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The Latest Breaking News from Bristol Crown Court

Jury continues considering verdicts in 1967 murder trial

Ryland Headley has been on trial at Bristol Crown Court for the past two weeks.

Evening Standard

Former teacher, 90, will face trial after denying historical sex offences

Derek Barker pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to when he worked at Monkton Combe School in Bath in the 1970s.

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Man responsible for 1967 murder was identified 58 years on, prosecution alleges

Ryland Headley is on trial at Bristol Crown Court for the rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in 1967.

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Billion-to-one DNA match links man, 92, to 1967 rape and murder, court hears

Ryland Headley is accused of forcing entry into the home of Louisa Dunne, 75, in Bristol in June 1967 before raping and killing her.

Evening Standard

Doctor who pronounced victim dead in 1967 gives evidence in murder trial

Louisa Dunne’s body was found by neighbours in the front room of her home in Easton, Bristol.

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Scream heard on night 75-year-old woman was murdered in 1967, jury told

Ryland Headley is on trial for the rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol.

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Man pleads not guilty to murder and rape of woman in 1967

Ryland Headley, wearing a dark red jumper, sat in the dock at Bristol Crown Court.

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Drunken fight between brothers ended in tragedy after ‘one punch’, court hears

Ben Starr, 34, inflicted a single fatal blow to his brother Lee at a motocross event

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‘Thoroughly evil’ man jailed for murdering partner

Kieron Goodwin, 33, denied killing 29-year-old Olivia Wood but was found guilty of murder after a five-week trial at Bristol Crown Court.

Evening Standard

Man convicted of murdering partner on night she planned to leave him

Kieron Goodwin, 33, denied killing 29-year-old Olivia Wood but was found guilty of her murder after a five-week trial at Bristol Crown Court.

The Independent UK

Youth sentenced for knife attack on stranger hours before double murder

The teenager, who is now aged 16, cannot be named for legal reasons.

The Independent UK

Mother convicted of killing her four-month-old baby girl

A jury unanimously convicted Melissa Wilband of manslaughter.

Evening Standard

Husband jailed for three years after killing abusive wife in ‘tragic’ case

Charles Graham, 78, strangled his wife of nearly 50 years Davinia, 67, in their home in Cheltenham after she threatened to stab him.

Evening Standard

Cold case appeal: Police renew search for father missing for 15 years

The 29-year-old vanished without a trace in 2010

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Police make fresh appeal 15 years after father’s disappearance

Colleagues of Donavan Van Lill raised the alarm on March 3 2010 when he did not show up for work that afternoon at a leisure centre in Chippenham.

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Man charged with murder of one-month-old son released on bail

Atticus Bartlett died in hospital on July 23 2022.

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Man charged with murder of one-month-old son

Tony Bartlett is accused of killing Atticus Bartlett in Chard in July 2022.

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Notorious British fraudster fails in bid to remove judge from case

Mark Acklom swindled £300,000 from his then girlfriend in 2012.

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The Independent UK

Man who committed grievous bodily harm on baby jailed for 21 years

Judge Julian Lambert described the impact of Tom Kember’s actions as ‘utterly catastrophic’.

The Independent UK

Man murders paedophile suffering with Alzheimer’s in ‘brutal attack’ after ‘exploiting him for money’

Anthony Gardiner carved ‘I am a n**** killer’ onto his dinner plate while in prison for a violent robbery, after killing 76-year-old John Coxon

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‘Beloved’ lollipop lady, 49, killed after car crashes into mother-of-four with drink driver jailed

Ashley Billing, 39, was sentenced to nine years in prison over the death of Rebecca Ashmead, 49

Evening Standard

Three people appear in court charged with assisting Knowle West murderers

The defendants will next appear before Bristol Crown Court in February.

Evening Standard

Four teenagers detained for life for murdering innocent boys

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were chased and cut down by a gang of youths armed with machetes in Bristol.

Evening Standard

Four teenage killers detained for life for murdering innocent boys in Bristol

Mrs Justice May described how Max Dixon and Mason Rist had been attacked where they lived.

The Independent UK

She thought her son was at home playing PlayStation. But what happened next was every parent’s worst nightmare

Riley Tolliver, 18, Kodishai Wescott, 17, and two other teenagers have been sentenced for the murders of Mason Rist and Max Dixon

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