# Murder

Yesterday

29th January 2023

# Northumberland

Boy, 16, charged with murder over fatal stabbing of teenage girl in UK

Holly Newton, 15, was found injured in Hexham on Friday afternoon and later died in hospital.

26.7k

22 hours ago

This month

January 2023

# Courts

Man pleads guilty to murder of vulnerable pensioner in his home on Dublin's Cork Street

A 76 year old man’s body was found in his living room in Dublin, mutilated and covered in blood next to an axe.

12.0k

Jan 17th 2023, 4:14 PM

# Shane Whitla

Man arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to fatal shooting in Lurgan

Father-of-four Shane Whitla was shot multiple times, including once in the back.

9.5k

Jan 17th 2023, 10:17 AM

# Natalie McNally

Man (46) arrested in Belfast over murder of Natalie McNally

McNally, who was 15 weeks pregnant, was stabbed in her home in Co Armagh on 18 December.

15.4k

Jan 13th 2023, 9:56 AM

Voices

Opinion: A year on from the loss of Ashling Murphy, has anything changed?

On the anniversary of the death of Ashling Murphy, writer Clare Egan says if we really want to end male violence, we must listen to survivors.

14.1k

Updated Jan 12th 2023, 10:44 PM

# Robert Fratta

Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed

Robert Fratta (65) was killed by lethal injection in Huntsville.

35.5k

Jan 11th 2023, 8:49 AM

# Murder

Suspects arrested for murder of LGBT activist in Kenya

Members of Kenya’s LGBTQ community often face harassment and physical attacks.

6.8k

Jan 8th 2023, 12:03 PM

# Shooting

Five children among eight relatives found shot dead in Utah home

Bodies were discovered yesterday when police did a welfare check at the house.

22.8k

Jan 5th 2023, 12:19 PM

Last month

December 2022

Spain decries 'dreadful' spike in murders of women

At least 46 women were killed due to gender violence this year in Spain.

25.6k

Dec 29th 2022, 2:37 PM

# elle edwards

Pair questioned over Christmas Eve pub shooting in Liverpool

A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the ‘cold-blooded’ murder, Merseyside Police said.

41.2k

Updated Dec 27th 2022, 10:13 PM

# Murder

Man dies after St Stephen's Day stabbing in Birmingham nightclub

Local police said hundreds of people were in attendance at the nightclub at the time and urged any witnesses to come forward.

12.0k

Dec 27th 2022, 3:11 PM

# Liverpool

UK police believe woman killed in Christmas Eve pub shooting was not intended target

Police named the victim as Elle Edwards today.

47.6k

Dec 26th 2022, 3:24 PM

# Gunman

Three dead after shooting at Kurdish centre in Paris

A 69-year-old has been arrested following a suspected racist attack in the French capital.

16.8k

Updated Dec 23rd 2022, 10:09 PM

# Life Sentence

British ex-cage fighter who murdered pregnant partner and children to spend life in jail

Damien Bendall killed Terri Harris, her children Lacey Bennett and John Paul Bennett, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent.

36.5k

Dec 21st 2022, 9:02 PM

# vincent parsons

Two men found guilty of murdering father-of-two will receive life sentences next year

The 34-year-old was beaten to death on the night of 26 August 2019

13.7k

Dec 16th 2022, 7:59 PM

# Courts

Murder accused told Gardaí that God told him to kill his mother

Murray has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 88-year-old mother.

11.5k

Dec 15th 2022, 7:11 PM

# Courts

Murder accused Christina Anderson had alter ego and history being bullied

A psychiatrist told the court that the accused had attempted suicide and self-harmed in the past.

27.8k

Dec 14th 2022, 8:35 PM

# London

Sexual predator jailed for murdering Zara Aleena days after prison release

Jordan McSweeney was caught on CCTV following two other women before he targeted the 35-year-old walking home.

32.0k

Dec 14th 2022, 5:24 PM

# Courts

Woman who killed her son and attempted to kill infant sentenced to life imprisonment

Detectives said the case “brought to light an underlying element of domestic abuse”.

27.4k

Dec 13th 2022, 5:20 PM

# mark lovell

Two men arrested over Newry murder

The arrests follow searches of properties in Newry this morning.

