We consider that the courts sometimes fail to recognize disability hate crime, because judges can miss or misunderstand the element of disability-motivated hostility present in the offence.
Mick Philpott was described as a controlling, manipulative, abusive, aggressive and domineering man during a trial which ended in the 55-year-old's co...
A leading police officer who was part of the investigation into the fire branded the diabolical actions of the Philpotts as "stupid" and "shameful".
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Six youngsters who died in a petrol-fuelled blaze plotted by their father would not have been able to survive the intense heat and thick smoke, the fi...
A mother accused of killing her six children in a house fire has told a court it was "possible" that her husband got out of bed to start the blaze.
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A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire had a threesome with his wife and another man the night the blaze started, a court has he...
A man accused of killing his six children in a house fire has told a court he did not start the blaze but that he has his suspicions about who did.
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A man accused of killing six of his children in a fatal blaze was heard saying "they have nothing on me" in covert recordings made in a prison van, a ...
The parents and a man accused of killing six children in a house fire took part in a "rehearsal" of the fatal blaze weeks before, a court has heard.
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I've been reading various blogs surrounding this issue with interest. As far as I understand, the doctor had sectioned this man several times in the past against his will. However on this occasion, he had apparently escaped during a consultation.
A woman has been cleared of killing her four-month-old son who died from "catastrophic injuries" when a television weighing five stone dropped on his ...
A man and a woman have been charged with manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child in connection with the drug death of a toddler earl...
The problem which Ireland now faces is that Ms Halappanavar's Convention rights under Articles 3 and 8 appear to have been breached, as well as her right to life. She was in a position of great vulnerability, yet she seems to have been treated deplorably.
A rail guard has been jailed for five years after causing the death of a teenager by signalling a train to move as she was leaning against the carriag...