# Murder

Last week

28th May 2023 - 3rd June 2023

# Australia

Famed Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case

Three newspapers alleged that the man was involved in the murder of six unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan.

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Thu 8:21 AM

# homocide reviews

Long-awaited report on familial homicide cases goes to Cabinet today

The report makes recommendations to improve the State’s response to familicide and domestic homicide.

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May 30th 2023, 12:05 AM

Last month

May 2023

# Leaders' Questions

Varadkar: 'Ireland is a pretty safe country. We shouldn't be scaring people into thinking otherwise'

The Taoiseach said he does not think minimum sentences are a good idea.

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May 24th 2023, 2:23 PM

# Murder

Annie McCarrick was harassed by someone she knew before she disappeared in 1993, new doc reveals

Her story is a focal point of a new true crime documentary series on RTÉ, Missing: Beyond the Vanishing Triange.

32.6k

May 8th 2023, 1:50 PM

# Oklahoma

Seven bodies found in Oklahoma during search for missing teens

Authorities had called off their search for the teens after the bodies were found in the city of Henryetta and are treating the case as a homicide.

37.3k

May 2nd 2023, 7:19 AM

This year

2023

# Courts

Chef jailed for life for murder of 64-year-old Frankie Dunne

In imposing the sentence, the Judge said Ionut Cosmin Nicholescu had shown “shocking disrespect” to Dunne.

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Apr 28th 2023, 1:53 PM

# Fatal Assault

Man (26) appears in court charged with murder of Geila Ibram in Limerick

Habib Shamel, an Afghan national, appeared before Belfast Magistrates Court.

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Apr 8th 2023, 1:19 PM

# Gardaí

Man arrested in connection with Eddie Hutch Snr murder released without charge

A man in his 40s was arrested yesterday in connection with the 2016 murder of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s brother.

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Apr 6th 2023, 10:25 PM

# Murder

Three killers of US rapper XXXTentacion given life sentences

The rapper, who pronounced his name “Ex ex ex ten-ta-see-YAWN,” was a platinum-selling rising star

14.8k

Apr 6th 2023, 10:05 PM

# Alesia Nazarova

Man charged with murder of woman found dead after house fire in Armagh

The PSNI confirmed that a 25-year-old man has been charged with murder.

15.2k

Mar 25th 2023, 8:22 AM

# Baby John

Kerry Babies: How DNA tests and computer mapping led to two arrests in a decades-old murder case

The case of Baby John has gone unsolved since 1984.

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Mar 25th 2023, 7:09 AM

# Portadown

Murder investigation launched after woman dies in house fire in Co Armagh

Police received a report of a house fire in the Church Street area of Portadown at around 2.15am this morning.

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Mar 21st 2023, 12:47 PM

# Patrick Quirke

Supreme Court rules seizure of computer from home of convicted murderer Quirke was 'unlawful'

The judgment of the seven member Supreme Court was delivered this morning.

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Mar 20th 2023, 11:56 AM

# Kristin smart

Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder of California student who went missing in 1996

Paul Flores was convicted of the murder last year.

36.7k

Mar 11th 2023, 10:44 AM

# Cartel

Mexico arrests five cartel members following the kidnapping and killing of Americans

A cartel decided to hand the perpetrators over to authorities because they acted without the authorization of their bosses.

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Mar 10th 2023, 8:00 PM

# Cavan

Gardaí no longer suspect foul play in death of man found in Cavan apartment

The dead man has been named locally as Dennis Neary who had recently moved into the area.

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Mar 10th 2023, 5:35 PM

# Natalie McNally

Man accused of Natalie McNally's murder left ‘hidden messages’ in staged livestream, court told

Stephen McCullagh, the father of Natalie McNally’s unborn child, was refused bail at Belfast High Court today.

17.5k

Mar 6th 2023, 4:55 PM

# South Carolina

Disgraced US lawyer Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life without parole for killing wife and son

Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of killing his 22-year-old son, Paul, with a shotgun and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, with a rifle on 7 June 2021.

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Mar 3rd 2023, 4:00 PM

# Florida

Pregnant US inmate seeks release because unborn baby is innocent

Natalia Harrell faces a murder charge after fatally shooting another woman while taking an Uber.

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Feb 24th 2023, 8:45 AM

# bishop david o'connell

Murder investigation underway into shooting of Irish bishop in Los Angeles

The shooting of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, who was from Glanmire in Cork, is being investigated as a murder, police said.

12.6k

Feb 20th 2023, 10:09 AM

# Warrington

Vigils held for Brianna Ghey across UK one week after her murder

Hundreds of mourners gathered in the town where she was killed as well as London’s Soho Square this afternoon to pay their respects.

13.4k

Feb 18th 2023, 7:51 PM

# Wexford

Gardaí renew appeal on 25th anniversary of disappearance and murder of Fiona Sinnott

Fiona was last seen after leaving Butler’s Pub in Broadway, Co Wexford, on 8 February 1998.

10.1k

Feb 8th 2023, 7:41 AM

# colm horkan

New jury to be sworn in at Stephen Silver murder trial after initial jury was discharged

A note was handed to the judge this morning to say that one of the jurors had a difficulty serving.

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Feb 1st 2023, 1:23 PM

# Courts

Second man admits facilitating gang in murder of Thomas McCarthy

Charles McClean (32), of St Mark’s Drive, Clondalkin was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court this morning.

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Jan 31st 2023, 6:20 PM

# Donegal

Trial date set for man accused of murdering mother in house fire

Guenter Lohse will go on trial on 8 April 2024 at the Central Criminal Court.

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Jan 31st 2023, 3:14 PM

# Arrest

Man arrested over murder of Paul 'Frank' Byrne whose skeletal remains were found in 2010

Byrne (20) was last seen on 15 July 2009 at Kilmartin Green, Tallaght in Dublin.

16.7k

Jan 30th 2023, 6:08 PM

# 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.

27.4k

Jan 29th 2023, 3:34 PM

# 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.

9.6k

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.

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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.

35.6k

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.

6.9k

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 year

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.

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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.

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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.

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Dec 21st 2022, 9:02 PM