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Couple sprayed mum-of-4 with ammonia, gagged her and then tortured her to death
Dominic Wallis and Elizabeth Ellis, from Nuneaton, have been jailed for the murder of Dionne Clark, who was left with 69 separate injuries after the attack in June last year.
Killer who murdered TV costume designer arrested after going on the run
Mark Woolley, 52, from Hackney, east London, was jailed for the murder a BBC costume designer Liz Sherlock, 42, after he run her over after his girlfriend snatched her handbag.
Mental health patient tried to kill stranger by pushing him in front of Tube train on day release
Alan Alencar shoved Alain Lesjongard onto tracks at Bayswater Underground Station on 2 November. The District line train ran over Lesjongard who escaped with a broken ankle.
Jasmine Forrester, 11, dies in hospital after knife attack in grandmother's Wolverhampton home
Jasmine Forrester suffered multiple stab wounds during an incident at her grandmother's home on Kent Road, Wolverhampton. A 51-year-old man has been arrested by police on suspicion of murder.
Murderer posted sick Facebook tribute to 16-year-old girl he knifed to death
Shea Heeley, 19, admitted stabbing Leonne Weeks, 16, to death on a towpath near Dinnington, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on Monday 16 January.
Paedophile lesbian tricked schoolgirls into having sex by making them think she was a boy
Paedophile Jordana Davidson, of Rosehill Road, Rhyl, was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Mold Crown Court after being found guilty of five counts of sexual activity with a child
Thug attacked his 91-year-old mother as she slept and then set upon her carer
James Lacey assaulted his mother and a female carer who had arrived to care for her. Liverpool Crown Court heard he told the women: 'I'm going to kill the f***ing pair of you now'.
'Monstrous' paedophile convicted of raping children collapses in dock when he is jailed for 22 years
Arwyn Cellan Thomas, 49, from Morristown, Swansea, collapsed in the dock at Swansea Crown Court when he was found guilty of 15 charges relating to historic sexual abuse of children
Ex-Gladiators star Warrior told 'we will stab you in neck' by knife gang demanding cash
Mike Ahearne, better known as Warrior in the 90's ITV series, was threatened in Ruben's Coffee Shop, Birkenhead, on 8 August last year.
Murder probe launched after skull found in field by teenager playing football with friends
Jack Grant, 13, was visiting his grandmother's house in the Swaithe area of Barnsley when he kicked the ball into a nearby field and made the gruesome discovery.
UK's worst sex offender blackmailed victim into eating dog food for sick images on dark web
The 'highly manipulative' Cambridge graduate Dr Matthew Falder was found guilty of 137 offences at Birmingham Crown Court and will be sentenced this week.
Ruthless gang battered dog and its owner after he put dog poo in one of their bins
The gang of four men Paul Hands, Darren Barnfather, John McCarthy and Darren Bagnall attacked a man in Holebottom in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, in July 2016.
Disgraced police officer who pursued vulnerable women for sex jailed
Ihsan Ali, 40, of Bacup, Lancashire, was a response officer has been jailed for two years after he was convicted of Misconduct in Public Office.
Sadistic killer boasted 'I feel great' while beating to death disabled beggar he force-fed bleach
Jiri Ulman, from Manchester, was known as 'stick man' because of his crutches but died after being subjected to a brutal beating and force fed bleach by Miroslav Kolman last year
Police release e-fit images of three men suspected of trying to force man into bitcoin transfer
Four men entered Oxford home, threatened occupants with firearm and forced victim to transfer bitcoin.
Female carer who sexually assaulted disabled woman in the shower jailed
Vicky Hooper, 29, from Halstead, Essex, sexually assaulted her 37-year-old disabled victim, who suffers from a nerve condition, while working as her carer.
Man 'executed' his neighbour to avoid paying £44k designer clothes' debt
Haroon Rafiq has been jailed for life for "executing" his neighbour Sajad Hussain to avoid paying back a debt. He will serve a minimum of 24 years in prison.
Man, 22, fatally wounded in knife attack in Tottenham
A 22-year-old man was found in a residential street in Tottenham with fatal stab wounds in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Teenager stabbed budding male model who died in front of parents after girlfriend 'joke'
A jury at Birmingham Crown Court found a 17-year-old boy guilty of stabbing 26-year-old James Brindley to death in Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands in June last year.
Teenage tearaways shot two men in the face because they 'desperately needed cannabis'
The two 16-year-olds, from Kirkdale and Everton, in Liverpool, used a gas-powered BB gun to rob a taxi driver and a newsagent to steal money to spend on the Class B drug.
Fake news: Jack the Ripper letters may have been journalist hoax
New analysis of two letters, supposedly written by the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper, suggests that they may have been penned by journalists.
'Twisted tag team' returned to scene of armed robbery and raped woman in front of her father
Aquib Ahmed and boy,16, jailed for 26 years for raping woman three days after breaking into her home in hunt for drugs.
Female paedophile said she was 'monster' for collecting stash of child porn and grooming girl
Michaela Sheldrake, 41, has been jailed for seven years after being caught with a huge stash of child porn and taking indecent pictures of a girl who she had groomed.
Two Brits among those arrested on charges of smuggling 500kg of cocaine into Hampshire airport
Private jet from Bogota raises suspicion among Border Force officers. Brothers Martin and Stephen Neil and three others to face court.
Man arrested for 1994 sex attack and murder of 86-year-old woman who was stabbed and strangled to death
Amy Shepherd, 86, was found dead at her home in Wibsey in August 1994 and a post mortem revealed that she had been strangled, stabbed and sexually assaulted.
Private jet carrying £50m cases of cocaine into Surrey busted in one of UK's biggest seizures
Five suspects held after plane carrying 500kg of cocaine was stopped at Farnborough Airport on Monday.
Masked woman 'tried to snatch 4-year-old girl from H&M while the girl's mother shopped'
Polish national Anna Kaminska, 26, allegedly approached the girl and told her 'just come with me' at the Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre, in Edinburgh.
Mum-of-two sexually assaulted in broad daylight in front of her children
A mother-of-two was allegedly sexually assaulted on Thursday (25 January) in broad daylight as her children watched.
Chatroom paedophile who said he had 'a preference for children aged 0+' jailed
A UK man who left messages on an illicit paedophile chatroom saying that he had 'a preference for children aged 0+' has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Four arrested after police 'track stolen iPhone' following aggravated burglary
Three men and a teenager have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary after a 37-year-old had his car keys and mobile phone stolen.