A motorist has admitted hitting and killing a man with his car on Christmas Day in London's West End. Anthony Gilheaney, 31, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murdering 25-year-old Aidan Chapman during a series of unprovoked attacks in which he used his high-powered Mercedes to mow people down. Mr Gilheaney, from Harlow in Essex, denies murder but has admitted the manslaughter of Mr Chapman, as well as unlawful wounding, causing grievous bodily harm and assault in relation to four others.
According to prosecutors, Elliott and Avalos got into a confrontation on Sept. 29, 2023, when Elliott, who was out for a jog, encountered Avalos sleeping on the sidewalk. Elliott, who was also pushing a cart holding his two pet dogs, allegedly nudged Avalos with the cart, prompting Avalos to wake up and yell at Elliott to get away. Prosecutors alleged Elliott began to record the confrontation and, when Avalos threw a shoe, Elliott pulled out a gun he had in the cart and fired multiple rounds, killing Avalos.
According to the charges and investigation, on the morning of Friday, Oct. 20, at around 3:30 a.m., Ortega was driving a BMW sedan and stopped his car in front of 40-06 Astoria Blvd. near Williams and two other men. Williams approached the BMW and engaged Ortega in a conversation. Ortega got out of his BMW and continued speaking with Williams and his co-defendant, with whom the victim had a brief verbal dispute before Ortega drove away.
Mayo criminals John Irving (31), of Shanwar in Foxford, Francis Harman (58) of Nephin Court in Ballina, and John Clarke (37) of Carrowkelly in Ballina, all pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tom Niland They beat the pensioner unconscious with punches and kicks to the head before robbing him and escaping The men tied Mr Niland's shoelaces together to frustrate his efforts to raise the alarm, before ransacking the house
A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility following the death of a pregnant mother-of-two. Alana Odysseos, 32, was found by Metropolitan Police officers with stab wounds at an address in Walthamstow, east London, on the 22 July 2024 and died at the scene. Shaine March, 47, from Surrey Quays in south-east London, has been charged with Ms Odysseos' murder and previously pleaded not guilty.
Ibrahim was among the drug dealers who regularly sold illicit narcotics, primarily fentanyl, to people who used the now-closed supervised injection site, which did not itself provide narcotics, reads the statement of facts. According to the statement of facts, he and others would often set up a shop in the courtyard directly to the west of the centre, near the Queen Street E. Presbyterian Church. Ibrahim would regularly spend time around the centre and was known to workers as Ben.
When Constance Marten fell pregnant for the fifth time with Mark Gordon, they were determined to keep the baby. Over the previous four years, a family court had removed their first four children from their care a decision the parents tried to claim was a miscarriage of justice driven by a corrupt social services system. So they hatched a plan to carefully conceal her pregnancy from the world and delivered baby Victoria in secret in a holiday cottage in Northumberland on Christmas Eve 2022.
Imani Williams, 36, was arraigned on Friday on second-degree manslaughter, leaving a scene of the accident, criminally negligent homicide and reckless driving charges, for the fatal June 5, 2022, hit-and-run.
The prosecution alleges Victoria died from hypothermia or was smothered while co-sleeping in a 'flimsy' tent after they took her off-grid in a bid to stop her from being taken into care.
A tragic incident unfolded in a Queens apartment when a 15-year-old boy accidentally shot his 14-year-old friend while displaying a stolen gun, leading to his arrest for manslaughter.