Confessions (Law)
A police officer assigned to the Bacolod City Police Office surrendered on November 1, 2025, and confessed to the disappearance and killing of Kristine Joy Dignadice, a 42-year-old female businesswoman from Victorias City, Negros Occidental. The victim's gray Hyundai Accent was found abandoned with bloodstains in Sitio So-ol,
Confessions (Law)
A former UVF hitman, Laurence Maguire, has been charged with conspiring to murder brothers Gerard and Rory Cairns, who were shot dead at their family home near Bleary in 1993. Maguire, 62, had previously confessed to an alleged murder plot in a BBC interview in 2019 but has now become
Confessions (Law)
Police officers involved in the probe said if the court accepts the plea, the two may be treated as approvers during the trial. The complainant, a 23-year-old MBBS student at a private medical college in Durgapur, was allegedly gangraped shortly after she had stepped out of the campus with a
Murder
In a significant ruling, the Pietermaritzburg High Court has overturned a conviction for murder, citing that the accused, Innocent Thabani Ngcobo, had been denied the right to consult with his lawyer before making a confession statement. This decision has far-reaching implications for the administration of justice in South Africa. The
Murder
Raja Raghuvanshi, a 25-year-old man, went missing during his honeymoon trip to Meghalaya with his wife Sonam. After a thorough investigation and search operation, his body was found in a gorge. The case took a dramatic turn when Sonam confessed to plotting and executing her husband's murder during
Murder
A disturbing case of paternal filicide and matricide has come to light with the release of the documentary "Confessions of a Parent Killer" on Paramount Plus. Ginny McCullough, a 35-year-old woman from Essex, England, has confessed to fatally poisoning her 70-year-old father and stabbing her 71-year-old mother to
Murder
As a grown man sat by his mother's deathbed, he received a shocking confession: she had murdered her childhood friend when she was a teenager. However, his attempts to extract more details were met with silence, leading him to question whether he should contact the authorities. This harrowing
