Chloe Harcombe BBC News, West of England Avon and Somerset Police Ryland Headley raped and murdered Louisa Dunne at her home in 1967 A 92-year-old man has been jailed for life for the rape and murder of a woman in a case that took 58 years to solve. Ryland Headley was 34 when he strangled...
Lili Sheppard, Andy Bennett & Mel Everett BBC News, Glastonbury Festival Nile Rodgers: ‘All killer and no filler’ Music legend Nile Rodgers has said playing Glastonbury Festival means “everything” to him. Thousands of people watched Nile Rodgers and Chic perform hit after hit on the Pyramid Stage earlier. Rodgers has written and produced songs for...
Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment. The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter killer”, had shocked the country and triggered debate over how suicide was discussed online. Shiraishi, then 30, lured his victims – most of...
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: Killer whales use kelp to ‘massage’ each other Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen “massaging” each other – rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, researchers filmed the animals selecting and biting off the kelp, then placing the tube-shaped piece of seaweed onto the...
George Herd BBC News Reporting fromCaernarfon Crown Court A judge described the attack as “senseless”, resulting in “catastrophic injuries” The daughter of a woman brutally killed by a drug dealer has said her life “shattered” the moment she saw the murderer enter her mother’s home. Dean Mears dragged grandmother Catherine Flynn, 69, from her bed...
Handout Harry Gilbertson was just 14 when he stabbed 12-year-old Ava White in a row over a Snapchat video A teenager who stabbed a12-year-old schoolgirl to death can be named for the first time as he turns 18. Harry Gilbertson was 14 when he attacked Ava White in Liverpool after a row over a Snapchat...
Cheshire Police Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life prison sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others Former health secretary Sir Jeremy Hunt has called for an “urgent re-examination” of the Lucy Letby case after “serious and credible” questions were raised by experts. The Conservative MP pleaded for the Criminal Cases Review...
Brian Farmer BBC News, Buckinghamshire Reporting fromLuton Crown Court Alice Cunningham BBC News, Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Police Joanne Pearson (left) and Teohna Grant (right) died at the scene in Santa Cruz Avenue in Bletchley in December A paranoid father who stabbed two women to death on Christmas Day while high on drugs has been jailed...
Kevin Duala & Lauren Hirst BBC News, Merseyside Reuters Sarah said facing Rudakubana in court would have been “a bit of closure for me” A girl who survived the Southport attack that claimed the lives of three girls has said she was angry she did not get the chance to face the “coward” who injured...
NSW Police Jade Young’s mother said her daughter’s death was the result of “cumulative failures” For many, Saturdays are something to look forward to – relaxed times, enjoyed with family and friends. But Elizabeth Young “dreads” them. It’s a weekly reminder of her daughter Jade’s violent murder at Westfield Bondi Junction. “On a lovely autumn...
The trial of Bryan Kohberger is current scheduled for August but there have been efforts by Kohberger’s lawyers to delay the trial because of a recent Dateline special that revealed new information about the case. I wrote about the Dateline special on May 10, the day it aired. The special included new video of what...
They suddenly don’t want to be identified with their murderous Free, Free Palestine poster boy. That’s kind of a hoot, don’t you think? They were all proud of him right up to when the heat came on. He’s a cowardly POS who slaughtered young folks at an event that was fostering greater understanding between warring...
Opponents say the bill “threaten[s] the foundational rights of free speech,” especially targeting pro-Palestine speech. Republicans have revived an effort to pass legislation deemed the “nonprofit killer” following warnings from left-wing and civil society groups that the move would give President Donald Trump broad leeway to crush dissent and attack his political opponents. The proposal...
Police are investigating an alleged attack on a prison officer by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana on Thursday, according to a report in the Sun. A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Police are investigating an attack on a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh yesterday. “Violence in prison will not be tolerated and we will always push for...
Prosecutors have dropped some of the charges against an Australian woman accused of killing three relatives and seriously injuring another with a toxic mushroom lunch. Erin Patterson will not face trial over allegations she also attempted to murder her husband, after those charges were withdrawn. She still faces four charges: three counts of murder and...