The Latest Breaking News from Matw Hardy

‘By simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he was tragically killed in a horrific act of violence’, said a Met DCI

The mother of a young man shot dead by drug dealers in a case of mistaken identity over the robbery of a Rolex watch said her family has been “destroyed” by the murder, as her son’s killers await sentencing.

A subtle new Guardian podcast unravels the devastation caused by an online stalker. And a special episode of Serial marks Adnan Syed’s release

Can I tell you a secret? is a new six-episode audio investigation that explores the story of Matthew Hardy, a prolific cyberstalker who terrified people in his home town and beyond for over a decade

In this week’s newsletter: Sirin Kale explores a complex case of online harassment in the Guardian’s first true crime podcast, Can I Tell You a Secret? Plus: a Serial special after Adnan Syed’s sentence is overturned

A group of men have been convicted for the killing of Imani Allaway-Muir who was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was fatally shot in revenge for a robbery they mistakenly thought he had committed.

Matthew Hardy so frightened some of his victims that they slept with weapons. Although he was known to the police – and even prosecuted – it was more than a decade before he was jailed

Exclusive: ‘I replay in my head how I will escape if he came into my flat,’ says activist

A five minute encounter with Matthew Hardy led to five years of turmoil for Sabrina Cowley