9.3k

Dec 7th 2022, 10:11 AM

# Drug Crime

Finglas shooting is latest incident in tit-for-tat feud between 'Mr Flashy' gang and rivals

The man shot last night is a close associate of the gang leader.

23.4k

Dec 6th 2022, 4:50 PM

# Courts

Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Keane Mulready-Woods murder

Keane Mulready-Woods (17), was last seen alive in Drogheda on 12 January 2020.

22.2k

Dec 5th 2022, 2:01 PM

# Murder Trial

Andy Cash to face trial over Tallaght triple murder

He will appear in court again on December 22.

21.8k

Dec 1st 2022, 4:05 PM

Last year

2022

# appeal

Renewed appeal for information on 25th anniversary of murder of Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy

Taxi driver Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy was murdered on 30 November 1997 at the age of 47.

15.7k

Nov 30th 2022, 7:34 AM

# New Zealand

Woman extradited to New Zealand to face charges of murdering children found in suitcases

The bodies were discovered in south Auckland after a family bought a trailer-load of items at an auction,

22.7k

Nov 29th 2022, 8:35 AM

# Courts

Man pleads guilty to murdering a grandmother whose body was found in burning car

Gardai and fire services arrived at the scene of the burning car in Co Cork last February.

32.0k

Nov 28th 2022, 12:45 PM

# High Court

Jules Thomas, ex-partner of Ian Bailey, to sue Netflix and makers of murder case documentary

Sophie Toscan Du Plantier was a French television and film producer who was beaten to death outside her holiday home near Schull, west Cork, in 1996.

18.8k

Nov 23rd 2022, 1:03 PM

# club q

'Stop killing us': Anger and loss at vigil for LGBTQ club shooting in Colorado

‘We need to stop the political agenda against the LGBTQ community,’ one person told the crowd.

7.3k

Nov 22nd 2022, 7:42 AM

# Urantsetseg Tserendorj

Teenager found guilty of the murder of Urantsetseg Tserendorj

The judge remanded the teenager in custody to 9 December for mention with sentencing on 21 December.

40.8k

Updated Nov 11th 2022, 5:31 PM

# Mullingar

Gardaí follow a definite line of enquiry as murder investigation launched in Westmeath

The body of the man was discovered at a house near Mullingar shortly after 6pm yesterday.

18.3k

Updated Oct 26th 2022, 6:47 PM

# Charged

Man charged with murder of Ryan McNab in Antrim

McNab died after he was attacked on Friday evening.

16.0k

Oct 24th 2022, 7:44 AM

# Omagh

PSNI officers granted additional time to question man in relation to suspected murder in Co Tyrone

The court extension is for an additional 36 hours.

12.7k

Updated Oct 17th 2022, 11:01 PM

# PSNI

Woman arrested after man (55) murdered in Belfast

Police were called to address in Woodside Park just after 10pm last night.

13.3k

Oct 15th 2022, 4:19 PM

# DNA testing

US Supreme Court hears case of Texas man on death row for murder

Reed, an African-American man, was convicted by an all-white jury in 1998 of rape and murder

18.5k

Oct 11th 2022, 9:12 PM

# Exonerated

Prosecutors drop murder charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ podcast case

The 41-year-old was released from the prison where he had spent more than two decades

12.3k

Oct 11th 2022, 5:35 PM

# Murder Trial

'All systems go' for trial of Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch, his lawyers tell Special Criminal Court

The murder trial is expected to last for a number of months.

15.1k

Oct 10th 2022, 12:40 PM

# Liverpool

Man charged with murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel remanded in custody

Olivia was fatally shot by a gunman who chased convicted burglar Joseph Nee into her home.

18.1k

Updated Oct 3rd 2022, 3:55 PM

# on trial

Murder trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch to begin at Special Criminal Court today

Hutch is charged with the murder of David Byrne.

20.4k

Oct 3rd 2022, 12:05 AM

# Murder

Two accused of Barry Wolverston murder moved 'in tandem' hours before shooting, court hears

Both men are also charged with assault causing harm to Gerard Wildman.

16.1k

Sep 29th 2022, 9:38 PM

# Domestic Abuse

Over half of the murders in the State last year were related to domestic abuse

The figures were published following an analysis of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence crimes.

6.7k

Sep 23rd 2022, 2:59 PM