Mother carries ‘murdered’ British one-year-old girl into hotel lobby and pleads for help

A distraught mother carried her ‘motionless’ British child into a five-star hotel lobby after the baby’s pilot father ‘beat her to death’. One-year-old Sophia Barakat – ‘always smiling’ according to a court witness who saw her before the tragedy – was ‘blue’ and ‘not breathing’. The mother Madina, 23, pleaded with staff at the InterContinental … Read more

Mother, 25, ‘murdered two-year-old daughter she doted on before killing herself’ in west London

An NHS worker, 25, is thought to have murdered her two-year-old daughter, who she ‘doted on’, before killing herself in west London.  Metropolitan Police officers were called with paramedics to an address on Old Meadow Lane in Hounslow just after 4pm on Monday.    A 25-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl who was related to her … Read more

Two career criminals who murdered a 61-year-old man by torturing him to death are jailed for life 

Two career criminals who murdered a 61-year-old man in his own home after tying him up and torturing him in an ordeal lasting up to an hour have been jailed for life. Craig Stanton, 43, and Alexander Mackay, 47, broke into Saleem Butt’s house in Batley, West Yorkshire, through an open window on April 24 … Read more

Pictured: Man, 33, murdered with a single stab wound to the chest in his own home

Pictured: Man, 33, murdered with a single stab wound to the chest in his own home as more than 50 detectives hunt killer and his heartbroken mother pays tribute to ‘kind, caring son’ Christopher Allbury-Burridge died from single stab wound to the chest on Friday The 33-year-old’s devastated family have paid tribute to their ‘kind, … Read more

Pictured: Man, 33, murdered with a single stab wound to the chest in his own home

Pictured: Man, 33, murdered with a single stab wound to the chest in his own home as more than 50 detectives hunt killer and his heartbroken mother pays tribute to ‘kind, caring son’ Christopher Allbury-Burridge died from single stab wound to the chest on Friday The 33-year-old’s devastated family have paid tribute to their ‘kind, … Read more

Families of women murdered by Peter Sutcliffe blast Netflix for changing title of new documentary

A coroner made a touching tribute to the victims of the Yorkshire Ripper’s and their families during an inquest into his death passing on his ‘solidarity and support’. During a hearing at Crook Civic Centre, assistant senior coroner for County Durham and Darlington Crispin Oliver paid tribute to Peter Sutcliffe’s 13 murder victims. He also … Read more

Mothers of women murdered by ex-partners bid to change weapons law

Two mothers whose daughters were murdered by their ex-boyfriends have joined forces in a bid to change the law over prison sentences. Ellie Gould, 17, and Poppy Devey Waterhouse, 24, were both brutally stabbed by former partners. Both deaths involved kitchen knives which were found at the murder scene – which the victims’ mothers think … Read more

Murdered teenager Louise Smith’s ‘predatory’ uncle is jailed for at least 25 years

The mother of murdered teenager Louise Smith has branded her daughter’s killer ‘pure evil’ as the 30-year-old was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 25 years. Rebbecca Cooper said Shane Mays had ‘taken a part of my heart away’ by beating to death the 16-year-old in Havant, Hampshire, on VE Day. Mays smirked as he … Read more