Famous Crime Cases
The ‘Babes in the Wood’ killer
Evil ‘Babes in the Wood’ paedophile Russell Bishop was sent back to prison to die behind bars after he escaped justice for the murder of […]
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Jon Venables jailed for possessing child pornography
James Bulger killer Jon Venables was jailed for 40 months after he admitted to possessing horrendous indecent images of children for a second time – […]
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JEFFREY ARCHER: SHEPHERDS PIE AND MAYFAIR TARTS
The politician and writer whose political career was destroyed in a story as unlikely as anything in his novels.
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Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr: THE SECRET OF SOHAM
Evil caretaker Ian Huntley spoke happily with news crews, knowing he had murdered schoolgirls Holly Chapman and Jessica Wells in his bathroom, tossed their bodies in a ditch and returned to set them on fire.
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JONATHAN KING: THE LURE OF CELEBRITY
He was the king of pop novelty records dethroned by his obsession with young men. King continues to deny the sordid sexual assaults which saw him jailed for seven years.
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Karl Manning and Marie Therese Kouao:THE MURDER OF ANNA CLIMBIE
Carl Manning and Marie Therese Kouao used her eight-year-old niece Anna Climbie as a meal ticket and tortured her to death when she had served her purpose.
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Damilola Taylor: WELCOME TO MODERN BRITAIN
The senseless killing of the carefree ten-year-old became a symbol of Britain’s moral decay.
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Rolf Harris: The End of Innocence
Shamed TV star Rolf Harris has not shown a shred of remorse for single-handedly destroying the lives of his victims – including his own daughter’s best friend.
But they may find comfort in the fact that the 84-year-old pervert now faces dying behind bars after being jailed for almost six years.
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Tracey Connelly, Stephen Barker and Jason Owen: The Death of Baby P
The horrific death of baby Peter Connelly shocked Britain and turned Tracey Connelly, Stephen Barker and Jason Owen into national hate figures.
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Dobson and Norris: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
The racist killers of Stephen Lawrence were nailed by one tiny speck of blood on a forgotten jacket.
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The serial rapist who was ‘pure evil’
Rapist Joseph McCann was given 33 life sentences for the most depraved series of rape attacks heard at the Old Bailey in living memory. The...
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Murder by gaslight
A stuntman who strangled his besotted girlfriend and buried her in a flowerbed after ‘gaslighting’ her for 10 years has been jailed for life. Kirill […]
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Killed for kindness
Elize Stevens believed her love could change a reclusive millionaire who was so dogged by mental illness he had tried to kill himself three times […]
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Shamed MP gets three months
The crooked Labour politician who lied to police to dodge a speeding ticket has become the first serving woman MP to be jailed. Peterborough MP […]
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You’re disgusting! Four and a half years for the Grenfell Fraudster
A ’disgusting’ fraudster who faked the death of relatives to steal £19,000 in cash, clothes and accommodation set aside for Grenfell Tower survivors has been […]
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‘You stupid old man’
A retired TV producer who tried to hire three hitmen to kill his partner so he could spend her inheritance on his young lover has […]
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‘I’m the Patsy!’ Pat Adams claims he shot associate to prevent a hit
A crime boss who claimed he grabbed a gun from an associate and shot him to prevent a hit has been jailed for nine years....
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‘You will never be released’ – death behind bars for MP killer
The neo-Nazi murderer of Jo Cox will die behind bars after he was handed a full life sentence for shooting and stabbing the MP a […]
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20 years for knifeman who claimed he was hypnotised by the police
A Turkish pensioner has been jailed for 20 years for trying to murder two women and stabbing two others just 90 minutes after he was […]
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Knifeman stabbed lecturer to death while claiming to be ‘black Messiah’
A crazed knifeman stabbed a top university lecturer to death on his own doorstep in a random attack while claiming to be ‘the black Messiah’,...
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Murderers
The ‘Psycho’ shower murderer
Real life ‘Psycho’ Roderick Deakin-White battered his cheating girlfriend to death in the shower after she told him to stop dressing in women’s underwear. Just […]
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Killed for kindness
Elize Stevens believed her love could change a reclusive millionaire who was so dogged by mental illness he had tried to kill himself three times […]
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The GHB poisoner
A Grindr ‘hustler’ who supplied serial killer Stephen Port with his lethal GHB was jailed for 31 years for murdering an energy company boss with […]
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The vengeful wife killer
A jealous husband who stabbed and battered his estranged wife to death after she left him for an old flame she reunited with on Facebook […]
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The ‘Indecent Proposal’ strangler
A jealous husband who strangled his estranged wife to death after she refused his ‘indecent proposal’ of £100 to sleep with him one last time […]
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The Allotment Killer
An Iranian immigrant who strangled the elderly secretary of an allotment association to death with a lawnmower starter cord because he feared losing his beloved...
