Israel, U.S. behind killing of nuclear scientist: Iran
Tehran: Iran’s state-run media has accused Israel and the United States of masterminding the assassination of its nuclear scientist with a remote controlled device attached to explosives planted on a stationary motorcycle.
Iran’s state-run Press TV reported that Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, who lectured on neuron physics at Tehran University, was killed in a booby-trapped motorbike blast on Tuesday.
Tobin murder police reopen unsolved cases
London: Detectives investigating the life of serial killer Peter Tobin said they would continue to examine dozens of other unsolved cases after his conviction yesterday for the murder of a teenage hitchhiker.
It took a jury just 15 minutes to find the 63-year-old handyman guilty of drugging and then strangling A-level student Dinah McNicol after she accepted a lift in his car on her way home from a music festival in 1991.
U.S. to follow appeal in Knox murder case: Clinton
Washington, 08 Dec 2009: The United States will provide consular support for U.S. exchange student as she appeals her …
Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., 20 November 2009: A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.
A judge had not approved the move as of noon Friday, though a draft order calling for a 96-hour stay at the Fulton State Hospital had been submitted by the public defender Thursday and was included in the case file.
Uncle ‘ordered teenager’s murder’
London, 17 November 2009: A man accused of murdering his daughter in a so-called “honour killing” has told a court his brother told him to make her and her boyfriend “disappear”.
Mehmet Goren was giving evidence at the Old Bailey where he and his brothers are accused of murdering Tulay Goren.
Silence of Lindsay Hawker murder suspect Tatsuya Ichihashi
Tokyo, 12 November 2009: A Japanese man detained over the murder of a young British teacher has refused to speak about the case following his arrest earlier this week.
Tatsuya Ichihashi had been on the run since the body of Lindsay Hawker was discovered in a tub of sand on the balcony of his flat in early 2007, also had about 300,000 yen (£2,000) in cash on him, police say.
Golf mates.. Halloween stab victim and the man charged with his murder
London, 04 Nov 2009: The man stabbed to death in the Halloween double killing poses for a snap during a round of golf with the friend accused of his murder.
Takeaway boss John Moody, 44, standing on the right, appeared in court yesterday charged with killing golfing pal Ken Snell and his girlfriend Karen Brown.
Six Canadian bikers guilty of murder
Ontario, 30 Oct.2009: Six Canadian members of the Bandidos motorcycle gang were found guilty of 44 counts of first degree murder and four counts of manslaughter in Ontario.
The seven-month trial ended Thursday in London, Ontario, after the jury deliberated for 14 hours, the London Free Press reported.
Triple murder case solved; driver, two others arrested
Bangalore, 29 October 2009: The sensational triple murder case of a family here has been solved with the arrest of three persons including the driver of the victim and recovery of stolen valuables, police said today.
‘Veil martyr’ murder trial opens in Germany under threat of fatwa
London, 26 October 2009: Alexander W, a Russian-born German citizen, shuffled into court in Dresden swaddled like a mummy: a baseball cap, a hood, sunglasses, a scarf covering his mouth.
The 28-year-old man, accused of murdering a young Egyptian woman in an extraordinary courtroom stabbing, was hiding his identity for good reason – a fatwa has been put on his head and German authorities fear he could become the victim of anger across the Arab world.