Articles by William Watkinson

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UN imposes fresh sanctions on North Korea over ballistic missile tests

North Korea had said after a recent missile test that fresh united Nations (UN) sanctions would only make the state accelerate its nuclear programme.

Dec 22, 2017

North Korea

Gunman blasts man in head with gun outside store in front of horrified Christmas shoppers

A man in his 20s was shot in the head with a shotgun in front of shocked Christmas shoppers at lunchtime in Southport town centre, Merseyside, on Thursday (21 December).

Dec 21, 2017

UK crime

Woman dies after being 'stabbed in Aldi supermarket aisle before shoppers detained knifeman'

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident in Aldi, Keighley Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, shortly before 3.30pm on Thursday (21 December).

Dec 21, 2017

Killer whale dies in field after being thrown 25 metres inland by Storm Caroline

Gale force winds on the Shetland Islands on 7 December left a four-year-old orca stranded on a grassy field near Eshaness on the west coast.

Dec 21, 2017

Scotland

Muslim convert is jailed for trying to join Isis after leaving his pregnant wife who 'snitched' on him

Ismael Watson, formally Jack Watson, from Walsall, has been jailed for planning to join Isis before his pregnant wife told the authorities.

Dec 21, 2017

UK crime Isis ISIL Islamic State Turkey Syria

Manchester United hooligan jailed for kicking and racially abusing Manchester City's Raheem Sterling

Karl Anderson, 29, was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment after pleading guilty to racially aggravated common assault outside Manchester City's training ground.

Dec 21, 2017

Manchester City FC Manchester United FC

Ex-police officer stabbed ex-wife 22 times over £152k divorce payout in 'callous' attack

Former police officer Andrew Stevenson, of Morriston, Swansea, screamed 'she has taken everything from me' as he launched into the attack in September 2017.

Dec 20, 2017

UK crime

Addict son kept dead dad's rotting body in home for 3 weeks so he could spend his wages on drugs

Heroin addict Kieron West from Leicester left the corpse of his postman dad Peter in his house for three weeks and spent his wages. He has been jailed for 40 months.

Dec 20, 2017

UK crime

Four men charged over death of British man found with genitals in tuna can outside airport

Three Finnish men Jussi Petteri Munck, Kimo Tapani Naivo, Mika Tapio Soininem and Irishman James O'Byrne charged with manslaughter over death of Steven Allford at Malaga Airport.

Dec 20, 2017

Spain

'Unduly lenient' 30-year jail term for homeless man who killed Good Samaritan mother and son to be appealed

Homeless drug-user Aaron Barley, 24, admitted to stabbing Tracey Wilkinson, 50, and her teenage son Pierce at their home in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in March this year.

Dec 19, 2017

UK crime

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.

Dec 19, 2017

UK crime London

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'.

Dec 19, 2017

North Korea

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.

Dec 19, 2017

UK crime London

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.

Dec 18, 2017

UK crime France

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.

Dec 18, 2017

PC UK crime

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.

Dec 18, 2017

UK crime

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.

Dec 16, 2017

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.

Dec 15, 2017

Earthquake

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.

Dec 15, 2017

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.

Dec 15, 2017

UK crime

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