A man charged with murdering missing Reanne Coulson after a body was found in woodland has appeared in court. Mohammed Durnion, 42, appeared at Coventry Magistrates’ Court charged with 34-year-old Ms Coulson’s murder. She has been missing since 21 May. Another man, Adam Moore, 38, was charged with assisting an offender. Both men were remanded...
Stephen Fairclough BBC News BBC Paul Lewis is accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife A Swansea man accused of conspiring to have his estranged wife murdered paid £1,500 to a friend to hire a “hitman”, a court has heard. Paul Lewis, 54, from Fishmarket Quay, Swansea, and Dominique Saunders, 35, also from...
US film and TV giant Tyler Perry has been sued for $260m (£194m) by an actor who has accused the mogul of sexually assaulting him while working on his TV shows. Derek Dixon has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles accusing Perry of using his influence in the entertainment industry to create a “coercive, sexually...
Elon Musk has obviously used THC, because we have all seen him smoking pot in a state where it is legal to do so. But the Pravda Media has been hyping the story that Elon has a whole pharmacopia of drugs, legal and illegal, and that he abuses them so much that it presented a...
Kelly Foran & Rumeana Jahangir BBC News, Manchester BBC Danielle Horan said “persistence” helped her clear the allegation A woman who was wrongly accused of shoplifting toilet roll due to an apparent mix-up with a facial recognition system was left “fuming” after being ejected from two Home Bargains stores. Danielle Horan was escorted from the...
BBC/Ashitha Nagesh Lady Diana Brittan’s late husband, Lord Leon Brittan, was falsely accused by a fantasist of being involved in a Westminster paedophile ring The widow of ex-Home Secretary Lord Brittan, who was falsely accused of being part of a paedophile ring in Westminster, has criticised the decision to drop an investigation into the officer...
A UK soldier accused of raping a woman near a controversial British army base in Kenya allegedly attacked a British national, not a Kenyan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. In a statement the military said the man had been arrested and sent back to the UK following the alleged incident last month near...
BBC Even wars have rules. They don’t stop soldiers killing each other but they’re intended to make sure that civilians caught up in the fighting are treated humanely and protected from as much danger as possible. The rules apply equally to all sides. If one side has suffered a brutal surprise attack that killed hundreds...
Police are still looking for a Washington man they believe murdered his three young daughters one week ago. Travis Decker, 32, is wanted on kidnapping and first-degree murder charges for killing his daughters, aged nine, eight and five, according to the Wenatchee Police Department in Washington state. Officials believe Mr Decker, who they say is...
BBC Keisha Buchanan is one of the three original Sugababes A former professional footballer has appeared in court charged with assaulting Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan, and controlling when she could shower, wear lipstick or go to the gym. Taiwo Leo Atieno, 39, faces eight charges relating to his ex-girlfriend, Ms Buchanan, during an approximately 13-year...
An Australian woman accused of murdering relatives with beef Wellington documented herself using kitchen scales to calculate a lethal dose of toxic mushrooms, prosecutors allege. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to killing three people and attempting to murder another at her home in regional Victoria in July 2023. The 50-year-old says she never intended...
A member of New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s staff has resigned after being accused of secretly taking photos and videos of women, and recording audio of sex workers. Michael Forbes, Luxon’s deputy chief press secretary, offered his “sincerest apologies to the women I have harmed”. The allegations came to light after a sex worker...
The man accused of stabbing a 14-year-boy to death in east London had “a clear intention to kill,” a jury has heard. Marcus Monzo, 37, denies murdering Daniel Anjorin as the schoolboy left his home and walked to school in Hainault at 07:00 BST on 30 April last year. The defendant is also accused of hurting five...
Tom Edgington and Rob England BBC Verify BBC Good weather and the willingness of people smugglers to cram more people onto small boats have been highlighted by the government as factors driving the level of migrant Channel crossings. The Home Office has released figures showing that the number of “red days” – when conditions are...
Zac Sherratt BBC News, South East Danz Photography Phineas Float, Jon Collyer and Lisa Stocker (left to right) are accused of drug offences in Bali The trial of three British nationals detained in Indonesia on drug smuggling charges has begun. Jon Collyer, 38, and Lisa Stocker, 39, were arrested at Bali’s international airport in February...