The Latest Breaking News from Murder

Violent Scots monster who tried to murder one woman and assaulted children is jailed

Malcolm Leask, 35, perpetrated a catalogue of “violence and abuse of children, women and animals”.

Daily Record · May 25, 2023

Lucy Letby ‘attacked nine babies just after their parents left their cotsides’

The defendant, from Hereford, denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Lucy Letby murdered babies shortly after their parents left, court told

Prosecutor suggests nurse spotted ‘opportunity’ to harm newborns when their parents were not around

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

Bryan Kohberger’s parents ordered to testify in case of woman who vanished months before Idaho murders

Dana Smithers vanished without a trace in Pennsylvania back in May 2022, with her remains found last month in a wooded area

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

North London derby fan punched on to tracks as Arsenal and Tottenham fans clash at Finsbury Park station

‘Had a train been pulling in we could easily have been dealing with a murder investigation’, a detective said

Evening Standard · May 25, 2023

Witness saw 'piles of guns' handed out before fatal shooting of Jason De Ieso, murder trial told

A Supreme Court murder trial hears a key witness saw a "black duffel bag" and "piles of guns" handed out at an Adelaide home before the fatal shooting of Jason De Ieso in November 2012.

ABC News · May 25, 2023

Psychiatric reports ordered for man accused of murdering his brother

Martin Steel was found dead in a house in Clase, Swansea, on May 20

Wales Online · May 25, 2023

Who is Christian Brueckner? Madeleine McCann suspect and the accusations against him

German prisoner Christian Brueckner has been identified as a suspect in Madeleine’s case

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Ripper killer David Smith blamed murder on his failed marriage

Ripper-style double murderer David Smith tried to blame the sadistic killing of a young woman on anger from the failure of his marriage, it can be revealed.

Evening Standard · May 25, 2023

Nottinghamshire 'legend' who has spent 3 decades tackling domestic abuse given award

Jane Lewis was only a youngster when a man murdered his daughter in the rural village she lived in, before he also killed his wife and himself, in a crime which stunned the area in the 1970s

Nottingham Post · May 25, 2023