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Yahoo News UKMan threatened with court action over train journey with 'anytime' rail ticket
Sam Williamson was told by Northern Rail he could be taken to court over the £1.90 discount on his train ticket.
- People
Houston Father Bound, Suffocated and Raped His 8-Month-Old Daughter: 'Worst Kind of Evil'
Luis Luna, 27, was convicted of capital murder in the August 2020 suffocation death of his 8-month-old daughter, Savayah Mason
- Associated Press
South Carolina death row inmate told to choose between execution methods
South Carolina prison officials told death row inmate Richard Moore on Tuesday that he can choose between a firing squad, the electric chair and lethal injection for his Nov. 1 execution. State law gives Moore until Oct. 18 to decide or by default he will be electrocuted.
- Manchester Evening News
Missing child found on M6 motorway after police pull car over
The child was reported missing from Lancashire - and was found around 100 miles away
- The Independent
Toddler found dead in a pushchair in a bathroom had suffered ‘cruel’ abuse
Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell is accused of allowing her boyfriend Scott Jeff to abuse her daughter
- Manchester Evening News
It started with a knock at the door... then the horror was finally revealed
The woman didn't want to report what had happened to her - but police changed her mind
- The Independent
A father fled with three children into the wilderness. They’ve now been spotted three years later wearing camo
Family described by witness as ‘well prepared for the wilderness’
- The Independent
Babysitter arrested after 1-year-old is mauled by dogs and is only saved by ‘hero’ teen
One of the dogs brutally ‘began biting the baby’ in the attack
- People
Husband Accused of Strangling Jessica Barnes Had Secret Child, Sexual Relationships with Couple’s Roommates: Police
Jessica Barnes' remains were found last month, and subsequently, her husband Brandon Barnes and their roommates Kendall Mims and Victoria Tippett were arrested
- The Telegraph
Army officer sexually assaulted colleague after asking if she liked sausages, court martial hears
A senior British Army officer sexually assaulted a female colleague after asking her “do you like eating sausages?”, a court martial heard.
- The Independent
Teacher, 24, accused of sending 11 year-old boy 33,000 texts and sexually assaulting him
Madison Bergmann, 24, was arrested earlier this year for allegedly starting an inappropriate relationship with a 5th grader — three months before her wedding
- The Guardian
Firebombings of Victorian tobacco shops surpass 100 as police detail meeting that sparked war
Police believe an attempt was made by crime figures to control market before ‘friction’ led to arson attacks
- Associated Press
A retired Houston officer gets 60 years in a couple's drug raid deaths that revealed corruption
A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit and prompted criticism of the law enforcement agency and its tactics. Gerald Goines was convicted in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle, 59, and Rhogena Nicholas, 58.
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Jury ‘irretrievably compromised’ in trial of girl accused of attempted murder
The jury has been discharged in the trial of a 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil at a school in Ammanford, South Wales.
- The Guardian
Man dies after being shot by police amid alleged theft of car belonging to Labor MP’s husband
A 26-year-old man has died after he and another man, 34, were shot by police while allegedly driving a stolen car at officers
- Watford Observer
'Monster' who abused children jailed for 20 years
A man described by a judge as a 'monster' has been jailed for 20 years after being convicted of multiple sexual offences, including in Hertfordshire.
- People
Boy Called Police Saying Little Brother Had Been Dead in Home for a Year. Now, His Mother Is Going to Prison
Gloria Williams pleaded guilty last week to two charges connected with her son's murder
- Wales Online
Police want to speak to this woman after girl, 14, ‘hit in the head’ on train
Officers have released an image from CCTV footage in a plea to the public for assistance
- Wales Online
'Jealous' boy, 17, who murdered girlfriend, 15, pictured for first time
A judge lifted a restriction preventing the identification of Logan MacPhail on Wednesday
- Manchester Evening News
Drug dealer shot man in the head after pointing gun at him 'as a joke'
'I didn't think it was loaded. I couldn't believe it': The 50 year-old died days later