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John Robert Charlton pleaded guilty to the charges, but claimed he could not remember killing the mother of three who he had started dating prior to the crime.

The accused couple – Taifun S, 36, and Jasmin P, 27, – had allegedly contacted Marianne M on the internet on a forum for people with special sexual interests.

Hong Kong police have arrested the victim's father, stepmother and step-grandmother and are investigating the death as a murder case.

Carlos Deangelo Bell, an HIV-positive former high school track coach, has pleaded guilty to 27 charges for abusing 42 boys.

Police in the Greater Manchester area continue to search for the 'East Lancs Ripper,' believed to be behind the mutilation and murder of two area prostitutes.

An American tourist overdosed on Viagra and walked around Phuket International Airport in Thailand naked before being taken down by six security guards.

Carrie Gracie has accused the BBC of a "secretive and illegal pay culture" and quit her post as China editor because she was paid less than a man doing the same job.

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with intentionally starting a fire which led to the evacuation of dozens of residents on a street in Melbourne.

Police have apologised to a male victim of domestic violence after he was told by officers his case was "not a police matter".

Striker Lukas Podolski has opened his own kebab restaurant in his hometown of Cologne in Germany, making it his second food outlet in the city.

Disney is facing criticism for selling a girls' T-shirt with the slogan, "Shoes speak louder than words."

Parents of a newborn baby have been charged with murder after their two-week old was found dead and stuffed into a duffel bag in Georgia woods.

An Israeli man, Moshe Harel, described as the ringleader of a global organ trafficking network has been arrested in Cyprus.

Black cab rapist John Worboys turned to God in a bid to get released from prison on parole, prison sources claim

Plans to honour the late George Michael with a £100,000 statue outside his former property in Oxfordshire have stalled.

The attack, reportedly over a previous dispute, also left the 22-year-old man with deep cuts to his hands.

British stores including Tesco, Waitrose and B&Q have banned the sale of acids to customers under the age of 18 to crack down on crimes involving corrosive substances

Natasha Stevens' husband, who used to be a guitarist, is battling serious medical issues, including seizures that could sometimes occur almost 20 times a day.

32 crew members of the Iranian vessel Sanchi are missing while all those aboard the Chinese ship CF Crystal have been accounted for.

The video was filmed outside the Ink nightclub in Nottingham on Thursday, 4 January, and showed the doorman knocking out at least two men.

The forest became a subject of interest again after well-known YouTube video-blogger Logan Paul was criticised for featuring a clip of a corpse he spotted there.

In the past 100 years, 218 people have died while climbing South Africa's scenic mountain.

Michael Lester of Winter Haven also told the dispatcher, "I'm driving on the wrong side of the road."

The bodies of Michael Birnkrant, 51, his wife, Amy, 47 and their two children Drew, 20, and Sean, 11 were found in separate rooms. Police are not looking for any other suspects.

A fire broke out in the top floor of the five storey Fry building at Bristol University. A spokesperson said the building was safely evacuated and everyone has been accounted for.

A 31-year-old man was arrested following the discovery of five mutilated cats in Northampton in August.

A woman has been arrested after police say 97-year-old dementia sufferer Dimitra Pavlopoulou was abducted from a nursing home in Melbourne, Australia by a stranger.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has outlawed black cars in the capital and is demanding anyone who owns one get it repainted.

Alabama authorities are investigating a possible arson case after a fire destroyed the home of Tina Johnson.