Homeowner who killed intruder by knifing him 50 times is cleared of murder
Errol Hanson, 51, from Catford, south London, knifed Mohammed Savare more than 50 times after the burglar headbutted and punched him, Southwark Crown Court was told.
Kim Jong-un 'executes' another high-ranking official in charge of North Korean nuclear missile site
Reports suggest that the man in charge of the Punggye-ri nuclear base has been executed days after Kim Jong-un allegedly killed his former 'second-in-command'.
Pair plied vulnerable teenage girls with alcohol and then sexually exploited them at hotels
Diane Chilcott, 40, and Daniel Pusey, 21, plied girls aged from 13 to 15 with cigarettes and alcohol before driving them to hotels, where they were sexually exploited.
Woman tried to smuggle two people through Eurotunnel terminal by putting them in a large bag
Wendy Thomas, 50, from Cardiff in South Wales, was stopped by border control officers in October 2016 at the Eurotunnel terminal with 3 illegal immigrants in their car.
Police officer on sick leave led double life as head of drugs gang and posed in 'Breaking Bad' t-shirt
Daniel Aimson, 36, formerly an officer with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was at the head of a drugs gang selling cannabis in Manchester and North Wales.
Thug threw 91-year-old woman to the ground and mugged her 100m from her home
Christopher Parker, 33, who has 84 previous convictions, attacked 91-year-old Audrey Bremner in a street mugging 100 metres from her home in Blyth, Northumberland.
Woman jailed after adopted teen starved to death wearing nappy, in home smelling of human waste
Nicole Finn, 43, from Iowa, was found guilty of the first-degree murder, kidnapping and child endangerment of Natalie Finn in West Des Moines, Iowa, in October 2016.
Huge 6.5 magnitude earthquake leaves one dead and sparks tsunami fears in Indonesia
A strong earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale has rocked Indonesia's main island of Java leaving one person dead and sparking fears of a tsunami.
British samurai sword expert disembowelled himself in Japanese hara-kiri ritual suicide
Divorcee Alun Jones, 51, from Newport, South Wales, bled to death on his bedroom floor after committing hara-kiri when he returned from a trip to Japan.
Pervert, 56, caught kissing half-dressed vulnerable girl, 15, was called 'paedo' by her friends
John Walshaw, 56, from Grimsby, was branded a 'paedo' after being spotted with a half-dressed 15-year-old girl and a bottle of wine down an alley.
Man stopped for drink driving shocks police by confessing to brutal cold case murder of woman
The 52-year-old killer, named as Olaf S., has been convicted of the murder of Monika F., a housewife in 1991. The 38-year-old woman was stabbed 70 times.
Gunmen separated children from adults before killing 6 in football training session massacre
The gunmen reportedly separated children from adults before shooting them in Manaus, deep in the Brazilian Amazon. Police believe the shooting may be linked to drug traffickers.
No family members present at inquest of boy, 7, who 'froze to death in cold weather'
Hakeem Hussain died from cardiac arrest when he was left outside a house in Birmingham. His mother, 35, and great-uncle, 56, were arrested for neglect.
Drunk Briton perforated his bowel after 'losing control' of a 77cm bendy sex toy
Doctors found an 'unusually large' 77cm-long sex toy that a patient had 'lost control' of, because he was intoxicated, according to a BMJ Case Report.
Two charged after 21-year-old stabbed to death while celebrating his birthday
Clubber Sam Cook, from Crosby, was stabbed to death on 21 October while celebrating his 21st birthday in the basement of the Empire nightclub in Liverpool city centre.
Sweden's right-wing extremist 'laser man' killer on trial for murder of Auschwitz survivor
Dubbed the 'laser man' the imprisoned John Ausonius is standing trial for the 1992 murder of an Auschwitz survivor in Frankfurt, Germany.
Gang used drones to fly into jails £1.2m worth of drugs, phones and a Freeview box
The eleven-strong gang carried out 49 drone flights and 'throw-overs' into British jails mainly consisting of pre-ordered drugs but also tools, phones and a TV box.
Liver surgeon admits burning his initials on patients during transplant operations
Birmingham Crown Court heard that Simon Bramhall branded "SB" on the organs of a man and a woman undergoing transplant operations at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Thug stabbed 'love rival' to death with 'scissors' and then went for a haircut
Phillip Daniels was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 22 years at Liverpool Crown Court after being found guilty of the murder of Paul Millea.
CCTV shows violent £250k jewellery shop raid using hammer after they posed as customers
Armed thugs burst into jewellers in broad daylight and attacked a shop assistant after tricking staff into opening the door at SP Green in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
Barclays banker jailed for helping cyber criminals launder over £2.5m stolen using malware
Jinal Pethad, 29, from Edgware, London, opened 105 sham accounts for two Moldovan nationals involved in the scam using fake ID documents.
Tory MP's chief of staff 'called woman a bitch then repeatedly raped her in Westminster office'
Samuel Armstrong, 24, an aide for South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay, allegedly raped a woman in his boss's office in the Palace of Westminster in October 2016.
Family were 'living under threat' before suspected arson killed three children in house fire
Demi Pearson, 14, Brandon, 8, and sister Lacie, 7, died in the fire on Jackson Street in Walkden, Salford, with 5 people now arrested in connection with the suspected arson attack.
Drugs mob behind gangland shootings dubbed 'the most sophisticated' jailed by Scots police
The gang have been prosecuted for drug-dealing, firearms, violence and kidnappings including the torture of a man over an unpaid cocaine debt.
French parents 'killed baby by putting anti-depressants in her bottle to stop her crying'
The parents, Delphine Niepceron, 27, and Cyrille Le Got, 43, from Champagnem France, allegedly put anti-depressants and tranquillisers in their child's bottles.
Man is barred from becoming airline pilot because he has HIV
A man, known only as Anthony, said his 'boyhood dream' has been destroyed after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) prevented him taking a trainee pilot scheme with EasyJet.
'Deranged' former student who shot dead cheerleader and football player was known to FBI
William Atchison, 21, was identified as the gunman who shot two students and injured 15 others at Aztec High School in New Mexico on Thursday (7 December).
Israel warplanes strike Gaza leaving 25 injured in violent clashes over Trump's Jerusalem decision
The Palestinian Health Ministry has issued a statement saying 25 people, including 6 children, were injured in strikes. Israel says rockets had been fired from the Gaza Strip.
Father watched as children drank meth-laced coffee before they both turned white, police say
Police in Phoenix say that Edgar Flores Avila watched as his two children, his 2-year-old son and 5-year-old step-daughter drank from a cup containing coffee and meth.
Chinese boy, 13, 'filmed himself decapitating mother and throwing her head in a bucket'
A 13-year-old boy is said to be behind a gruesome beheading video that was circulating on closed group chat in Wenxing town of Dazhu county, Sichuan Province.