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UPDATED: Man jailed for Stockport manslaughter

A Wythenshawe man has today been sentenced for the manslaughter of his sister's ex-partner in Stockport in December 2021.

Man, 65, convicted after knife attack outside shop

A man who stabbed repeatedly stabbed another man outside a shop has been convicted.

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Three people guilty of murder after torturing woman and leaving her to die

Update 01/03/2024:

Shaun Pendlebury, Ashana Studholme and Lisa Richardson were sentenced at the Old Bailey on 1 March 2024 after being found guilty of murder at trial last year. Each defendant received a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 34 years.

Originally published 11/12/2023:

Three people have been convicted after dominating, torturing and then brutally beating a woman to death.

Two men sentenced for dog attack

Father and son Ian Loftus, 59, and Thomas Matthew Skillen, 29, have been sentenced for offences of being in charge of a dog which caused injury while dangerously out of control in a public place. Skillen was also sentenced for affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Man guilty of Radcliffe murder

A man has been found guilty of murdering his friend in his home in Radcliffe in August last year.

Murderer and cat killer Scarlet Blake jailed for life

Scarlet Blake will spend at least 24 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering 30-year-old Jorge Carreno in Oxford in 2021.

Doctor guilty of punching vulnerable patient

A doctor has been found guilty of ill-treating a vulnerable patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in August 2021.

Father convicted of manslaughter of six-month-old son

The father of a six-month-old baby who suffered a non-survivable brain injury has been convicted of manslaughter.

Father and stepson guilty of manslaughter

A man and his stepson have been found guilty of manslaughter, following the death of Dorothy Morgan in Whitehaven in February 2021.

Father sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his two-year-old daughter

A father convicted of murdering his two-year-old daughter, who died after sustaining catastrophic brain injuries, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

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