Two teenagers found guilty of killing man they lured to beach
February 16, 2026
Two teenagers have been found guilty of killing a man they thought was a paedophile by luring him to a beach before another teenager threw rocks at him. A girl, 16, and a 15-year-old boy were convicted of the manslaughter of Alexander Cashford, 49, in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent on August […]
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A pensioner with limited mobility was left in charge of a pack of 10 XL bully dogs with a combined weight of up to 190kg before she was killed, a court has heard. Ashley Warren is on trial at Chelmsford Crown Court accused of owning or being in charge of two XL bully dogs that […]
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Adrian Osiecki, 34, of Harnall Lane West, Coventry, has been charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, criminal damage to police vehicles, driving without insurance, driving while disqualified and theft of a caravan.
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Officers were called to Rye Lane, near the junction of Heaton Road in Peckham Rye, just after 7pm on Saturday, following reports of an assault. A man received treatment from police and the London Ambulance Service at the scene, before being transferred to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The victim’s next of kin […]
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Melanie Kett has not been seen since January 7 Cleveland Police Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a woman who vanished six weeks ago after getting into a taxi. Melanie Kett, 45, from Thornaby-on-Tees, Teesside, has not been seen since Wednesday, January 7, when she took a taxi to Middlesbrough. Investigators say there […]
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Yvette Cooper has said truth is the most “dangerous weapon” against Russia as she hit back at Moscow’s denials that it was involved in the death of Vladimir Putin’s arch-rival Alexei Navalny. Britain and its European allies said on Saturday that the opposition leader had died after being poisoned with a lethal toxin found in […]
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The UK and its allies on Saturday pinned the blame for Mr Navalny’s death on the Russian state, adding he was likely poisoned using a dart frog toxin. The Foreign Office, and four of the UK’s allies – Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands – made the announcement two years on from Mr Navalny’s death […]
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A “big measles outbreak” in parts of London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. It said the outbreak in schools and nurseries in north-east London had left some children requiring hospital treatment. The agency had previously reported 34 laboratory-confirmed measles cases in Enfield from […]
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Senior leaders of the Green Party and Reform UK have hit back at the prime minister after he attacked both parties at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Green Party leader Zack Polanski accused Sir Keir Starmer of deploying “cheap political smears”, while Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s head of policy, described him as a “laughable […]
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Former Liverpool and Bournemouth winger Jordon Ibe will appear in court next month, charged with actual bodily harm. The Metropolitan Police said the 30-year-old was arrested at London Luton Airport last month in connection with an alleged assault on Sunday 14 December last year. Ibe, of Chislehurst, Southeast London, was arrested at the airport and […]
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