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The heartbroken family of an ‘inseparable’ couple who were stabbed to death by their son say they fear they ‘will never get to know the truth of what happened’. Lee Tipping, 36, was found guilty by a jury last month of the murders of his parents, teenage sweethearts Tricia Livesey and Anthony Tipping, at the home all three shared.

Detectives have welcomed a decision by appeal court judges to increase the sentence handed to a vile rapist. They said it represents a measure of justice for Steven Evans' four victims

A 'despicable' rapist who drugged his victims will spend six more years behind bars after top judges ruled his prison sentence of 24 years 'was simply too low'.

A teenager will stand trial in Manchester after he denied preparing acts of terrorism allegedly involving homemade firearms, explosives and a 'manifesto'.

Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, has won further grounds in his successful Court of Appeal bid to clear his name.

The gunman who killed a 26-year-old beautician when he opened fire outside a pub on Christmas Eve has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 48 years.

The sentence in court of a man caught in a police child sex sting was not 'unduly lenient', appeal court judges have ruled

The heartbroken family of an 'inseparable' couple who were stabbed to death by their son say they fear they 'will never get to know the truth of what happened'. Lee Tipping, 36, was found guilty by a jury last month of the murders of his parents, teenage sweethearts Tricia Livesey and Anthony Tipping, at the home all three shared.

A pensioner who cut his wife's throat then tried to kill himself in a failed suicide pact has walked free from court after his spouse's sibling said he'd 'suffered more than enough' already. Peter Higson said he would have been 'very unhappy' if his 73-year-old brother-in-law Graham Mansfield were to be jailed for the killing of his sister Dyanne Mansfield.

A pensioner who slashed his wife’s throat then tried to kill himself as part of a suicide pact has been convicted of manslaughter. Graham Mansfield, 73, claimed he and his wife of more than 40 years had agreed that he would kill her when her terminal cancer got "too bad".

murdering a man who had previously been their friend, and callously cutting his body into pieces to make it easier to hide his remains, one of the killers tried to blame the other for the horrifying act.Aaron Evitt, 34, repeatedly attacked Ashley Walsh with a hammer, before Evitt's cousin Gerard McGlacken, 45, 'chopped up' his body. The pair then transported his body parts to a local park in four suitcases.Ashley's cousin, Helen Walsh, said: ”We have heard how he died in horrific circumstances, but the torture endured by his family when they were searching for him in the days after his disappearance was pure hell.“It sickens me to learn that while we were worried sick, searching for him… he was already dead."READ MORE: Killer butchered 42 girls 'because drinking victims' saliva would give him superpowers'In Manchester Crown Court, Mr Justice Goose said: "Ashley Walsh was aged 34 when he was callously and brutally killed."In 102 areas of injury were included multiple wounds to his head and face caused by repeated hammer blows, and to his body by a number of deep stab wounds to the chest."After he was murdered his head was removed and his body dismembered."The horrific incident unfolded after the three men had been drinking together at McGlacken's flat in central Manchester.After Ashley allegedly claimed he'd slept with Evitt's ex, Evitt began attacking him with a hammer.

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