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A jury delivered a guilty verdict in Slough Crown Court today for the murder of 20-year-old university student Oliver Reed. The killing involved a ceremonial dagger, thrust during a random night-time assault in West London last October. Police have yet to determine a motive or connection between the attacker and victim beyond proximity at the time of the crime.
A man has been charged with murdering 26-year-old farmer James Whitmore in a Derbyshire field in October 2022. Police confirmed the arrest Thursday, ending a prolonged investigation that saw no arrests despite two public appeals.
A 76-year-old woman has been found guilty of murdering her 8-year-old stepdaughter in 1975, closing a 49-year-old case. The breakthrough came from a family member who confessed to police in 2022, exposing a hidden crime that haunted a community for generations.
Charmain Speirs was found dead in a Ghana hotel six months after marrying self-proclaimed prophet Eric Adusah. After charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, a new podcast reveals her final mission: uncovering her husband’s hidden identities and two marriages.
A jury heard the accused feared he would be attacked with his own kirpan, leading to the fatal stabbing of a university student in broad daylight. The case centres on a confrontation outside a London train station on a Saturday evening in October 2023.
Coventry man Thomas Niven, 37, was found dead in a wheelie bin Friday. Tammy Sturdy, 45, Camron Sturdy, 21, and Shane Turkington, 37, face murder charges after being remanded in custody pending a Coventry Magistrates' Court hearing Thursday.
A Utah mother who wrote a children’s book on grief was convicted of murdering her husband with ethylene glycol in 2022. Prosecutors proved premeditation after toxicology reports linked the chemical to her book’s themes of loss and her online research on lethal doses.
A mother in London has been charged with murder after her 18-day-old baby tragically fell from a height. Police have confirmed the details of the case.