A mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath in east London has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, was found guilty of murdering Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, at their home in Cornwallis Road in December 2022. At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, Mr Justice Bennathan...
BBC Courtney Smith has waived her right to anonymity to tell BBC News NI about the abuse she endured A woman who was trafficked, sexually assaulted and forced into prostitution has said the abuse she suffered was so traumatic it has ruined her life. Courtney Smith was abused by 71-year-old Oliver James MacCormack. MacCormack, whose...
A Russian-American citizen has been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington. Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, had been in prison in Russia for over a year, after being arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg in early 2024. She was found guilty of treason for donating money to a US-based...
Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been sent home to the US to serve the rest of their jail terms. The three were originally sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were commuted to life in prison last week. US...
South Wales Police Hakan Barac arrived in the UK in April 2023 An Islamic extremist who arrived in the UK seeking asylum has been jailed for supporting terror group Islamic State. Turkish national Hakan Barac, 28, of Commercial Road, Newport, posted videos on social media sites glorifying terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi....
A former Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been jailed for eight years after he raped a woman he met on a dating website. PC Stuart Mines, 49, was off-duty when he raped the woman at his home in south Devon in October 2022. He denied rape and said sexual intercourse had not taken place...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Torridge District Council Len Ford stopped being a councillor after he was jailed for abuse against officials A former councillor who was jailed for a “tirade of abuse” against a senior official has been removed from his role with a by-election now being held. Len Ford represented Appledore on...
Ben Godfrey BBC Midlands Today West Midlands Police Brian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from a villa in Thailand A gang leader who co-ordinated from Thailand a £4m fake Xanax drug-making operation in West Midlands sheds and garages has been jailed for eight years. Up to 11...
RSPCA Vets said the dogs were suffering from neglect, anxiety and fear A man has been jailed for keeping 18 collie dogs in “appalling” conditions at his caravan home in Iddesleigh in Devon. Police were called to the caravan in February last year after 61-year-old Stephen Sturman was reported missing. Exeter magistrates court heard officers...
