Son, 36, is charged with murdering his father, 77, at the ‘wealthy’ ex-double glazing firm boss’s £555,000 home in leafy Buckinghamshire town Courtney Bamford, 36, is accused of killing his 77-year-old father John Bamford John Bamford was a former businessman and was pronounced dead at scene Courtney Bamford is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ … Read more
Son, 36, is charged with murdering his father, 77, at the ‘wealthy’ ex-double glazing firm boss’s £555,000 home in leafy Buckinghamshire town Courtney Bamford, 36, is accused of killing his 77-year-old father John Bamford John Bamford was a former businessman and was pronounced dead at scene Courtney Bamford is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ … Read more
Ex Army medic, 35, appears in court charged with murdering his ‘on-off girlfriend’ after body of mother-of-two was found on road junction with stab wounds to neck, chest and back Emma McArthur, 43, found dead in Thatcham, Berkshire, 11.45pm on Thursday Mother-of-two’s body was discovered with stab wounds to neck, chest and back Christopher Minards, 35, … Read more
The phone call that shattered the Leeson family’s happiness forever was cold, emotionless; abrupt in its awful finality. When Donald McPherson rang his brother-in-law Neville Leeson from a remote holiday chalet in Denmark to tell him that his only sister Paula had drowned, there was no regret, no tears; not even the courtesy of condolence. … Read more
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a mother in a petrol bomb attack that also killed four of her children. Zak Bolland, 26, and David Worrall, 28, had both denied murdering 37-year-old Michelle Pearson. Ms Pearson’s daughters Demi, 15, Lacie, seven, Lia, three, and her son Brandon, eight, all died in the blaze in … Read more
An undercover TV researcher who worked on Channel 4’s Dispatches went on the run for 16 years after torturing and murdering a father-of-two drug dealer in front of his children at a cannabis farm, a court heard today. Christopher Guest More Jr, 43, is charged with murdering Brian Waters, who was tortured and killed at … Read more
Priti Patel orders domestic homicide review on case of husband, 70, who was cleared of murder after strangling his wife, 67, to death in lockdown last year Ruth Williams, 67, was strangled to death by her husband Anthony on March 28 He was sentenced to five years in prison after being cleared of murder Ms … Read more
A man accused of murdering his girlfriend’s 22-month-old son shook the toddler and banged his head hard on the kitchen floor while changing his nappy, a trial has heard. Jacob Marshall is said to have suffered ‘multiple and catastrophic injuries’ at the hands of his mother’s partner, Jonathan Simpson. The toddler was found unconscious with a fatal brain … Read more
A husband has admitted murdering his wife after her remains were found at a beauty spot. Thomas McCann, 49, pleaded guilty to murdering Yvonne McCann, 46, after the mother-of-four was found dead at Reddish Vale Country Park in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in May last year. McCann, who faces a life sentence, appeared during a brief hearing at … Read more
Donald McPherson is accused of staging the death of his wife Paula Leeson (pictured) ‘to look like an accident’ in a bid to get his hands on her £3.5million life insurance A property developer accused of murdering his wealthy wife joined a group he dubbed ‘Tinder for widows’ days after killing her, a court heard … Read more