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Man serving life for killing toddler allegedly attacked by fellow inmates for 4 minutes and 39 seconds: ‘They left him for dead’

Prosecution alleges that the defendants seemed “satisfied” after the attack.

We Got This Covered · Jun 12

Driver who murdered ‘Good Samaritan’ when he ploughed car into crowd is jailed

Hassan Jhangur, 25, hit five people with his Seat Ibiza when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Wife of man killed while helping woman tells court of his ‘compassionate heart’

Chris Marriott, 46, was murdered by Hassan Jhangur, who drove into a crowd of people in the Burgreave area of Sheffield.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

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Man who killed Good Samaritan when he drove into wedding brawl guilty of murder

Hassan Jhangur hit five people with his car when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the two families.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

How was Peter Sullivan wrongly convicted?

Counsel for Mr Sullivan spoke of his client’s ‘vulnerability’.

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025

New DNA evidence casts ‘sufficient’ doubt on 1987 murder conviction, court told

Peter Sullivan was jailed in 1987 for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Bebington, Merseyside, in 1986.

Evening Standard · May 13, 2025

Man sent texts from housemate’s phone after killing him, Manchester court told

Marcin Majerkiewicz accused of killing Stuart Everett, dismembering body and scattering parts in green spaces

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2025

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Slain pensioner was sawn into 27 pieces, court hears

Only one third of his body has ever been recovered

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025

Pensioner sawn into 27 pieces, murder trial hears

Marcin Majerkiewicz denies the murder of Stuart Everett.

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

Robber locked up for life for ‘torture murder’ of man for £30,000 cannabis stash

Olsi Kuka, 25, was attacked by a group of men who burst into his flat in London in May 2022.

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

Robber gets life for ‘torture murder’ after police sniffer dog called Sunflower-Monty helps crack the case

Olsi Kuka, 25, was attacked by a group of men who burst into his flat

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024

Murder-accused denies making killer packed lunch and wishing him luck

Rachel Fulstow is accused of being in on the plan to kill Liam Smith, with whom she had a one-night stand in a York hotel.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

Couple flew to Jamaica a week after dad was shot dead in the street

Liam Smith was shot in the face then doused in acid a murder trial heard

Liverpool Echo · Jul 12, 2023

Dad shot and doused in acid by boyfriend of woman he had 'one night stand' with

Liam Smith was 'lured' out of his home before being shot in the face and having acid poured over him

Liverpool Echo · Jul 12, 2023

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The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Victim shot and attacked with acid after ‘one-night stand’, court hears

Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow deny the murder of Liam Smith last November.

Wales Online · May 23, 2023

David Boyd jailed for murdering Nikki Allan, 7, 31 years ago

Sex offender Boyd had a “sinister purpose” when he lured little Nikki to a derelict warehouse, court told

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Seven-year-old Nikki Allan’s killer jailed for life over 1992 murder

David Boyd, 55, was found guilty earlier this month of killing Nikki in Sunderland in 1992.

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Seven-year-old’s murder in 1992 destroyed my family, mother tells court

David Boyd is being sentenced for killing Nikki Allan in Sunderland 31 years ago.

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The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

Man accused of murdering girl, seven, ‘will not give evidence in his defence’

David Boyd, 55, denies murdering Nikki Allan in a derelict dockside building in Sunderland.

Manchester Evening News · Mar 18, 2023

Judge praises cops who caught trio of teen killers who stabbed to death 'the wrong man'

Detectives trawled through thousands of phone records and CCTV to identify the thugs who murdered Thomas Williamson

Liverpool Echo · Mar 15, 2023

Teen thugs hunted down and stabbed 'wrong man' to death

Jailing the attackers for life, Judge Maurice Greene said: "The tragedy is that Thomas Williamson was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Manchester Evening News · Mar 14, 2023

Life for trio of teen thugs who murdered the 'wrong man'

Kane Adamson, Joshua Prescott, and Ben Dawber were hunting a man who punched someone outside a bar - but they stabbed to death an innocent man, Thomas Williamson

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Woman’s body so badly decomposed not possible to say how she died, jury told

Somaiya Begum’s body was found wrapped in a rug on waste ground in Bradford in July last year, a court has heard.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Uncle killed niece and dumped her body ‘like rubbish’, court is told

Daily Record · Feb 17, 2023

Three men jailed for life after they intervened in violent dispute and killed 'wrong man'

Kane, Adamson, 19, Joshua Prescott, 20 and Ben Dawber, 19 were all sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Thomas Williamson, 30 who they fatally stabbed to death in the street after mistaking him for someone else.

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