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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thailand

Man charged with murder over death of Swiss woman in Phuket, Thailand

The body of a Swiss woman, aged 57, was discovered on Thursday at a secluded spot on the Thai island of Phuket.

Malta

Malta 'responsible' for murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

The probe said that Maltese authorities had created a "culture of impunity" that led to her killing.

France

Body found in search for murder suspect who shot at police in France

The man is suspected of killing a woman in Plan-de-la-Tour, a town overlooking the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.

Haiti

Haiti seeks five fugitives as president killing probe deepens

Police say they are tracking down five fugitives suspected in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, including a former Senator and an informant for the US government.

Haiti

Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing

The arrest of a failed Haitian businessman living in Florida deepened the mystery into an already convoluted plot surrounding the assassination of Haiti’s president.

United Kingdom

Police officer Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to murdering Sarah Everard

Wayne Couzens's guilty plea for murder came a month after he also admitted to kidnapping and raping 33-year-old Sarah Everard.

France

French man sentenced for murdering family members in hunt for gold

Hubert Caouissin, 50, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the quadruple murder of the Troadec family in 2017.

Spain

Six people arrested in Spain over suspected homophobic killing

The death of a 24-year-old man in A Coruña at the weekend has shaken Spain and led to major demonstrations by LGBT+ organisations.