‘Police constable Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and rape of Sarah Everard, who went missing in March while walking home in south London.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An abusive and controlling man who stabbed his former partner to death in her home while her three children were in the house has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 1st June 2021
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‘A report into the unsolved murder of a private investigator killed in south London will be released next month.’
BBC News, 28th May 2021
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‘A man has been jailed for trying to frame an innocent person over the Westminster terror attack. Gerald Banyard, 67, fed police falsified information claiming a second man was involved in Khalid Masood’s deadly car and knife rampage “out of spite for his former landlord”.’
The Independent, 20th May 2021
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‘A murderer who tried to help one of the victims of the London Bridge terror attack has been cleared by the Parole Board to be freed from prison.’
BBC News, 21st May 2021
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‘The elder brother of the Manchester Arena bombers has asked for immunity from prosecution in return for answering questions at the public inquiry into the terror attack.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Jennifer Johnson, an ex-girlfriend of the Brighton “babes in the wood” murderer Russell Bishop, has been jailed for six years, more than three decades after telling “wicked lies” at his trial.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The independent panel investigating the Daniel Morgan scandal is refusing the home secretary’s demands to hand over its report before it can be published, as senior police sources say nothing in the case affects national security. Priti Patel provoked fury on Tuesday by demanding the findings be handed over for review prior to publication, angering both the Morgan family and members of the panel conducting the inquiry.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The home secretary has ordered that an independent report on claims murderers were shielded by police corruption and claims of corruption in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire must be vetted by her department before its publication.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for life for battering his partner to death in a “ferocious and merciless” attack.’
BBC News, 17th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The “Babes in the Wood” murders of nine-year-old schoolgirls Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows cast a shadow over a Brighton estate for decades, but the fight for justice didn’t end with Russell Bishop’s conviction in 2018. It is now known his ex-partner Jennifer Johnson lied to keep him out of jail.’
BBC News, 18th May 2021
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‘Four men who murdered a teenager in a “well-planned execution” metres from his home have been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 15th May 2021
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‘A man has admitted killing a teenager whose body was found on farmland 10 years after she disappeared.’
BBC News, 11th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who murdered and concealed the remains of her former friend in two suitcases has been jailed.’
BBC News,4th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who murdered a walker in a random knife attack at a beauty spot has been jailed for at least 28 years.’
BBC News, 8th April 2021
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‘A man who murdered and dismembered a woman who went missing on a night out has been jailed for life and told to serve a minimum of 20 years’ imprisonment.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The daughter of a Muslim man who was murdered by a white supremacist as he walked home from evening prayers at a Birmingham mosque is launching a campaign calling for the government to adopt an official definition of Islamophobia.’
The Guardian, 5th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A husband who strangled his wife after a row about frozen chips, then dumped her dismembered body in a country park, has been jailed for life for murder.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A drug used in attacks by the UK’s most prolific rapist and the serial killer Stephen Port will be reclassified.’
BBC News, 30th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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