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The fantasy world of the ‘Freezer Killer’
A sex obsessed builder who slashed his niece’s throat and dumped her body in a freezer after raping her and a friend has been jailed […]
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Dena Thompson:THE BLACK WIDOW AND THE POISONED VINDALOO
Many women killers have been dubbed ‘The Black Widow’ but few are as deserving of the title as Dena Thompson, who mercilessly conned a series of boyfriends, lovers and husbands with her bizarre stories until she was driven to kill.
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ANTHONY HARDY: THE SATANIC RITES OF THE CAMDEN RIPPER
He was an ordinary engineer and father of four who became so deranged he murdered three women and dressed them up in a devil mask and children’s socks before smearing their body tissues on the pagan crosses adorning the walls of his flat.
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Ken Regan, Bill Horncy and Peter Rees:THE MURDER GAME
Ken Regan was a career criminal whose plot to make millions from drug smuggling would leave five members of the Chohan family dead. Regan tried to mock the police as they hunted him down but it was his first victim who would have the last laugh from beyond the grave.
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Serial Killers
Freed from hospital to kill his third girlfriend
Serial killer Theodore Johnson began a relationship with his third victim while on unescorted leave from a secure hospital to study furniture restoration Johnson, 64, […]
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The cannibal who ate cop with chopsticks
A ‘Breaking Bad’ fanatic who strangled a policeman before dissolving his remains in an acid bath was jailed for at least 24 years after a...
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The gay serial killer who should have been stopped after his first murder
Friends and relatives of the serial killer Stephen Port cheered at the Old Bailey as he was sent to die behind bars for the date-rape...
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Peter Bryan: THE REAL HANNIBAL LECTER
Cannibalism is the ultimate act of human savagery but few have delighted in their barbarism like Peter Bryan, who bragged how he had fried one of his victim’s brains in Clover margarine
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John Duffy and David Mulcahy: KILLING TO BE GOD
The ‘Thriller Killers’ who formed a bond of evil to terrorise London and south east Britain for four years.
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Daniel Gonzalez: THE MUMMY’S BOY SERIAL KILLER
‘Freddy Kruger’ killer Daniel Gonzalez slaughtered four people in three days and at the age of 26 was told he would spend the rest of his life behind bars. Less than two years later he killed himself in prison. But were his attacks motivated by his disgust for pop legend Michael Jackson?
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Levi Bellfield: The Bus Stop Stalker
Levi Bellfield was an ‘animal’ who killed two women and tried to murder a third when they turned him down for sex. Police then realised he had killed schoolgirl Milly Dowler too.
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John Sweeney: ‘THE SCALP HUNTER’
‘The Scalp Hunter’ John Sweeney murdered two girlfriends and tried to kill another. Police believe he may have murdered at least three more women.
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Joanna Dennehy: Killing for Kicks
Joanna Dennehy confessed: ‘I want to murder men, I want to be a serial killer, write a book and be famous
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Derek Brown:THE MODERN DAY ‘JACK THE RIPPER’
Derek Brown brought terror to Whitechapel just as Jack the Ripper had done more than 100 years before him.
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Sex Killers
Murder by gaslight
A stuntman who strangled his besotted girlfriend and buried her in a flowerbed after ‘gaslighting’ her for 10 years has been jailed for life. Kirill […]
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The ‘Babes in the Wood’ killer
Evil ‘Babes in the Wood’ paedophile Russell Bishop was sent back to prison to die behind bars after he escaped justice for the murder of […]
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The Batman sadist who killed twice
Sadistic killer Kasim Lewis tied up and tortured a barmaid and murdered a civil servant when she refused to undress for him. Lewis, 31, abducted...
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Andrezej Kunowski: THE POLISH CHILD CHOKER
He was a serial rapist in his native Poland but was able to come to Britain to continue his depraved crime spree unchecked. Katerina Koneva, 12, is just one of many victims who have paid for lax border and immigration controls with their lives.
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ANTONI IMIELA: THE M25 RAPIST
Driven by his own physical inadequacy, railway engineer Antoni Imiela stalked the area around the M25 claiming eight victims aged between 10 and 52 in a year-long reign of terror. Imiela claimed he could not be responsible because even though he had been married for eight years he was in fact gay.
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GRAHAM COUTTS: THE BONDAGE STRANGLER
Few criminal acts can be more henious than the practice of necrophillia. Fortunately those depraved enough to indulge in it are rare. Graham Coutts was one who did.
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Garath Davies: THE MITCHAM COMMON STALKER
Sexual deviant Garath Davies murdered jogger Egeli Rasta and stripped her naked in his den before using her phone to download violent hip hop tracks and porn pictures.
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Mark Dixie: THE KILLER ON THE DOORSTEP
Sally Anne Bowman, 17, dreamed of being a successful model until her life was taken by necrophiliac Mark Dixie yards from her front door.