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Tributes paid to dog walker found dead who was a ‘trailblazer in life’

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of Claire Knights.

The Independent UK

Ugandan Pastor’s Conviction Highlights Problem The Rise In Ritual Sacrifice

After pleading guilty to murder, a Ugandan pastor was sentenced to life in prison for killing a 4-year-old kid in a ritual murder.

Zenger

Michigan court to hear dispute over murder charge against ex-police officer who shot Black motorist

Lawyers for a former Michigan police officer are asking the state appeals court to throw out a murder charge in the killing a Black motorist in 2022

The Independent UK

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Mohammad Sujeetha takes charge as SP of Hassan

Shivamogga's Mohammad Sujeetha M.S., IPS officer from 2014 batch, took charge as SP of Hassan district. Outgoing SP Hariram Shankar handed over charge & has been posted as SP of Intelligence. During his tenure, he oversaw assembly elections & cracked murder cases. He also resolved long-pending missing women & children…

The Hindu

Kevin Smith 'tried to stab' love rival before fatal confrontation, jury hears

As Daniel Pettersson lay dying outside a home at Jesmond, a witness claims accused murderer Kevin Smith asked him: "Do you want it as well".

Newcastle Herald

Suspect indicted on attempted murder charge in explosives attack on Japan's Kishida, report says

Japanese media reports say a man has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges over an explosives attack targeting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys file motion for new murder trial

Lawyers for convicted murderer accuse court clerk of improperly influencing jury and betraying oath of office for money and fame

The Guardian - US

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Danelo Cavalcante killed his girlfriend in front of her children. Then his prison escape sparked a two-week manhunt

Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life behind bars for the April 2021 murder of Deborah Brandao. He broke free from jail days later, sparking a manhunt that lasted almost two weeks, Faiza Saqib and Andrea Blanco report

The Independent UK

Fatal stabbing of Gabonese student highlights 'daily' racism faced by Africans in Russia

François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed on August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living…

France 24

Lori Vallow files notice of appeal against murder conviction

The ‘Doomsday mom’ was found guilty in May of killing 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. She was also found guilty of conspiring to kill her husband’s former wife Tammy Daybell

The Independent UK

Sean Strickland on Israel Adesanya before UFC 293: ‘We’re gonna go try to murder that man’

Sean Strickland isn't being given much of a chance against Israel Adesanya, but you can be sure he's going into UFC 293 with the worst intentions.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers want a new trial. They say the court clerk told jurors not to trust him

Attorneys for convicted murder Alex Murdaugh want to call jurors and others back into the courtroom in an effort to get a new trial

The Independent UK

Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh loses prison privileges over recorded phone call for documentary

South Carolina prison officials said Murdaugh’s lawyer Jim Griffin recorded the killer reading aloud journal entries in a jailhouse call and then handed the recording to documentarymakers

The Independent UK

Missing case of 16-month-old baby in Prakasam district turns out to be murder, youth arrested

Revenge is suspected to be the motive behind the crime as the mother of the victim spurned down the sexual advances allegedly made by the accused earlier, say police

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The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh accuses ‘fame seeking’ court clerk of jury tampering at his murder trial

Much of the motion centres around juror number 785 – who became known as the egg juror when she was dismissed hours before the jury began deliberations

The Independent UK

Confessions, a damning dog video and ‘family annihilator’: Key revelations from Alex Murdaugh’s trial

Alex Murdaugh is serving two life sentences after being convicted of the murders of his wife and son. Rachel Sharp explains the most crucial moments in his high-profile trial in South Carolina

The Independent UK

Woman bound and gagged in BTK serial killer’s drawing has potentially been identified

The 78-year-old is serving 10 consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to 10 murders committed from the 1970s to the 1990s in Wichita, Kansas.

The Independent UK

Bomb threat, obscene gestures, jury upheaval and a GoFundMe: How Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial became a circus

During a dramatic six weeks in Colleton County Courthouse, the murder trial testimony was sidelined by a bomb threat, bad behaviour from the Murdaugh family, a controversial GoFundMe account, a Covid outbreak and a misbehaving juror. Rachel Sharp reports

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Search for escaped murderer prompts Pennsylvania school closures after mother’s surrender message

Unusual tactics are being deployed to help find murderer Danelo Cavalcante in Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Trial opens in Japan in the 2019 animation studio arson that killed 36 people. Suspect pleads guilty

The suspect in a 2019 arson attack at an animation studio in Japan has gone on trial, pleading guilty to the murder of 36 people

The Independent UK

Second man charged with murder after fatal car crash

Amy Rose Wilson, 27, died in July after a collision in Falkirk.

The Guardian - UK

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

Richard Osman, Stephen King, Mick Herron and Ann Cleeves return with murder aplenty, espionage antics and terrible secrets in basements

Evening Standard

Two charged with murder after human remains discovered in Bournemouth

They are due to appear at court on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

The Architect: ‘On the 30th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s murder our play has visions of a different city’

Theatremakers have come together to create a bus journey – taken in Stephen’s honour – that explores the rich potential of Black lives, hopes and dreams

Newcastle Herald

'He put the knife away, Daniel lunged at him': love triangle murder trial

Both men thought they were the father of a baby at the centre of a love triangle. Their rivalry ended in one of them being stabbed to death and the other charged with murder.

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