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Woman jailed for murdering boy she wanted to adopt

A woman has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years for the murder of a one-year-old boy she was hoping to adopt. Leiland-James Corkill had been placed with Laura Castle, 38, and her 35-year-old husband Scott by authorities in Cumbria less than five ...

25 May 2022 at 14:57

Man jailed for murder of ex-girlfriend

A man who claimed he had accidentally killed his ex-girlfriend when throwing an axe has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years for her murder. Andrew Burfield, 51, killed and buried 33-year-old Katie Kenyon in the Forest of Bowland, ...

17 Nov 2022 at 12:33

Killer stabbed man to death because he wrongly thought he was meeting girl

A 17-year-old has been sentenced to a minimum of 14 years and seven months in detention for the murder of a man he wrongly believed had arranged to meet a teenage girl. Joshua Boardman attacked 28-year-old Hiwa Ali Khani as he sat in his car in ...

30 Nov 2022 at 13:15

Woman jailed after false grooming gang claims

A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang. Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday after ...

14 Mar 2023 at 16:04

Three men tried to take their own lives after false rape claims caused ‘outcry’

Three men tried to take their own lives after false rape allegations that sparked “unprecedented outcry” in a Cumbrian town, a court has heard. Eleanor Williams, 22, accused a number of men of rape and posted an account on Facebook in May ...

13 Mar 2023 at 14:10

Man ‘rapped’ about killing someone hours before murdering lone mother-of-two

A man who murdered a lone mother-of-two in her Lancashire home as her infant child slept upstairs rapped about killing someone just an hour before the attack, police said. Anthony Stinson, 31, came across Charlotte Wilcock on the evening ...

21 Aug 2023 at 21:49

Nurse who denies unlawfully sedating patients is a ‘complete fraud’, jury told

A nurse who allegedly sedated patients for “amusement” has denied she is a “complete fraud” who had given a “performance” to jurors. Catherine Hudson, 54, is said to have drugged patients on Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit ...

20 Sept 2023 at 16:43

‘Selfish’ motorist, 81, with poor eyesight who fatally hit pedestrian is jailed

An 81-year-old man told by doctors nine years ago to stop driving because of his poor eyesight has been jailed for knocking down and killing another pensioner. Neil Pemberton, 81, was able to a read a car number plate at a distance ...

06 Dec 2023 at 18:32

$CPR did not cause ‘multiplicity’ of baby’s rib fractures, murder trial jury told$

CPR did not cause ‘multiplicity’ of baby’s rib fractures, murder trial jury told

Efforts to revive a baby girl did not cause her “multiplicity” of rib fractures, a murder trial jury has been told. Prosecutors say Laura Langley, 37, inflicted “terrible injuries” as she squeezed her seven-week-old daughter Edith ...

19 Oct 2023 at 15:02

No increase in sentence for police officer who tried to rape woman

A police officer who left a woman fearing for her life as he tried to rape her will not have his jail term increased after Court of Appeal judges concluded it was “not unduly lenient”. Ernesto Ceraldi, 44, who has since resigned ...

08 Sept 2022 at 14:21

Woman who made grooming gang claims convicted of perverting course of justice

A woman who claimed she was the victim of an Asian grooming gang has been convicted of perverting the course of justice. Eleanor Williams, 22, published pictures of her injuries and an account of being groomed, trafficked and ...

03 Jan 2023 at 16:37

Woman accused of lying about grooming gang says she loved alleged trafficker

A woman accused of lying about being the victim of an Asian grooming gang has told a court she was in love with her alleged trafficker. Eleanor Williams, 22, gave evidence at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday. She told the jury ...

06 Dec 2022 at 15:12

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