Police seized hundreds of DVDs and videos, some showing dismemberment, from the home of wannabe film producer Edward Simmons. The suspicion was that he’d produced a real-life murder – but there wasn’t even a body as evidence... Thirty-four-year-old Simmons went ballistic when his girlfriend told him she had been raped by his best pal, Alex Brown.
A sickening trail of crimson footprints marked the final steps of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri, who bled to death in her pyjamas after being stabbed in the groin outside her north London home at midnight on May 11th, 2006 – her third wedding anniversary. Huge bloodstains at either end of the trail showed how she
“When I got up that morning I knew I was going to kill someone before the day was over," said Guy Georges in his police statement. "I had known this kind of feeling before. I took my knife and some tape. I saw this pretty blonde girl while I was having a drink. I paid
He had already caused the death of a female colleague by spiking her drink with the date-rape drug Midazolam. But that didn’t stop evil nurse Kevin Cobb looking for more victims to attack for sex... Cobb had been married only three months when he killed Susan Annis. At his home detectives found a syringe which
February 4th, 2010, was Melvin Roberts’s 79th birthday, and his partner, Julia Phillips, had promised him a day he’d never forget. She certainly made sure it was a day that she’d never forget – Melvin wasn’t given the chance. Before the day was through, he’d be shot, bludgeoned over the head and strangled, his body
Brothers Roderick, 22, and Mark Newall, 21, handsome young fellows with blond hair, blue eyes and striking looks, had flown in from London especially for the occasion. Here, at the Sea Crest Hotel restaurant in Jersey, the boys and their parents, Nicholas and Elizabeth, enjoyed a seemingly happy family reunion. It was the night of
“The killers had carried out a recce earlier but when they returned by a different route they became confused, perhaps because of drugs they had taken, and went to the wrong house,” the jury at Swansea Crown Court heard. “By what can only be described as staggering incompetence, they went to wholly the wrong address
How London’s black, Asian and gay communities were targeted by a heartless criminal determined to start a race war across the country. Like the rest of us, the Old Bailey jury were well aware of the horror wreaked by David Copeland. They knew his DIY nail-bombs had killed three people and gravely injured scores more.
“I’m so sorry, mom, but I need to tell you the dog turned savage on Ray and tore his throat out,” sobbed Dani Green, breaking the news of her ex-husband’s death in a phone call to his elderly, ailing mother. “But there’s nothing you can do, and at the moment it’s best not to discuss
After fleeing to Panama with his girlfriend Laura Reese to escape US justice, ruthless William Holbert hatched a deadly plan to achieve the luxury lifestyle enjoyed by the country’s most affluent expats. After killing five he had managed it – but then the authorities caught up with him... They were extradited back to Panama City