadian girlfriend

Jack Sepple, 23, strangled and stabbed 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth at his home in Chelmsford, Essex.

Arsonist who killed two people in flat fire jailed for life

A Reading man who admitted murdering two people when he set fire to a block of flats has today been sentenced to a whole life order.

14-year-old Gateshead boy charged over death of Tomasz Oleszak

The Crown Prosecution Service has overnight authorised Northumbria Police to bring multiple charges against a 14-year old Gateshead boy in relation to the death of 14 year-old Tomasz Oleszak earlier this week.

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