An 81-year-old found dead in his terraced house after he failed to turn up at his favourite club was murdered, police said today. Officers were called to an address in Leven Street, Gresham, Middlesbrough, just after 10.50pm on Monday where they discovered the pensioner’s battered body. A post-mortem examination revealed he died as a result of [...]
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Apr 2012
Man found dead in Middlesbrough home was murdered, say police
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Apr 2012
Appeal date set in Melsonby murder case
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A POSTMASTER’S appeal against his conviction for murdering his wife will be heard next month. Robin Garbutt, 46, formerly of York and Haxby, was found guilty last April of bludgeoning his wife, former Selby woman Diana Garbutt, to death at their home at Melsonby Post Office, near Richmond, in 2010. He was told he must serve a minimum [...]
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Apr 2012
Businessman murdered by wife and daughter for cash
April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The daughter of a retired businessman who disappeared without trace had made detailed notes describing how she had killed a man and hidden the body in a car, it emerged yesterday. Lynette Banfield, 40, and her mother Shirley, 64, were both jailed for life after a jury convicted them of murdering Donald Banfield, 63. The [...]
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Mar 2012
Alan Wood murder police set up case website
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A website dedicated to a murder investigation has been set up by Lincolnshire police. Alan Wood, 50, was bound and tortured in his home in Lound near Bourne in October 2009. Detectives have said, aside from the theft of a few hundred pounds, the motive for the killing remained a mystery. They said the site, [...]
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Jan 2012
Birmingham double murder: man arrested over couple’s death
January 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A 24-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of a couple found dead in their home. The bodies of Avtar Kolar, 62, and his wife Carole, 58, were discovered at their home in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, by their policeman son on Wednesday morning. Jason Kolar, a serving officer with West Midlands Police, had visited [...]
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Dec 2011
Black Panther killer Neilson dies
December 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
Donald Neilson, the serial killer known as the Black Panther and one of a small group of notorious prisoners who were told they would never leave jail, has died at the age of 75. Neilson’s health had been deteriorating for some time – in 2008 it was reported he was suffering motor neurone disease. Neilson [...]
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Dec 2011
‘The Chieftain’ – infamous Victorian sleuth
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In 1841 George Clarke joined the Metropolitan Police. In 1862 his career blossomed when he was transferred to a small team of detectives at Scotland Yard – where he became known as ‘The Chieftain’. Between 1864 and 1877 George Clarke, headed some ground-breaking investigations into some of the most chilling murders in England as well [...]
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Nov 2011
Neighbourhood watch: Crime in England and Wales
November 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
Some excellent news. Crime across England and Wales has fallen by 4 per cent, however in some areas like Surrey, Bedfordshire, and Warwickshire crime is on the rise. Take a closer look with this Neighbourhood Watch interactive infographic from Confused.com. Click on the start button to see a series of informative maps.
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Nov 2011
Daniel Morgan axe murder: Mother to meet home secretary
November 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
Home Secretary Theresa May has agreed to meet the mother of murdered private investigator Daniel Morgan, who has stepped up her fight for a judicial inquiry into his death. Despite five police investigations, costing millions of pounds, no-one has ever been convicted of his murder Isobel Hulsmann, 83, from Hay-on-Wye, Powys, has vowed to get [...]
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Nov 2011
Wife-killer landowner admits guilt two years after conviction
November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A landowner who was jailed for killing his wife but refused to admit her murder for two years has admitted his guilt and revealed the location of the body. Adrian Prout, 49, murdered his wife Kate, 55, a former primary teacher, after she told him that she wanted an £800,000 divorce settlement but her body [...]
