Bianca Devins murder: Instagram under fire over shared images of dead teen's bodyThe Guardian - Josh TaylorSocial media companies have come under fire after images of a murdered teenage girl’s body were posted online and were widely shared on Instagram as well as other sites including Discord and 4chan. Bianca
Disability Woman Dies After Accidentally Impaling Herself With Metal StrawHuffPost UK - By Elyse Wanshel, HuffPost US Some activists have touted reusable straws as eco-friendly, but many people in the disability community say plastic straw bans compromise their civil …
Two appear in court over leaked Emiliano Sala mortuary imagesThe GuardianTwo people have appeared in court charged with accessing CCTV footage of the postmortem examination of the footballer Emiliano Sala. Sala, 28, had just signed for Cardiff City when the plane he was travelling
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPolicing ‘Nearly impossible’ for the victims of wrongful conviction to access police material post-conviction – The Justice Gapthejusticegap.com
World News Excavating a Horror That Some Koreans Wish Would Stay BuriedThe New York Times - By CHOE SANG-HUNASAN, South Korea — On a lush hillside torn open by an excavator, Park Sun-joo and volunteers combed through the soil with trowels and brushes, looking for villagers, including children, who were bludgeoned
Literature Crime writers react with fury over claim their books hinder rape trialsThe Guardian - Alison FloodMany crime writers explore this kind of material because they believe it's important not to brush it under the carpet – and they do so carefully and with sensitivity Steve Mosby Crime novelists have hit
Bury bodies along UK's motorways to ease burial crisis, expert suggestsThe Guardian - Nicola DavisFrom burials in pyramids to scattering ashes and even plastination, there has been no shortage of ideas about how to deal with human corpses. But with graveyards and crematoria almost full in Britain,
Housing Necropolis in crisis: housing the living is one thing, there is also a problem in housing the dead - John Ashton, 2019sagepub.com
Lawyer who racially abused flight crew found dead after jail releaseThe Guardian - Jedidajah OtteA human rights lawyer who was jailed after shouting racist abuse at Air India staff was found dead days after being released from prison, police have said. Simone Burns, 50, from Hove, was given a six-month
Gloucestershire, UK Murder of Kate Prout to feature on new real crime TV series What the Killer Did Nextgloucestershirelive.co.uk - Tom Gibbon One of Gloucestershire's most notorious crimes - and the cat and mouse game that followed - is to feature in its own episode of a new TV show. The …
Police suspend work with major forensics firm after cyber-attackThe Guardian - Hannah Devlin Science correspondentPolice have halted all work with the UK’s largest private forensics provider after a ransomware attack, in the latest crisis to hit the forensics sector. Eurofins, which carries out DNA analysis, toxicology,
Play button Mark Field urged to quit as minister after grabbing climate protesterThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonThe Conservatives have been plunged into controversy after a video showed a minister grab and manhandle a protester who disrupted the chancellor’s Mansion House speech. Police began looking into the incident
7. Edith Thompsonshedunnitshow.com On the morning of 9 January 1923, a brutal and horrifying execution took place at Holloway Prison in London. The condemned young woman screamed and …
2. Crippenshedunnitshow.com The detective writers of the 1920s and 1930s weren’t working a vacuum. They took a keen interest in the crimes of their time, often weaving elements …
Dishonest detective Rebecca Bryant sacked after bringing down murder trialwalesonline.co.uk - Adam Hale, Press Association The long-serving 'outstanding' detective, who served for decades, lied about her relationship with a juror involved in a murder trial A police …
South Wales Police officer's juror lie was gross misconductBBC NewsA police officer who lied about knowing a juror in a murder trial, leading to three convictions being quashed and a retrial, has had two counts of gross misconduct against her proved. South Wales Police
‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi killing – UN reportThe Guardian - Nick Hopkins and Stephanie KirchgaessnerThe crown prince of Saudi Arabia should be investigated over the murder of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi because there is “credible evidence” that he and other senior officials are liable for
Jamal Khashoggi killing: Saudi crown prince 'should face investigation'bbc.co.uk There is credible evidence that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other high-level officials are individually liable for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a UN expert says.
Who was Julie Reilly? BBC documentary reveals shocking details of butchered Glasgow gran set to air tonightdailyrecord.co.uk - Jennifer Russell The 47-year-old gran suffered a brain injury which caused problems with her memory, she moved her killer, Andrew Wallace, into her house hoping he'd …
Scottish Government No satisfaction for scots families over second post-mortemsexpress.co.uk - Paula Murray FAMILIES of Scots who die in suspicious circumstances abroad will not be given the right to an automatic second post-mortem examination. Former …
Northern Ireland child post-mortem examinations to be done in Englandbbc.co.uk - By Marie-Louise Connolly Post-mortem examinations on infants in Northern Ireland will have to be carried out in a hospital in England due to a lack of specialist staff.
Editorial Comment: Coroner’s Office Bill step in right directionherald.co.zw - The Herald The crafting of the Coroner’s Office Bill, aimed at creating an independent office of the Coroner-General to adequately investigate unnatural deaths, …
Deaths from suicide, alcohol and drug overdoses at all-time highindependent.co.uk - Klaudia Balogh Deaths from suicide, alcohol and drug overdose are at an all-time high in the US, new study reveals. The research was conducted by the Commonwealth …
Suicide machine that could be controlled by the blink of an eye sparks euthanasia debateindependent.co.uk - Anthony Cuthbertson Opponents of euthanasia have expressed concern at the creation of a “suicide machine”, which has been developed by Dr Philip Nitschke. The well-known …
Cyprus serial killer: Child's body found in lake believed to be seventh victimindependent.co.uk - Chris Baynes Police in Cyprus have found the body of a girl believed to be the seventh and final victim of a serial killer who preyed on foreign women for two …
At least 31 children in India killed by toxin in lycheesThe GuardianAt least 31 children have died in northern India in the past 10 days from a brain disease believed to be linked to a toxic substance found in lychee fruit, health officials have said. The deaths were by
Delays give new morgue a grim outlooksmh.com.au - Carrie Fellner, Sally Rawsthorne Court proceedings are on hold against Hanny Papanicolaou, 35, who is being held on remand, accused of attacking Marjorie Welsh, whose Ashbury home …
An Exclusive Look At the NYC Medical Examiner Officenbcnewyork.com News 4 cameras got an exclusive look at the city's medical examiner office. Marc Santia reports.
Hungary tourist boat accident: More bodies found as vessel is raisedbbc.co.uk Four more bodies have been recovered after salvage crews raised the wreck of a tourist boat that sank on the Danube in Budapest last month.
