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Man who led police on pursuit through Bristol jailed for 16 months

Avon and Somerset Police said Bryan Smith admitted driving offences and was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court.

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Police smash into stolen car and taser ‘reckless’ driver following chase

A police officer spotted Smith driving the stolen vehicle while on patrol

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Killer, 88, wrote note asking for forgiveness after smothering ‘wonderful’ wife to death

He told a fire service watch manager his wife was ‘very ill’

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Men gave false name to lure pensioner to door before killing him, court told

Stephen Ridgeway, 72, was left with six broken ribs before dying in hospital a month later.

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Questions remain unanswered over murder of premature baby, say family

Brendon Staddon was killed by his father, Daniel Gunter, at Yeovil District Hospital in March 2024.

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Parents told police they did not harm premature baby who died at neonatal unit

Sophie Staddon and Daniel Gunter are on trial at Bristol Crown Court.

Evening Standard

Parents accused of baby’s murder ‘smoked while nurses tried to save him’

Daniel Gunter, 27, and Sophie Staddon, 23, appeared at Bristol Crown Court accused of murder and causing or allowing Brendon Staddon’s death.

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Murder-accused parents smoked as nurses tried to save their baby, court hears

Social services and Gunter’s family were worried about the ‘lack of emotional warmth’ the couple showed their child

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Granddaughter speaks of how Louisa Dunne’s murder cast shadow over family

Mary Dainton told Bristol Crown Court in a victim impact statement how her mother never recovered from circumstances of her own mother’s murder.

Evening Standard

Ryland Headley evaded police for 58 years. Then a single handprint brought him to justice

For decades, Ryland Headley went undetected for the violent murder of Louise Dunne in Bristol, until police officers re-examining the case discovered key links to the killer from boxed evidence

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Man, 92, will die in prison for rape and murder of woman in 1967

Ryland Headley was told he had committed a “pitiless and cruel act by a depraved man” as he was sentenced for murdering 75-year-old Louisa Dunne

Evening Standard

‘Depraved’ killer, 92, finally jailed for rape and murder cold case after 58 years

Ryland Headley told he will die in prison after forcing open window at Louisa Dunne’s Bristol home and attacking her nearly six decades ago

The Independent UK

Granddaughter of Louisa Dunne never believed her murderer would be caught

Ryland Headley has been convicted of raping and killing the mother-of-two in 1967.

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Jury continues considering verdicts in 1967 murder trial

Ryland Headley has been on trial at Bristol Crown Court for the past two weeks.

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Former teacher, 90, will face trial after denying historical sex offences

Derek Barker pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to when he worked at Monkton Combe School in Bath in the 1970s.

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Man responsible for 1967 murder was identified 58 years on, prosecution alleges

Ryland Headley is on trial at Bristol Crown Court for the rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in 1967.

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Billion-to-one DNA match links man, 92, to 1967 rape and murder, court hears

Ryland Headley is accused of forcing entry into the home of Louisa Dunne, 75, in Bristol in June 1967 before raping and killing her.

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Doctor who pronounced victim dead in 1967 gives evidence in murder trial

Louisa Dunne’s body was found by neighbours in the front room of her home in Easton, Bristol.

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Scream heard on night 75-year-old woman was murdered in 1967, jury told

Ryland Headley is on trial for the rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol.

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Man pleads not guilty to murder and rape of woman in 1967

Ryland Headley, wearing a dark red jumper, sat in the dock at Bristol Crown Court.

The Independent UK

Drunken fight between brothers ended in tragedy after ‘one punch’, court hears

Ben Starr, 34, inflicted a single fatal blow to his brother Lee at a motocross event

Evening Standard

‘Thoroughly evil’ man jailed for murdering partner

Kieron Goodwin, 33, denied killing 29-year-old Olivia Wood but was found guilty of murder after a five-week trial at Bristol Crown Court.

The Independent UK

Man convicted of murdering partner on night she planned to leave him

Kieron Goodwin, 33, denied killing 29-year-old Olivia Wood but was found guilty of her murder after a five-week trial at Bristol Crown Court.

The Independent UK

Youth sentenced for knife attack on stranger hours before double murder

The teenager, who is now aged 16, cannot be named for legal reasons.

Evening Standard

Mother convicted of killing her four-month-old baby girl

A jury unanimously convicted Melissa Wilband of manslaughter.

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