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How was Peter Sullivan wrongly convicted?

Counsel for Mr Sullivan spoke of his client’s ‘vulnerability’.

The Independent UK

New DNA evidence casts ‘sufficient’ doubt on 1987 murder conviction, court told

Peter Sullivan was jailed in 1987 for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Bebington, Merseyside, in 1986.

Evening Standard

Man sent texts from housemate’s phone after killing him, Manchester court told

Marcin Majerkiewicz accused of killing Stuart Everett, dismembering body and scattering parts in green spaces

The Guardian - UK

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Slain pensioner was sawn into 27 pieces, court hears

Only one third of his body has ever been recovered

The Independent UK

Pensioner sawn into 27 pieces, murder trial hears

Marcin Majerkiewicz denies the murder of Stuart Everett.

Evening Standard

Robber gets life for ‘torture murder’ after police sniffer dog called Sunflower-Monty helps crack the case

Olsi Kuka, 25, was attacked by a group of men who burst into his flat

Evening Standard

Robber locked up for life for ‘torture murder’ of man for £30,000 cannabis stash

Olsi Kuka, 25, was attacked by a group of men who burst into his flat in London in May 2022.

The Independent UK

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Murder-accused denies making killer packed lunch and wishing him luck

Rachel Fulstow is accused of being in on the plan to kill Liam Smith, with whom she had a one-night stand in a York hotel.

The Independent UK

Couple flew to Jamaica a week after dad was shot dead in the street

Liam Smith was shot in the face then doused in acid a murder trial heard

Liverpool Echo

Dad shot and doused in acid by boyfriend of woman he had 'one night stand' with

Liam Smith was 'lured' out of his home before being shot in the face and having acid poured over him

Liverpool Echo

Victim shot and attacked with acid after ‘one-night stand’, court hears

Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow deny the murder of Liam Smith last November.

The Independent UK

David Boyd jailed for murdering Nikki Allan, 7, 31 years ago

Sex offender Boyd had a “sinister purpose” when he lured little Nikki to a derelict warehouse, court told

Wales Online

Seven-year-old Nikki Allan’s killer jailed for life over 1992 murder

David Boyd, 55, was found guilty earlier this month of killing Nikki in Sunderland in 1992.

The Independent UK

Seven-year-old’s murder in 1992 destroyed my family, mother tells court

David Boyd is being sentenced for killing Nikki Allan in Sunderland 31 years ago.

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Man accused of murdering girl, seven, ‘will not give evidence in his defence’

David Boyd, 55, denies murdering Nikki Allan in a derelict dockside building in Sunderland.

Manchester Evening News

Judge praises cops who caught trio of teen killers who stabbed to death 'the wrong man'

Detectives trawled through thousands of phone records and CCTV to identify the thugs who murdered Thomas Williamson

Liverpool Echo

Teen thugs hunted down and stabbed 'wrong man' to death

Jailing the attackers for life, Judge Maurice Greene said: "The tragedy is that Thomas Williamson was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Manchester Evening News

Life for trio of teen thugs who murdered the 'wrong man'

Kane Adamson, Joshua Prescott, and Ben Dawber were hunting a man who punched someone outside a bar - but they stabbed to death an innocent man, Thomas Williamson

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The Independent UK

Woman’s body so badly decomposed not possible to say how she died, jury told

Somaiya Begum’s body was found wrapped in a rug on waste ground in Bradford in July last year, a court has heard.

The Independent UK

Uncle killed niece and dumped her body ‘like rubbish’, court is told

Daily Record

Three men jailed for life after they intervened in violent dispute and killed 'wrong man'

Kane, Adamson, 19, Joshua Prescott, 20 and Ben Dawber, 19 were all sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Thomas Williamson, 30 who they fatally stabbed to death in the street after mistaking him for someone else.

Manchester Evening News

Trio GUILTY of murder after hijacking dispute that had 'nothing to do with them' and killing 'wrong man'

Kane Adamson, 19, Joshua Prescott, 20, and Ben Dawber, 19, chased a man who had just punched someone outside a bar in Tyldesley but then launched a 'ferocious' attack on the wrong man

Manchester Evening News

Murdered teenage boy suffered 'horrific and prolonged torture' at hands of his 'evil' mother and her partner

Sebastian Kalinowski was beaten with a bed slat, whipped with an extension cable and stabbed with a needle

The Independent UK

Couple jailed for murder of 15-year-old boy after ‘horrific’ campaign of abuse

Sebastian Kalinowski died of an infection caused by ‘untreated complications of multiple rib fractures’.

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