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Congo fighters raped 40 girls, including a baby, to gain supernatural powers from virgin blood
The men were also convicted of murder, membership in a rebel movement and illegal weapons possession.
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.
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.
'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).
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.
Raped after confession: Catholic priest who murdered Texas beauty queen in 1960 is found guilty
Former priest John Feit has been convicted of murdering 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen Irene Garza, more than half a century after her death.
Indian who raped and fathered his teen daughter's baby gets 43 years jail
According to the public prosecutor, this is the second most severe punishment under the POCSO Act in Tamil Nadu.
Woman kills pregnant teen and raids her womb to pass off baby as her own
Aline Roberta Fagundes confessed she murdered Gabrielle Barcelos Silva and cut her open to remove the baby because her partner had threatened to leave her after she had miscarried.
Dying father who rang 999 after being stabbed was put on hold
Stab victim Paul Millea died after he frantically dialled 999 and was put on hold, a court has heard.
Drunk stepfather murdered eight-year-old for not cleaning his room
A 39-year-old Pittsburgh man will spend the rest of his life in jail after he was found guilt of first-degree murder of his fiance's eight-year-old son.
'Didn't want to be next': 7-year-old girl who found mother's body in basement tells investigators
The girl told the school counsellor that she found "lots of blood" and glimpse of a body in the basement.
'I've killed your husband': Love triangle leads to murder in Scottish flat
A violent thug, Ralph Goldie, who beat his lover's husband to death in a brutal attack called her up and said: "I've killed your husband".
Boy, 11, was raped, hung with a wire and dismembered 'in suspected satanic ritual'
An 11-year-old boy from Argentina was kidnapped, raped, hung with a wire and dismembered in a suspected satanic ritual in 2016.
Asda worker apologised to daughter before killing mother over £24-a-week child support
Mark Morris, 39, stabbed Emma Day, 33, with a kitchen knife as she taking her kids home from school.
Teenage boys burned 12-year-old girls alive over £3.50 debt
A pair of teenage boys killed two 12-year-old girls and a man by trapping them inside a cave along with a burning sofa after a dispute over four euros, a court heard.
South Carolina has no drugs left to execute Death Row cop killer
Bobby Wayne Stone was sentenced to death for murder and first degree burglary in South Carolina. But the state does not have the required drugs to carry out a lethal injection.
Boy, 14, screamed as he found bloodsoaked body of his mum who had been stabbed to death
A woman, named locally as 36-year-old Monika Lasek, was found dead at a property in Halifax, West Yorkshire. A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
CCTV shows moped robbers 'spotting dad wearing Rolex before stealing it and knifing him to death'
Danny Pearce, 31, who had a five-year-old daughter, was knifed and shot at after he refused to hand over his watch, London's Metropolitan Police say.
James Bulger's mum says killer Jon Venables is 'vile, perverted psychopath' after child porn arrest
James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus has hit out at her son's killer, Jon Venables, after he was caught with child abuse images for a second time last week.
Army officer accused of attempting to murder wife by tampering with parachute to stand retrial
Jurors have failed to reach a verdict in the trial of British Army sergeant Emile Cilliers, accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute.
Suspect dies from cancer only 10 hours after he had been charged with murder
Taron Robinson, 30, was charged in New York state with second-degree murder around 1pm, by 11pm he was dead.
Uncle kills 3 children and dumps bodies in forest, says father ordered it
The uncle of the children reportedly killed them on the instructions of their father who is said to be having an extra-marital affair.
Man who beat to death jogger Karina Vetrano confessed 'I finished her off, I strangled her', court hears
The family of Queens jogger Karina Vetrano broke down in court as they watched a video of Chanel Lewis detail the final minutes of their daughter's life.
Rihanna and Kim Kardashian among stars lobbying for jailed child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown
Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and others have shared an image of a post partly describing the circumstances leading child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown to be jailed in 2004.
Japanese 'Twitter killer' lured in suicidal victims before dismembering their bodies
Takahiro Shiraishi charged with murder of Aiko Tamura and accused of dismembering and killing 8 others in Zama.
Mother stabbed to death after being bound and gagged 'may have known attacker'
London's Metropolitan Police found the body of Catherine Burke in her Muswell Hill home last Thursday. Police say she may have known her attacker.
Racist child killer loses legal bid to return penis pump that was delivered to his jail cell
Imran 'Baldy' Shahid, who was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years in 2006, demanded the penis pump returned because he has a 'bad reaction' to Viagra tablets.
CCTV shows gunman fire into victim's chest outside Leeds nightclub as panicked crowd flee
A man was set upon outside Nite Trax in Chapeltown Road, shortly before 1am on 29 August last year as revellers enjoyed the final hours of the Leeds West Indian Carnival weekend.
Sharon Tate's sister 'said a prayer for Charles Manson soul' after hearing killer was dead
Debra Tate, the sister of actress Sharon Tate, who was murdered on the orders of Charles Manson, said a prayer when she heard the notorious cult leader was dead.