A family friend has described outside court how Tristan and Blake Barrass were “beautiful, confident and outgoing boys who both had a bright future ahead of them”. Matthew Saunders said
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One of the surviving children of Sarah Barrass and Brandon Machin fears they will also become a murderer “because that’s what mum and Brandon did”. The two older children –
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A mother who murdered two of her sons and plotted to kill four more out of fear they would be taken into care has been jailed for at least 35
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The former head of a charity for the disabled has been warned he faces a substantial prison sentence, after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the pension scheme of the charity
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Jurors became tearful and upset as a string of charges were read out ahead of the trial of an alleged serial rapist. Joseph McCann, 34, is accused of a catalogue
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A paramedic has denied 10 sexual offences against four women, including the alleged rape of one patient. Andrew Wheeler, 45, who is due to stand trial next year, denies seven
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A Bulgarian baby should be placed for adoption in England even though she will probably lose her cultural identity as a result, a family court judge has decided. Judge Sarah
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A Court of Protection judge has given a woman with learning difficulties a chance to find love. Eight years ago Sir Mark Hedley concluded, following a hearing in Leeds, that
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Rival parties have welcomed Alun Cairn’s resignation after being accused of “brazenly lying” about his knowledge of an allegation that a Tory candidate had sabotaged a rape trial. Welsh Labour
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A “cruel, brutal and vicious” father with a history of violence towards children has been jailed for at least 20 years for killing his baby daughter. Kevin Eves, 37, inflicted
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