Murder Archives

Police officers stand on duty outside The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts in Liverpool as people arrive for the opening of the trial of a teenager charged with killing three young girls in a stabbing spree in August 2024

World

UK teen pleads guilty to girls’ murder that triggered riots

A teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to killing three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the UK’s most violent riots...

AFP2 days ago

Floral tributes were left for the victims of a stabbing attack in Southport, northwest England on July 31, 2024

World

Trial into stabbing spree that sparked UK far-right riots to open

The trial of a teenager accused of killing three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the UK’s most violent riots...

AFP2 days ago

The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, as well as her uncle, are due to be sentenced Tuesday by a London court after being found guilty of her brutal murder in 2023

News

UK court to sentence father, stepmother for killing daughter

A UK court will Tuesday hand down its sentences on the father and stepmother of a British-Pakistani girl, who died from prolonged and horrific...

AFPDecember 16, 2024

The oil-rich UAE opened an interfaith centre last year in Abu Dhabi housing a mosque, a church and a synagogue

World

UAE arrests three after Israeli rabbi killed

The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it had arrested three suspects in the murder of an Israeli rabbi.

AFPNovember 24, 2024

Adnan Syed's case earned worldwide attention when it was taken up by 'Serial,' a weekly podcast that saw a US journalist revisit his conviction and cast doubt on his guilt

Tech & Science

US court upholds decision to reinstate conviction of ‘Serial’ podcast subject

The top court in the US state of Maryland on Friday upheld a ruling by a lower court reinstating the conviction of the man...

AFPSeptember 2, 2024

Brianna Ghey's murder led to vigils calling for better protection and support for trans teenagers

World

UK teens face sentencing over killing trans girl

Two teenagers in Britain will be sentenced on Friday for murdering a 16-year-old transgender girl in a “frenzied and ferocious” knife attack. The pair,...

AFPFebruary 1, 2024

Murdered teenager Brianna Ghey's mother Esther said she was pleased her daughters' killers would spend a long time behind bars

World

UK teens found guilty of killing trans girl

Two British teenagers were found guilty Wednesday of the “disturbing” murder of a 16-year-old transgender girl who died in a “frenzied and ferocious” knife...

AFPDecember 20, 2023

Thousands of prisoners are thought to have been sent to fight in Ukraine since Moscow launched its offensive last February

World

Russia pardons ex-policeman convicted of journalist’s murder

Russian authorities have pardoned a former policeman jailed over the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya after he fought in Ukraine, his lawyer...

AFPNovember 14, 2023