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A man has gone on trial accused of 'enlisting' a gunman who shot dead a man amid an alleged 'row about trainers'. Emmanuel Onasanya, 33, admits he drove to the scene, but a jury heard he says he had 'no idea' the shooter had a gun.

A man admits killing a dad who was battered to death in his own home, a jury heard. Damian White is guilty of Warren Burns' manslaughter but not guilty of murder, his barrister claimed at his trial.

A businessman was shot dead by his brother following a row over a pair of trainers, a murder trial heard. Zikel Bobmanuel died after his brother Rumaal Ingram opened fire in the street.

A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend as she screamed for help in their flat.

A young woman screamed for help from the balcony of her 14th floor flat moments before she was allegedly strangled to death by her boyfriend, a murder trial has heard.

A twisted killer murdered his girlfriend by using a broom handle to cause catastrophic internal injuries, before telling a 999 operator "I just woke up and my missus is dead".

A 19-year-old who confessed to killing his younger sister at a north Wales caravan park will be sentenced in the summer following a second courtroom delay. Matthew Selby, from Ashton-under-Lyne, had been due to be sentenced in March and then April for the manslaughter of sister Amanda Selby, but now the hearing has been put back to June.

A teenager has admitted to killing his younger sister at a caravan park.

direct to your inboxA jury was told how Alex Rodda's 'life was cut short before it had really begun' as prosecution and defence lawyers delivered their closing speeches in a trial today.Matthew Mason, 19, is charged with beating the schoolboy to death with a large metal tool in a woodland area near the village of Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year.Mr Mason, then 18, murdered the 15-year-old after they entered into a sexual relationship, the prosecution alleges.He paid Alex more than £2,000 over a three-week period after Alex allegedly threatened to reveal the relationship, jurors have been told.Mr Mason ‘didn’t want anyone to know he was gay’, the jury has already heard.Mr Gordon Cole QC, Mr Mason’s lawyer, earlier told the court

A judge has addressed the jury in the final day of a trial of a man accused of murdering a 15-year-old schoolboy.

direct to your inboxA judge has addressed the jury in the final day of a trial of a young man accused of murdering Alex Rodda.Matthew Mason, 19, is charged with beating the schoolboy to death with a large metal tool in a woodland area near the village of Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year.Mr Mason, then 18, murdered the 15-year-old after they entered into a sexual relationship, the Crown alleges.He paid Alex more than £2,000 over a three-week period after Alex allegedly threatened to reveal the relationship, jurors have been told.Mr Mason ‘didn’t want anyone to know he was gay’, the jury has already heard.Mr Gordon Cole QC, Mr Mason’s lawyer, earlier told the court that his client arranged a rendezvous with Alex to tell him the

direct to your inboxA schoolboy found dead in the woods had been given 'hush money' by the young man accused of murdering him to keep their sexual relationship secret - and 'saw it as a game', a jury has heard.Matthew Mason, 19, beat Alex Rodda to death with a large metal wrench in Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year, prosecutors have said.The Crown claims Mr Mason, who was 18 at the time, killed Alex because he was being blackmailed after paying him for sex.Prosecutors allege Mr Mason continued to pay Alex in a bid to keep the relationship a secret.Payments of more than £2,000 were made, jurors have previously heard.Mr Mason denies murder.Gordon Cole QC, defending, has told jurors they will have to consider whether the killing was