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Virginia McCullough: The ‘intelligent manipulator’ who murdered her parents and said ‘I don’t seem 100% evil’

Virginua McCullough has been described as ‘deceitful, dangerous and intelligent’ by family and detectives

The Independent UK

British woman who killed her parents and lived with their bodies is sentenced to life

A British woman who murdered her parents and then lived for four years alongside their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home has been sentenced to life imprisonment and told she won’t be eligible for parole for 36 years

The Independent UK

Woman Killed Parents, Built 'Makeshift Tomb' And Hid The Bodies In Their Home For 4 Years

Virginia McCullough, 36, stashed her mother's body in a bedroom wardrobe

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Watch: Chilling moment woman confesses to murdering her parents then living with corpses in Essex home for years

Virginia McCullough was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday

Evening Standard

London travel news LIVE: M11 reopens after horror crash near Stansted Airport

The major motorway was shut following a ‘serious collision’ on Friday morning, Essex Police said

Evening Standard

Man charged with murder after serious assault near Essex school

Officers were called to an address on Ingrave Road shortly after 3.30pm on Thursday following reports of an assault.

Evening Standard

Man dies after serious assault in Brentwood as police arrest 38-year-old suspect

One man was pronounced dead at the scene and his family are aware, police say

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Footballer jailed and branded ‘violent coward’ by mother of girl, 2, who was left in a coma

‘He can only be described as a coward,’ police said after doctors identified 17 different injuries and put the girl in a coma for 14 days

The Independent UK

Moment Police Save Stranded Couple On Yacht During Storm Off Essex Coast

After the yacht became damaged it sent out a distress call requesting emergency assistance.

Zenger

Mother, 34, attacked by dog died after bite severed artery in arm

Michelle Hempstead, 34, died the day after she was bitten by dog in Essex, inquest told

The Independent UK

Woman bitten on arm by dog died the following day, inquest told

Michelle Hempstead was attacked by the dog in Southend, Essex

The Independent UK

Man charged after grandmother savaged to death by XL bully dogs

Ashley Warren has now been charged over the death of in the first case since XL Bullies laws came into force

The Independent UK

Couple who had sex in front of child in online chatroom jailed

Nick Barrett and Summer Andrew used Omegle to ‘trade’ sex in turn for watching child abuse

The Independent UK

Three people killed after stationary vehicle hit on busy A-road in east London

Police appeal for witnesses after fatal crash in Rainham

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Evening Standard

Three killed in A13 east London crash and one person in hospital

Three vehicles were found to have been involved in the collision

Evening Standard

Woman charged with murder following death of man in his 60s

Essex Police were called to reports of a serious assault in Willingale Road, Loughton, around 10.20pm on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Inside the grubby flat where obsessed loner assembled ‘kidnap kit’ to murder Holly Willoughby

Neighbours rarely saw ‘isolated’ Gavin Plumb. But none could imagine inside his unassuming Essex flat, the security guard was planning a horrifying attack on a TV star, writes Amy-Clare Martin

Evening Standard

Lord Sugar hails 'impressive' police probe after Essex thief's daughters ordered to pay £100,000

David Buisson targeted homes across Essex and stole from Lord Sugar’s home

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The Independent UK

Moment topless guard says Holly Willoughby is ‘a fantasy of mine’ during arrest over alleged kidnap plot

Body-worn footage of Gavin Plumb’s arrest was played to a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift, King Charles and Stonehenge: How Just Stop Oil tactics have escalated

Just Stop Oil handed Boris Johnson an ultimatum a month before protests began in 2022

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil spray paint private jets and ‘target Taylor Swift’s plane’ at Stansted Airport

Two activists have been arrested by Essex Police

The Guardian - UK

Essex police reportedly reviewing deaths of fentanyl killer’s father and grandfather

Force has not denied reports it is investigating whether Luke D’Wit may have killed twice before without detection

The Independent UK

Fentanyl double killer Luke D’Wit probed over deaths of father and grandfather

Det Supt Rob Kirby had said: ‘I have absolutely no doubt that had he not been caught, he would have gone on to commit further murders’

The Independent UK

Woman charged after milkshake thrown over Nigel Farage during campaign launch

The Reform UK leader had been in Clacton-on-Sea to launch his campaign to become an MP

Cycling Weekly

Cyclist suffers spinal injuries after being hit by car driver at RideLondon

Essex Police are calling for information on the incident, during the event which takes place on closed roads

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