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Police to reinvestigate woman’s 1984 disappearance

The disappearance of a woman from Lockerbie is to be reinvestigated after almost 40 years, Police Scotland has said. Marion Hodge was reported missing in 1984 and subsequently declared legally dead in 1993. Her body has never been found. Police said ...

28 Feb 2022 at 11:25

Boy charged over stabbing of 30th teenage homicide victim in London

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after another boy, also 16, became the 30th teenage homicide victim in London in 2021. Officers attended reports of a boy suffering a puncture wound at Philpot’s Farm open space, close to Heather Lane, ...

04 Jan 2022 at 11:25

Boy appears in court charged with stabbing murder of 16-year-old

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of another boy who was London’s record 30th teenage homicide victim last year. The victim, named by police as Ionut Elvis Tacu, died of stab wounds following the attack at Philpot’s ...

04 Jan 2022 at 16:25

Lockdowns saw higher rate of women victims of domestic homicide – ONS

The proportion of women homicide victims who were killed by a partner, ex-partner or relative was higher during periods of lockdown in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Some 49% of adult female victims in England and ...

10 Feb 2022 at 17:25

World

Man charged with reckless homicide over Apple store crash

A driver is to be charged with reckless homicide after his SUV crashed through the front window of an Apple store in Massachusetts, killing one man and injuring at least 16 other people, authorities said on Tuesday. Bradley Rein, 53, will ...

22 Nov 2022 at 15:20

Father killed son ‘in fit of anger to hurt mother’, prosecutor says

A man who allegedly murdered his son killed the two-year-old out of spite towards his ex-partner, a court has heard. Prosecutors said Lukasz Czapla’s fury towards his former partner Patrycja Szczesniak is what motivated him to kill their ...

03 May 2022 at 16:25

Mother of murdered Ellie Gould calls for ’25-year starting point for overkill’

The mother of murdered Ellie Gould has called for a “25-year starting point for overkill and for strangulation”, after her daughter’s killer was sentenced to a minimum of 12 years and six months in prison. Thomas Griffiths, then 17, ...

26 Mar 2023 at 13:02

Scotland

New review system to ‘learn lessons’ in homicides and suicides linked to abuse

A new review system is to be set up to identify what lessons can be learned in deaths where abuse is suspected. The Scottish Government said its proposals for a Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Model could ultimately lead to ...

06 Dec 2023 at 14:04

Scotland

Number of homicides in Scotland falls to lowest level since 1976

Deaths from homicide in Scotland fell last year to the lowest total since records began. Official figures showed that in 2022-23 there were 52 deaths from homicide – down from 53 the previous year. The total – which includes ...

31 Oct 2023 at 11:36

Number of people killed with a knife in 2021/22 was highest for 76 years

The number of people killed with a knife in England and Wales in 2021/22 was the highest on record for 76 years. Around four in 10 homicides were committed using a knife or sharp instrument in the year to March 2022 (282). ...

09 Feb 2023 at 14:22

Scotland

Number of homicides in Scotland at lowest level since records began

The number of homicides across Scotland has more than halved in the last 15 years, with the figure being the lowest its been since records began in 1976. The latest official data, released on Tuesday, show 53 people were ...

25 Oct 2022 at 15:13

Tories pledge to overhaul homicide laws, with tougher sentences for killers

Killers and domestic abusers will receive tougher sentences as a result of a proposed overhaul of homicide laws, which will be set out in the Conservative Party’s manifesto. The minimum sentence for murders that take ...

05 Jun 2024 at 22:33

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