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US serial killer confesses to 1965 murder of 18-year-old woman in New Jersey

8 janvier 2026 à 18:02

Police close murder case of Alys Eberhardt after confession from Richard Cottingham, known as the ‘Torso Killer’

Richard Cottingham, a US serial killer widely known as the “Torso Killer”, has confessed to the 1965 killing of an 18-year-old woman in New Jersey.

On Tuesday, New Jersey police announced the closure of the murder case of Alys Eberhardt after Cottingham, 79, admitted to killing her nearly six decades ago. Eberhardt, then a nursing student, was found brutally beaten and dead in her family home in Fair Lawn.

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© Photograph: Fair Lawn Police Department via Facebook

© Photograph: Fair Lawn Police Department via Facebook

© Photograph: Fair Lawn Police Department via Facebook

Ex-Premier League ref David Coote gets suspended sentence over schoolboy video

8 janvier 2026 à 13:24

Coote, 43, had previously pleaded guilty to making an indecent moving image of a child

The former Premier League referee David Coote has been given a suspended sentence after he was found to have a sexual video of a 15-year-old boy in school uniform on his laptop.

Judge Shant said Coote, 43, had a “spectacular fall from grace” after police charged him with making a category A video, the most serious kind, of a 15-year-old schoolboy. The charge refers to activities such as downloading, sharing or saving photos or videos containing abuse.

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© Photograph: Phil Barnett/PA

© Photograph: Phil Barnett/PA

© Photograph: Phil Barnett/PA

At least two killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City

8 janvier 2026 à 07:38

Dozens of people were attending a funeral inside the church as the shooting happened, police said

Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting outside a church in Salt Lake City, Utah police said on Wednesday.

The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church.

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© Photograph: Rio Giancarlo/AP

© Photograph: Rio Giancarlo/AP

© Photograph: Rio Giancarlo/AP

Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi extradited to China after Cambodia arrest

8 janvier 2026 à 04:01

Chen founded the Prince Group, a multinational conglomerate authorities allege served as a front for ‘one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal organisations’

Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, who was indicted by the US on fraud and money-laundering charges for running a multibillion-dollar online scam network from Cambodia, has been arrested there and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said.

Chen allegedly directed operations of forced labour compounds across Cambodia, where trafficked workers were held in prison-like facilities surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, according to US prosecutors.

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© Photograph: Prince Holding Group

© Photograph: Prince Holding Group

© Photograph: Prince Holding Group

Nick Reiner arraignment postponed to February after lawyer withdraws from case

7 janvier 2026 à 19:34

Son of director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner will now be represented by public defender in murder case

The arraignment of Nick Reiner, who faces two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, was delayed on Wednesday after his attorney asked to be replaced.

Judge Theresa McGonigle agreed to postpone the proceedings until February in response to a request from attorney Alan Jackson to withdraw from the case. The judge assigned a public defender to represent Nick Reiner, who had been expected to be arraigned and enter a plea in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday.

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© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

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