A top judge who jailed the killers of Sara Sharif has raised the alarm about unsupervised home schooling, after it was used to hide signs that the ten-year-old was being abused. Sara died at the hands of her own father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother Beinash Batool, who subjected her to years of barbaric torture and … Read more
A man arrested last week in connection with the suspected murder of Irish schoolboy Kyran Durnin has been found dead. The man was released without charge last Friday as an “intrusive” search at a home in Co Louth concluded. Police said emergency services were contacted following the discovery of a man’s body at a house … Read more
Paul Watson, the anti-whaling campaigner, has spoken of delight that he will be reunited with his young children for Christmas after Denmark rejected Japan’s extradition request and released him from prison in Greenland. After 150 days in jail on the Danish autonomous territory, Watson, 74, was told by his lawyer on Tuesday morning that the … Read more
Star Wars actor Mark Hammil has shared a heartbroken and an evergreen headline after the United States was rocked by another school shooting, which has left three people dead. A 15-year-old girl, who police identified as Natalie Rupnow, killed a teacher and fellow student after opening fire at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, … Read more
A teenager has been left fighting for his life and two others have been injured in a shooting at a Christmas village in Philadelphia. The shooting broke out just after 4:30 p.m. Friday when a group of teenagers got into a fight near the Rothman Orthopedics Ice Rink and the Christmas Village at City Hall … Read more
Postmasters who were victims of faulty accounting software before the Horizon scandal have been promised redress by ministers. The business secretary has recognised that Capture, the system which came before Horizon, could have also created accounting shortfalls for sub-postmasters who used it. Jonathan Reynolds on Tuesday promised to “work quickly to provide redress and justice … Read more
Sara Sharif’s mother has called her daughter’s murderers “sadists and executioners” as they were jailed for life. Olga Domin joined the Old Bailey hearing remotely as Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, were sentenced for the 10-year-old’s murder. On Tuesday the judge, Mr Justice Cavanagh, described the campaign of abuse against Sara as “torture” … Read more
The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif have been jailed for life for killing the 10-year-old girl after years of “almost inconceivable” abuse. Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of Sara’s murder last week following a trial at the Old Bailey. Her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, who lived with them, was … Read more
Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been jailed for life for years of horrific “torture” and “despicable” abuse culminating in her murder. The 10-year-old suffered “unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety” as she was repeatedly beaten, burned, bitten and restrained at the family home in Woking, Surrey, the court heard. Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, … Read more
A murderer has withdrawn his application to be released, midway through a public parole hearing, and has instead requested he be moved to an open prison. The hearing for William Dunlop, who strangled pizza delivery woman Julie Hogg in Billingham, Co Durham, in 1989, began on Monday. He had initially been hoping to be released … Read more