Knife-wielding attacker vanishes after random daytime stabbing rattles affluent suburb



Ross Davidson, 37, who used the stage name Ross Wild, was found guilty of raping a woman and attempting to rape another

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A 16-year-old boy was charged on Tuesday with manslaughter, arson and arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered

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Police have warned lorry drivers that they could be targeted by people smugglers

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Charles Victor Thompson would be the first person executed in the US this year for the 1998 shooting deaths
A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for three days after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend nearly 27 years ago was scheduled on Wednesday to be the first person executed in the US this year.
Charles Victor Thompson was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39; and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, at her apartment in the Houston suburb of Tomball.
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IPP prisoner Luke Ings, who served more than 18 years after he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonald’s aged just 17, is among the cases up for review by judges

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The R&B singer appeared at Southwark Crown Court for an eight-minute hearing in front of a senior judge

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