Articles by Paul Wright

Child killer Ian Huntley hopes to be free in 2020 by 'duping officials as reformed character'

Soham murderer Ian Huntley, who killed schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, hopes to be back on the streets of Britain in just three years.

Nov 13, 2017

Canadians lose appeal over death of mother 'cooked alive' in experimental spa treatment

Three Canadians have lost their appeal over their conviction for the death of mother Chantal Lavigne, who was "cooked alive" during a detox spa treatment.

Nov 10, 2017

Paedophiles kidnap 12-year-old girl and film her rape for the internet

Two paedophiles in Ekaterinburg, Russia, reportedly kidnapped and raped a 12-year-old girl while filming the abuse for fellow child sex offenders on the internet.

Nov 10, 2017

Russia

Watford man gets 14 months for trying to sell rhino horns and elephant tusks on Instagram

Abbas Allawi, from Watford, has been jailed for attempting to sell elephant tusks, hippopotamus teeth and rhino horns.

Nov 10, 2017

Female teacher arrested for 'having sex with high school students in her car'

Substitute teacher Madeline Marx has been accused of having sex with at least two high school male students in Kettering, Ohio.

Nov 10, 2017

Pregnant woman 'cooked roommate's pet ferret alive in oven after row over missing clothes'

Police in New Hampshire say Ivana Clifford, 26, told officers she cooked the beloved animal – named "Angel".

Nov 9, 2017

Watch the terrifying moment British surfer Andrew Cotton breaks his back in a 50ft wave wipeout

British surfer Andrew Cotton broke his back after trying to surf a mammoth 50ft wave that crashed down on him off the coast of Portugal.

Nov 9, 2017

Portugal

Videos reveal the abuse Iranian women receive for not wearing the hijab

Women's rights campaigners in Iran have released eye-opening footage showing the abuse they receive when refusing to wear a hijab in public as part of the #WhiteWednesday movement.

Nov 9, 2017

Iran

Scotland's own 'hot felon' Jeremy Meeks? Women gush over man who escaped clinging to van

In a picture that could rival 'hot felon' Jeremy Meeks, women have been gushing over a man who spectacularly escaped Dungavel Immigration Centre in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Nov 8, 2017

Swords and machetes among nearly 100 knives handed over in Cambridgeshire amnesty

Swords and machetes were among nearly 100 deadly weapons handed over during a seven-day knife amnesty by Cambridgeshire Police.

Nov 8, 2017

Wolverhampton teenager caught trying to set off deadly car bomb bought from dark web

Gurtej Randhawa, from Wolverhampton, could face jail after he was caught buying a remotely-detonated car bomb from the dark web.

Nov 8, 2017

Brazilian teens Facebook Live stream own deaths as police open fire on their car

Three Brazilian teenagers reportedly live streamed their own deaths when police opened fire on their car during an anti-drug-trafficking raid in Rio de Janeiro.

Nov 8, 2017

Brazil

Rapists as young as 10 could be housed in a special unit amid rise in 'dark' sex attacks by children

A special unit to hold children as young as 10 who carry out sex attacks is being considered by ministers amid a rise in convictions.

Nov 8, 2017

Mother died saving her children's lives by using body as human shield in Texas church shooting

Mother Joann Ward, who was one of 26 killed in the Texas church shooting, managed to save two of her children's lives by using herself as a human shield, family members have said.

Nov 7, 2017

Matthew Scully-Hicks has been found guilty of murdering his 18-month-old baby girl, Elsie, just two weeks after formally adopting her

Elsie Scully-Hicks: Father jailed for life after murdering 18-month-old adopted daughter

Former fitness instructor has been jailed for murdering his 18-month-old daughter Elsie at his Cardiff home just two weeks after adopting her.

Nov 7, 2017

Shocking video shows attacker repeatedly stab teenager in London takeaway

Police have released CCTV footage of a teenager being stabbed in Mahin's Pizza Peri Peri Grill takeaway restaurant in Newham, East London.

Nov 7, 2017

US postal worker wins $10m lottery - but goes straight back to work and tells no one for a week

US postal worker Woody Simmons said he sat in his car screaming after winning the $10m top prize on a Virginia Lottery scratch card.

Nov 4, 2017

Judge jails 'evil' paedophile who took pictures while abusing young girl

Martin Rowley, 45, has been jailed after he took pictures of himself abusing a young girl and viewed indecent images online.

Nov 4, 2017

Woman arrested for being being drunk in charge of a horse after riding down busy Florida highway

Donna Byrne, 53, has been arrested and charged with riding while drunk after she was spotted on her horse on a busy Florida highway.

Nov 4, 2017

Florida

Bride desperate for divorce poisons husband's drink - but mistakenly kills 17 in-laws

Police in Pakistan say a newly married woman mistakenly killed 17 of her family members after she tried to murder her arranged marriage husband by poisoning his drink.

Nov 4, 2017

Pakistan

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