Murder

08:00, 19 DEC 2025

'I killed and raped my mother and her brain felt like putty'

Kevin Jazrael Davis was sentenced to life in prison after brutally killing his 50-year-old mother Kimberly Hill in their Texas apartment in 2014 and sexually assaulting her body

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Millionaire socialite killed by own son amid claims she was sleeping with him

Barbara Daly Baekeland was stabbed to death in her luxurious London home by her son Antony, who was the only child of her marriage to Bakelite heir Brooks Baekeland and was later convicted of manslaughter

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Child suspected in Offaly firebomb attack that claimed two lives after being treated for burns

Sources have also told this paper that garda suspicions were raised around the young boy after he was treated for burns in the days following the double murders.

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Dublin man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to woman's murder

Ms Justice Greally said the trial will begin today and is likely to last up to six days

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'I wonder is she laughing now?' - Double murderer Ruth Lawrence jailed for life

Double murderer Ruth Lawrence has today been given two separate life sentences for shooting a drug dealer and working in tandem with her boyfriend to murder him and another ma

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Major update on 'murderous' firebomb house attack as killers will be 'hunted down'

Mary Holt, 60 and Tadgh Farrell, 4, lost their lives in the fire in Edenderry, Co. Offaly

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'Angels of death' nurses killed patients with morphine and drowned them in bed

Four nurses murdered up to 300 patients at Vienna's Lainz Hospital

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Gardai launch murder probe after woman, 60, and boy, 4, killed in deliberate Edenderry house fire

Gardai described the incident as “a reckless, callous and murderous attack on a family home”

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Mum of innocent murder victim Anthony Campbell believes son was let down by justice system

Heartbroken Christine, whose grief drove her to move to England in 2008, said she will never give up fighting for answers ahead of his anniversary

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Murder trial told dad-of-six intended to kill friend when he 'unloaded' bullets into body with 'bursts' of machine gun

The jury was told that murder accused Christopher Devine had displayed a functioning mind that night and one that knew what it was doing

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Couple convicted in 'dumbest crime ever' murder trial

Oliver Karafa and Lucy Li were convicted of murdering Tyler Pratt and attempting to kill pregnant Jordyn Romano in a warehouse shooting that involved fake business meetings, blonde wigs and an escape to Hungary

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Serial killer Joanna Dennehy's twisted demand to justify horrifying murders

Joanna Dennehy was handed a whole life sentence for the killing spree in 2013 and is one of only four women in British legal history to have been given such a punishment

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Jury sworn in as trial begins of man charged with murder of 20-year-old in Dublin

Patrick Murphy, of Drumcairn Parade, Tallaght, was charged with the murder of Jordan Ronan at Drumcairn Avenue in the early hours of July 26, 2024

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Killer locked up for 24 years for rape and murder of Connemara schoolgirl wants forensic evidence retested

John McDonagh has claimed that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice

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Killer's horrifying gas chamber execution as onlookers had to be cleared from room

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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jimmy Lee Gray was a convicted double murderer but nothing could prepare witnesses for the horrors of his botched execution

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'The harsh truth: Irish women are probably safer walking the street alone than in their own home'

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'The biggest risk to the lives of women here is from someone they know, either a husband, ex husband, former partner or family member'

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Stepmum who murdered boyunable to attend court sentencing - but faces life in jail

The defendant, who faces the mandatory term of life imprisonment for murder, will appear before the Central Criminal Court again on January 12

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Killer locked up for 24 years for rape and murder of Connemara schoolgirl claims miscarriage of justice

John McDonagh was 27 when he was found guilty for the rape and murder of Siobhan Hynes in 2001

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Memorial day for murdered Ashling Murphy to be held in Tullamore

Ashling Murphy (23) was jogging along the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly when she was stabbed more than 10 times

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Copycat serial killer murdered women with chilling method and has never been caught

Three women all named Maria were found murdered in Lisbon during the 1990s. Police believed the same killer was responsible for all three murders, but despite FBI involvement, the perpetrator was never identified

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Jack the Ripper's real identity finally unmasked in DNA breakthrough

Forensic scientists claim they have DNA evidence to show who the killer was

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Model's chilling comment after dismembering husband and serving body parts with turkey

WARNING, DISTRESSING DETAILS: Omaima Nelson committed a horrific crime that left jurors deeply disturbed - it involved extreme S&M, decapitation, castration and even claims of cannibalism

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Film students' chilling mistake before being tortured and dissolved in acid

Three film students were kidnapped, tortured and dissolved in acid by a Mexican cartel after their car broke down near a ranch being watched by gang members

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'Paranoid coke-fuelled' mob boss' horror killing spree including his own pals

Eamon Dunne - known as "The Don" - was a notorious criminal in north Dublin who led a gang which dealt in drug dealing, armed robbery, extortion and murder

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