Eleven years on from when the bodies of two missing Dublin men were found bound and buried in a shallow grave on a lake island in the midlands, the only person to face trial over their deaths - Ruth Lawrence - has been found guilty of their murders. The jury, by a majority verdict of 11-1, agreed with the prosecution case that 46-year-old Lawrence shot and worked "as a unit" with her boyfriend, South African national Neville van der Westhuizen,
A Kerry man who strangled his mother while suffering a manic or hypomanic episode related to bipolar disorder still understood what he was doing and is guilty of her murder, the State is to argue before a trial jury. Sean Guerin SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions in his opening speech today said that there is no dispute that the accused man, Billy Burns (55), was suffering from a mental illness when he assaulted his mother.
Jhangur hit five people with his Seat Ibiza when he arrived at his sister's wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the two families in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on December 27 2023. Jhangur, the bride's brother, first drove into the father of the rival Khan family, who was standing in the street, throwing him over the vehicle's bonnet, his trial heard earlier this year.
The prosecutor's office alleges the suspect, who arrived in the country less than a week before his arrest, met Ms Michalski at a nightclub, before they went to his rented apartment. The defendant is alleged to have tied up the victim before strangling her to death. Prosecutors have further alleged that the following day, he bought a large suitcase and transported her body in a rented car to a forested area 140km outside of the city.
It's impossible to comprehend the pain that Katie and the boys are enduring. Barry was known to everyone as a funny, kind and caring man - a loyal friend, a loving partner, and an incredible father. He was deeply dedicated to his job which he loved with An Post and took immense pride in providing for his family. Above all, he cherished every moment with his children: Jayden (17), Jaxon (10), Archie (9), and Bodhi (2).
Domestic abusers' crimes would be available for all to see under 'Jennie's Law' - and her brother is hoping her legacy is one that helps others Jason Poole, a secondary-school teacher from Finglas in Dublin, is today a man animated by the kind of anguished drive that propels those touched by avoidable tragedy into public life. He hasn't always been that way.
Prosecutors say Farwell groomed Birchmore from the time she was a high school student, committing statutory rape and engaging in a yearslong sexual relationship with her. She became pregnant in late 2020 and told Farwell that he was the father. He allegedly killed her in February 2021 to prevent the truth about their relationship from coming to light, strangling her in her apartment and staging it to look like a suicide.
What is certain, however, is that one of those women - who transformed her sexual assault trauma into a service career - wasn't there to witness his sentencing. Pearce was handed a 146-year prison sentence Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles County Superior Court after being convicted of first-degree murder for the overdose deaths of model Christy Giles and architect Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, as well as the rapes of seven other women from 2007 to 2021.
A suspect has been charged with murdering an elderly man in south west London. Detectives have been unable to identify his next of kin. The Metropolitan Police said Hill, of Chelsham Road, Clapham, appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of murder. He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday. Detective Chief Superintendent Emma Bond, who leads policing in Lambeth said: Detectives from the Met continue to investigate Robert's sad death earlier this year.
Cops say both Martinez and Lopez Castillo allegedly attempted to rob 26-year-old Ronell Marte just before 3 a.m. inside Starlight Park on Sept. 3. The pair allegedly approached Marte, a special needs adult, and held him up at gunpoint, demanding his cellphone. Things turned deadly when Martinez allegedly opened fire, shooting Marte in the chest. EMA rushed Marte to Saint Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved and was pronounced dead.
Selfies and a chilling video showing three teenagers laughing and singing on the night they killed a homeless man helped police place them at the scene and secure their convictions. Marks was struck with a car bonnet before being chased down, stamped on, and beaten with a gin bottle, causing bleeding on the brain. Officers found Marks with severe facial and arm injuries near King's Cross Station at around 5.25am. He died in hospital on September 14, five weeks after the assault.
Relatives who tried to cover tracks of killer Josef Puska are sent to prison as Murphy family tell of void left by killing of young teacher Five members of the Puska family arrived at the Central Criminal Court with their prison bags packed, ready to go. The women - Lucia Istokova, Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gaziova - clamoured into courtroom number 19 first, their black holdalls stuffed tight. They placed them neatly on the wooden shelf above before squeezing themselves into the accused bench beside a interpreter.
Guy Rivera, 35 - who allegedly fatally gunned down the 31-year-old officer and married dad during a 2024 car check in Queens - wore a surgical mask and crouched down for the procedural hearing, refusing to face mom Fran Diller, who had dozens of New York's Finest there supporting her. Rivera even had to be told repeatedly to pull down his face mask so witnesses on the stand could identify him.
Officers took Yonathan Guzman, 22, into custody shortly before 5 p.m., charging him with murder and three counts of criminal weapons possession, NYPD officials said. Guzman is accused of shooting the 24-year-old man inside the building where Guzman lived, on Dorchester Road near East 21st Street early Sunday. Police said they responded to a 911 call about someone shot at the address around 2 a.m.
This week, two men affiliated with a notorious street gang were convicted on multiple felony counts for their coordinated attack on the pair in Lake Forest in October 2018, authorities said.
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