Articles by William Watkinson

William Watkinson is a news reporter at IBTimes UK. He obtained a Master's Degree in Journalism from St Mary's University, in Twickenham after attaining a degree in journalism from the University of East London. William has won multiple awards for his journalism including Feature Writer of the Year at the EDF East of England Awards in 2015.

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Manhunt underway after headless body found near survivalist bunker

The decapitated body of Katherine Cunningham, 26, was found near a survivalist bunker that was packed with guns and ammunition in Washington with police hunting Jacob Gonzales.

Mar 8, 2018

'Predatory' fantasist raped woman then filmed her cleaning up her own blood in hotel room

Agampodi Dezoysa, 25, from Brent, north London, has been jailed for 12 years after he admitted 4 counts of rape, assault causing grievous bodily harm, and criminal damage.

Mar 8, 2018

UK crime

Thug climbed through window to pummel pensioner with metal pole after arguing with her son

Michael Gallagher, 34, was jailed for 6 years and 9 months at Liverpool Crown Court after he admitted attacking Christine Bell, 70, with a wheel brace.

Mar 8, 2018

UK crime

Boy, 14, 'impersonated police officer in fake police car making traffic stops and house calls'

A 14-year-old boy from Victorville, California, was arrested by police on Tuesday (6 March) whilst driving a white Ford Explorer with flashing lights.

Mar 8, 2018

California

Man suspected of killing partner's 1-year-old boy freed after key witness fails to turn up to court

Dylon James Kirkpatrick, 26, from Ramseur, North Carolina, was charged with the murder of 1-year-old Ryker Baker who died on 10 February this year.

Mar 8, 2018

Parsons Green Tube 'bucket bomber' allegedly told UK officials he had been trained to kill by Isis

Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, 18, injured 30 commuters when he allegedly detonated an explosive device concealed in a bucket on a packed London tube train.

Mar 7, 2018

Parsons Green London

Britain First leader and deputy jailed for hate crimes as judge slams their 'hostility towards Muslims'

Leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen were jailed for a total of 54 weeks after being convicted of hate crimes convicted at Folkestone Magistrates' Court.

Mar 7, 2018

UK crime

Nerve agent 'used to try to kill' Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury

Scotland Yard have stated that Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal were 'targeted specifically' in Salisbury town centre in Wiltshire last weekend.

Mar 7, 2018

Russia

Mum 'returned to work after son, 8, shoots his sister, 4, multiple times leaving her injured'

Ohio mother Alyssa Edwards, 27, is facing two charges of child endangering after she allegedly left her daughter with multiple gunshot wounds when she was shot by her brother.

Mar 6, 2018

Girl, 12, was forced to 'swallow her own vomit by couple who sexually abused her for years'

The 12-year-old victim was allegedly told that she would 'lose her guardian angels' if she reported the abuse by Jennifer Stevens and her husband, Michael Stevens.

Mar 6, 2018

Girl, 17, has 'throat slashed' and man she vanished with is critically injured in police van bloodbath

A 17-year-old girl, of Cannock, Staffordshire, and the 45-year-old man that she vanished with have both been critically injured after an incident in the back of a police van.

Mar 6, 2018

UK crime

Flatmate who watched 6 hours of sadomasochistic porn on drugs before killing woman with hammer jailed

The Old Bailey said Lucian Stinci was 'infatuated' with his flatmate Florina Pastina, who he repeatedly hit her over the head with a hammer at the home they shared in London.

Mar 6, 2018

London UK crime

Drug dealer who blames offending on finding James Bulger's body when he was 13 is jailed again

Terence Riley, 38, from Liverpool, was a 13-year-old boy when he found murdered James Bulger's body abandoned on a railway line in Walton, Merseyside, in 1993.

Mar 2, 2018

UK crime

Girl, 7, becomes Britain's 10th weather fatality after car careers into house in 'ice-slide'

The 7-year-old girl, who was believed to have been walking on a pavement, died at the scene in Looe, Cornwall, after a car ploughed into a house.

Mar 1, 2018

Blizzard

Retired nurse knifed to death in own home just 10 miles from similar killing 2 weeks ago

Great-grandmother Anne James, 74, was pronounced dead in her cottage in Highgate, Walsall, on Thursday (1 March) after suffering a 'shocking, violent' attack.

Mar 1, 2018

UK crime

Pensioner 'claimed benefits for dead brother whose body laid in house for two years'

Donald Pollard, 69, from Toxteth, Liverpool, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court charged with preventing a lawful burial and fraud and fraudulently claiming benefits.

Mar 1, 2018

UK crime

Isis 'White Widow' Sally Jones may be still be alive after she is named as dangerous operative

Sally Jones, a former punk rocker, from Kent, who married fellow jihadist Junaid Hussain, was thought to have died in a drone strike in Syria, along with her son JoJo, 12.

Mar 1, 2018

Isis ISIL Islamic State Syria Iraq

Nursery shuts down unexpectedly when it emerged manager's husband was paedophile

The Long Lane Preschool, in Heald Green, Stockport, closed after the governing committee resigned. Nursery manager Sarwat Uppal is married to paedophile Imtinan Aljoffrey-Uppal.

Feb 28, 2018

UK crime

Russia claims it has lasers that can shoot down enemy satellites in space

Russia says that military engineers have reportedly developed a plane-mounted laser that could be used in the event of a space war, which is feared by one US air force general.

Feb 28, 2018

Russia

3 men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over fatal Leicester blast that left 5 dead

Leicestershire Police said the 3 men are aged all in their 30s and have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the blast which happened at around on Sunday (25 February)

Feb 28, 2018

UK crime

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