Attempted Murder

Man Admits Injecting Baby With Heroin

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK

A Dorset man has admitted injecting heroin into the mouth of his baby after trying to murder its mother with a flare gun and a meat cleaver. Roger ...

Student Facing Attempted Murder Charges Can Remove 'Embarrassing' Tag

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A student who is facing charges of attempting to murder two men with a machete is allowed to remove his electronic tag when he goes to university as i...

I, Do Solemnly Swear: Defendant Turns Courtroom Blue

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 08.11.2012 | UK

A man accused of attempted murder did nothing to help his cause when he sacked his legal team and launched into a tirade of profanities against the Ju...

CCTV Images Released In Russian Banker Shooting

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK

Police have released CCTV images of the person suspected of the attempted murder of a wealthy Russian banker. German Gorbuntsov was shot a number ...

Man Who Hired Investigator To Kill Mother-In-Law Jailed

PA | Posted 12.04.2012 | UK

A "cold and calculating" man who admitted trying to arrange to have his mother-in-law killed after his wife deserted him has been jailed. Bhupinder...

Man In Court Over Attempted Murder Of Four-Year-Old

PA | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK

A 51-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a four-year-old boy who was found in the street with stab wounds. Stev...

Why the Shooting of Russian Banker German Gorbuntsov in London Raises Worries About Our National Security

Emma Reynolds | Posted 03.06.2012 | UK Politics
Emma Reynolds

Our government should do much more to insist that Russia at all times behaves like a responsible global partner, and not one in which accusations of corruption and human rights abuses are rife and which risks exporting its problems onto the streets of London.

Man Who Buried Girlfriend Alive Jailed For 20 Years

PA | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK

A man who attempted to murder his girlfriend by burying her alive in a cardboard box was jailed for 20 years today. Marcin Kasprzak, 26, attacked M...

Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Murder After Burying His Girlfriend Alive

PA | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK

Marcin Kasprzak, 25, was today found guilty of attempted murder at Leeds Crown Court after he Tasered his partner Michelina Lewandowska and buried her...

Young Mother Shot, Bound And Buried Alive By 'Bored' Lover

PA | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK

A young mother was shot with an electric stun gun, bound and gagged, and then buried alive in a cardboard box after her partner got "bored" with her, ...

Police Looking For Yobs Who Dropped Concrete Blocks On Busy Road

PA | Posted 02.12.2011 | UK

Police are appealing for witnesses after two "bucket-sized" lumps of concrete were dropped from bridges onto cars, smashing their windscreens and inju...

Robert Foye and Morris Petch - Sentence Reductions for Rapists

Minimum Cover | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK
Minimum Cover

Sometimes I read stories in the press that make my blood boil. Today is one of those days, and the deeper I dig, the more furious I get. The articles...