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A 92-year-old man, Ryland Headley, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years for the rape and murder of a woman in Bristol 58 years ago. This historic conviction marks the oldest cold case solved in modern English policing history. Headley was convicted of killing Louisa Dunne
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The High Court on Tuesday accepted a petition challenging the death sentence of a man in the Asiya rape and murder case, who was convicted by a lower court in Magura district. The court order was passed by a bench comprising of Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman and Justice Md Sagir
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A district judge has decided not to jail Andrew Holmes, a former police officer who made a menacing and disgusting comment to a woman he met on Tinder, threatening to kidnap, rape, and murder her. Holmes was serving with Hampshire Police when he made the comment in August last year,
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For nearly 60 years, the family of Louisa Dunne had accepted that her brutal murder would never be solved. But in a stunning breakthrough, 92-year-old Ryland Headley has been found guilty of raping and murdering the 75-year-old grandmother at her home in Bristol in 1967. The case, believed to be
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Steven Morris's grandfather, Louisa Dunne's second husband, John Dunne died. Dunne was left to live alone until 1967 when she was murdered. The police officers informed Dainton that they had a suspect, and DNA evidence confirmed that the killer was Ryland Headley, a 92-year-old man who
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A 24-year-old law student was allegedly gang-raped inside South Calcutta Law College by three students, including a practising criminal lawyer, on June 25, with a medical examination confirming signs of brutal sexual assault. The incident took place in a guard's room adjacent to the student union office, where
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The investigation into the murder of a 25-year-old woman whose decomposed body was found buried in a pit has taken a significant turn with the arrest of her father-in-law, accused of raping and strangling her to death. The Crime Branch-DLF, Haryana Police, have added rape charges against the accused, who
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In a heartbreaking case, a 20-year-old BCA student was murdered in Lucknow's Vigyanpuri area by her stepfather, who allegedly raped her before the fatal attack. The mother of the victim testified to the police that her daughter was repeatedly raped by her stepfather over a period of two
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A former police officer, Andrew Holmes, has received a suspended sentence after being convicted of sending offensive and obscene messages to a woman on a dating app. Holmes, who was a serving officer at Hampshire Police, had been in contact with the victim on Tinder, sending her messages that included
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Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of Norway's future king, has been formally charged with multiple counts of rape, sexual assault, and bodily harm. The formal charges come after a months-long investigation that uncovered a "double-digit" pool of alleged victims. The
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GBV activists are expressing outrage as a 49-year-old man, accused of raping and murdering his son's 8-year-old friend, Daniel Jamneck, has applied for bail for a second time. The accused, who cannot be named to protect his 14-year-old son, a crucial witness in the case, is facing trial
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Thomas Gudinas, 51, was executed on Tuesday in Florida for the 1994 rape and murder of 27-year-old Michelle McGrath, a woman who had left an Orlando nightclub. The execution came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from Gudinas' attorneys, who argued he was too mentally
