Serbia Four ex-Serbian officers convicted of 1999 journalist's murder The four men were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison for their involvement in the killing. 03/12/2021
world news Egypt responsible for murder of Giulio Regeni, says Italian commission The report comes weeks after the murder trial of four Egyptian police officers was suspended. 01/12/2021
Biztech news Woman convicted for using joke website to try to have ex whacked A woman in the US has been convicted for using the joke website rentahitman.com to try and have her former husband killed. 26/11/2021
Italy Italy frees man convicted of 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher The only person convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher was freed after serving most of his 16-year prison sentence, his lawyer said. 23/11/2021
Sweden Swedish teenager jailed for murdering police officer in Gothenburg The 17-year-old was found guilty of shooting dead the officer on 30 June. 20/11/2021
USA Malcolm X: Judge clears two men over 1965 killing of civil rights icon More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated on Thursday. 18/11/2021
USA A bid will be made to exonerate two men over the murder of Malcolm X A bid will be made to exonerate two men over the murder of Malcolm X, says Manhattan’s DA. 17/11/2021
France Life sentence for anti-semitic murder of Mireille Knoll, 85, in Paris Yacine Mihoub will spend a minimum of 22 years behind bars for the murder of Mireille Knoll, in a case that sparked outcry over anti-semitism in France. 11/11/2021
Germany German mother given life sentence for murdering five of her children The bodies of five of her children were found at an apartment in the western city of Solingen in September last year. 04/11/2021
United Kingdom 'Despicable': Two police officers admit taking selfies at murder scene The family of the murdered victims said the police officer's actions were "despicable" and had brought them "even more anxiety". 02/11/2021
Denmark Danish brothers who murdered biracial man have sentences increased The body of 28-year-old Phillip Mbuji Johansen was found in a forest on the Baltic Sea island in June 2020 after he had been tortured by two former friends. 28/10/2021
Netherlands Two men on trial accused of murdering Dutch crime reporter Both suspects were present for Monday's preliminary hearing at Amsterdam District Court. 18/10/2021
USA Robert Durst hospitalised with COVID-19, his lawyer says New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19. 17/10/2021
Green News Could standing up for the environment get you killed in Europe? With 'freedoms shrinking' 20 years after a pact to protect environmental defenders, EU countries are set to vote on a new measure. 15/10/2021
Italy Four Egyptian police officers on trial over murder of Giulio Regeni Four high-ranking Egyptian security officers are being tried in absence of the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. 14/10/2021
Netherlands Two found guilty of kiling Dutch lawyer linked to organised crime case Two young men have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2019 killing of a Dutch lawyer, who represented a witness in a high-profile organised crime trial. 11/10/2021
United Kingdom Police officer given life sentence for murder of Sarah Everard Police officer Wayne Couzens, who raped and murdered 33-year-old Sarah Everard in London in March, has been sentenced to life in prison. 30/09/2021
United Kingdom Man appears in UK court charged with murder of Sabina Nessa Metropolitan police charged a 36-year-old man with the murder of the 28-year-old primary school teacher on Monday. 28/09/2021
United Kingdom UK police arrest man on suspicion of murdering teacher Sabina Nessa The 28-year-old teacher was found dead in Kidbrooke in southeast London earlier this month. 26/09/2021
United Kingdom Sabina Nessa: Police make appeal following teacher’s murder in London Police in the UK have made a further appeal for information following the murder of a young school teacher last week. 23/09/2021
United Kingdom Two men charged with murder of journalist Lyra McKee Lyra McKee was fatally shot on April 18, 2019, during riots and clashes with police in the Catholic area of Creggan 17/09/2021
Green News More than 200 people were killed defending the environment in 2020 "One day, we hope to report an end to the violence against those defending our planet and their land." 13/09/2021
Finland Three Finnish teenagers convicted of torturing fellow student to death The case has also revealed flaws in Finland's social care homes for young people. 03/09/2021
Russia Russia failed to investigate activist's murder, says European court The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for "failing to properly investigate" the 2009 murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova. 31/08/2021
Malta Tycoon charged with ordering murder of Maltese journalist Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech will stand trial after being formally indicted for the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. 18/08/2021
France Suspect hands himself in after Catholic priest murdered in France A man handed himself in after a priest was murdered on Monday in France's western region of Vendée. The suspect had been detained last year after admitting setting the Nantes Cathedral on fire. 09/08/2021
