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Paris Mayo pictured back in May arriving at Worcester Crown Court (Jacob King/PA)
Crime

Teenage mother found guilty of murdering newborn son and putting body in bin bag

Paris Mayo, 19, has been found guilty of murdering her son Stanley after she gave birth to him alone at her parents’ home in 2019.
Jun 23, 2023
Crime

Bookmaker’s algorithm failed to see gambling addict ‘red flags’

Father-of-two Luke Ashton took his own life after losing thousands of pounds while gambling.
Jun 17, 2023
Crime

Betfair admits it ‘should’ve done more’ to protect man who took his own life

Experts believe Luke Ashton, who died at the age of 40, had a ‘pervasive’ gambling disorder before he took his own life in 2021.
Jun 15, 2023
Crime

Father made 100 bets a day due to ‘pervasive gambling disorder’, inquest hears

Annie Ashton told an inquest into the death of her husband Luke, 40, that she believed gambling addiction led him to take his own life.
Jun 14, 2023
Crime

Owner of American bulldogs that mauled elderly woman to death jailed

Darren Pritchard was at work when his two dogs escaped through a hole in a garden fence and mauled 85-year-old Lucille Downer to death

Jun 13, 2023
Crime

Woman who illegally procured her own abortion during lockdown is jailed

The woman, who already had three sons before becoming pregnant again in 2019, had not seen a doctor about her pregnancy because she was ’embarrassed’.
Jun 12, 2023
Crime

Jury shown holster ‘identical’ to one worn by man accused of sergeant’s murder

Louis De Zoysa is accused of shooting dead Met Police officer Matt Ratana.
Jun 9, 2023
Crime

CCTV footage showing moments before custody sergeant was fatally shot released

Body-worn camera and CCTV footage captures the moments Louis De Zoysa was arrested and taken to a custody block.
Jun 8, 2023
Crime

Brothers who killed sex offender, 85, and left his body in country lane are jailed

Matthew and Luke Roe beat convicted paedophile Henry Thwaites to death, leaving him with 26 head injuries.
Jun 5, 2023
Crime

Final four members of ‘depraved’ 21-person child sex abuse ring jailed

Seven children aged under 13 were abused over a period of nearly 10 years.
Jun 2, 2023
UK

Man and woman found dead in shed

West Mercia Police went to a property in Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury, after concerns were raised for the welfare of two people at the address.
Jun 2, 2023
Crime

Man who stabbed young mother to death with screwdrivers jailed for life

David Jackson left 27-year-old Mckyla Taylor with 199 separate injuries to her head and body.
Jun 1, 2023
Crime

Ex-BBC DJ jailed for stalking presenters appears in court in separate case

Former BBC local radio presenter Alex Belfield has been banned from contacting a further two people after he was jailed for stalking.
Jun 1, 2023
UK

Cigar smoked by Churchill during the Second World War to be auctioned

The wartime leader gave the half-smoked cigar to Hugh Stonehewer-Bird in 1944 and it has been preserved in a glass jar ever since.
May 30, 2023
UK

Food bank founder taking shopping trolley on 32km walk to raise cash for service

The Coventry food bank founded by Canon Gavin Kibble 12 years ago is now helping 800 people every week amid the soaring costs of food and drink.
May 27, 2023
Crime

Mental health care assistant groomed underage patients on Snapchat

Daniel Knight sent sexualised messages to his underage victims and offered to buy one cocaine and alcohol.
May 26, 2023