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Man beat partner and may have slept while she died on floor by bed, court told

Raj Sidpara, 50, previously admitted the manslaughter of Tarnjeet Riaz, 44, but denies murdering her on May 6 after a night out.

Evening Standard

Callum Parslow told jurors he intended to injure his victim as a ‘protest’

Parslow tried unsuccefully to persuade jurors that he did not intend to kill asylum seeker Nahom Hagos.

The Independent UK

Foster carer jailed for murdering young girl she was trying to adopt

Katie Tidmarsh was convicted at Leicester Crown Court of killing one-year-old Ruby Thompson in 2012.

The Independent UK

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Woman found guilty of murdering toddler she was adopting decade ago

Katie Tidmarsh, 39, was convicted at Leicester Crown court of killing Ruby Thompson more than a decade ago

The Independent UK

Woman found guilty of murdering one-year-old daughter she was adopting

Katie Tidmarsh, 39, was convicted at Leicester Crown Court of killing Ruby Thompson more than a decade ago.

The Independent UK

TikTok influencer guilty of murdering her mother’s young lover over sex tape blackmail attempt

Victim, 21, rammed off road with innocent driver after threatening to expose three-year affair with older woman

The Independent UK

'Gentle giant' stabbed man to death after he was accused of 'flirting with girlfriend'

Mason Mills stabbed Kieron Moore to death after the victim attacked him with a plank of wood as he stood smoking outside his sister's house, wrongly believing him to be involved with his girlfriend

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Man brutally murdered own grandad by stamping on body then trying to behead him with saw

Benjamin Dunlop told his mother he enjoyed killing things only days before he murdered his grandfather, Ronald Dunlop on December 1 2021 by stamping on him until he crushed his internal organs.

Daily Record

Woman tells sister's evil murderer 'I hope she haunts you' as she confronts him in court

The sister of murdered 23-year-old Megan Newborough described killer Ross McCullam as the very 'definition' of a 'monster', as he was sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years

Daily Mirror

Megan Newborough: Lab worker ‘strangled colleague then sent her love message as cover-up’

Ross McCullum denies the murder of Megan Newborough after using the 23-year-old’s own car to dispose of her body

The Independent UK

A46 crash murder trial hears of 'threat' made by TikTok star Mahek Bukhari moments before collision

The trial continues at Leicester Crown Court

Nottingham Post

Extreme hoarder who left immobile sister to die on bedroom floor jailed

Philip Burdett, 59, to spend three years behind bars for gross negligence manslaughter, while his father Ralph, 93, handed suspended prison term

The Independent UK

'Extreme hoarder' who left skeletal 4-stone sister to die in abject squalor jailed

Julie Burdett, 61, was found dead after paramedics were called to the home in Leicester in January 2021 by her father 91-year-old Cecil Burdett

Daily Mirror

Brother of vulnerable woman jailed for gross negligence manslaughter

Leicester Crown Court heard that Julie Burdett weighed just 4st 10lb at the time of her death.

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Nottingham Post

Conman and ex-Army captain jailed after trying to leave country through East Midlands Airport

He was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court

Daily Record

Family can't forgive manipulative woman who stole her dying partner's pension pot

The family of the man state that Rebecca Leveridge's apology does not mean anything and her sentence in court was 'a joke'.

The Independent UK

Father, 93, convicted of allowing the ‘horrific’ death of immobile daughter

Jurors at Leicester Crown Court also found the Julie Burdett’s brother Philip guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence.

Nottingham Post

Teen girl's kidnapper part of gang who stole luxury cars in Nottinghamshire

He has now been sentenced

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Terrorist who plotted to kidnap and murder soldier denied parole

Parviz Khan was handed a life sentence, with a minimum of 14 years, at Leicester Crown Court in February 2008.

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