One of the longest-running mysteries in the ‘Zodiac Killer’ saga has finally been solved after an international code-breaking team cracked the notorious ‘340 Cipher’ sent to the San Francisco Chronicle 51 years ago. The letter has been puzzling authorities and amateur sleuths since it arrived at the newspaper’s officer in November 1969, four years after … Read more
From Fiona Apple’s Fetch The Bolt Cutters to Imploding The Mirage by The Killers and Taylor Swift’s latest, the best albums of the year By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 28 November 2020 Annus horribilis? Not for pop. This has been a year when … Read more
Police chiefs back campaign by PC Andrew Harper’s widow for killers of emergency service workers to get life in jail Hero PC was killed by a gang when he tried to stop them stealing a quad bike The backing of police chiefs is major step forward in campaign for Harper’s Law National Police Chiefs’ Council is … Read more
JK Rowling has revealed the cross-dressing villain in her new book is based on real-life serial killers Jerry Brudos and Russell Williams after facing another transphobia row. The Harry Potter author released Troubled Blood under her crime-writing pseudonym Robert Galbraith earlier this week. The thriller sees detective Cormoran Strike try to work out what happened … Read more
Boris Johnson vows to give dangerous criminals ‘the sentences they deserve’ as teenage terrorists and child killers face life behind bars under major shake-up of sentencing laws Prime Minister says proposals will clamp down on ‘truly despicable criminals’ Johnson says legal ‘loophole’ means sentences are reduced because of age Teen killers will also no longer … Read more
Two schoolboys have been jailed for life for the 100-blow Samurai sword murder of factory supervisor Robert Wilson. Kiyran Earnshaw, 18, and Luke Gaukroger, 16, have been sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to minimum terms of 22 years and 16 years, eight months respectively. The teenagers were confronted by Mr Wilson’s wife during the trial who asked … Read more
The killers of hero policeman Andrew Harper have received £465,000 in legal aid, the Mail can reveal. The astonishing sum was paid to solicitors and barristers defending the three teenagers who dragged the constable to his death behind a car for more than a mile. Last night PC Harper’s widow Lissie said she was ‘horrified’ by … Read more
Two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers ‘are planning to write a book about their crime and have enlisted help of ”associate” in prison because neither can read or write’ Money made as a result of a crime or in connection to a crime can be confiscated Sources said the two are ‘strutting around like celebrities’ … Read more
PC Andrew Harper’s killers could have manslaughter jail terms INCREASED as Attorney General refers case to Court of Appeal – saying ‘such heinous crimes should be punished with the greatest severity’ By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 12:04 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 12:15 BST, 21 August 2020 The Attorney General today referred the … Read more
THE KILLERS: Imploding The Mirage (EMI) Rating: Verdict: Rousing anthems THE WATERBOYS: Good Luck, Seeker (Cooking Vinyl) Rating: Verdict: Expansive Celtic rock ERASURE: The Neon (Mute) Rating: Verdict: Sparkling electro-pop They have loosened their ties with their home town of Las Vegas, lost a key band member and seen their stadium tour sunk by lockdown. If … Read more