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THREE men who horrifically abused their partners or exes man have been jailed following investigations by Staffordshire Police. They include Dale Vincent Cole, 39, (above left) of Burton-on-Trent, who was found guilty of the murder of his partner of five years, Lisa Holland, following a trial at Stafford Crown Court, which concluded on Friday 20 March 2026. He was also found guilty of three counts of Section 18 – grievous bodily harm with intent. He pleaded guilty to controll

A MAN has been charged with the manslaughter of a woman who killed herself six years ago in a rare prosecution. Gillian Morand from Bexley passed away in March 2020, aged 36. A subsequent inquest determined she had died by suicide. Following this, information came to light around allegations of domestic abuse that Gillian had previously suffered. This led to the Met undertaking further enquiries, and an investigation was launched by detectives. On Thursday, 5 March 2026, offi

A MAN has pleaded guilty to murder after he stabbed 32-year-old Alana Odysseos to death in her Walthamstow home last year. Shaine March, 45 (02.09.1978) of Rainsborough Avenue, Lewisham, SE8, south London, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday 17, October. Numerous 999 calls were made around 3am on Monday, 22 July after Alana was found outside her address on Lynmouth Road after being stabbed multiple times. Neighbours heard her shouting “Shaine stabbed me”. Officers arri

A MAN was arrested after a woman was allegedly assaulted and strangled in a street. Video footage shows a suspect being arrested in Wanstead Lane, near The Drive in Ilford. An ambulance was also in attendance, although the alleged assault was said to have earlier taken place in Tomswood Hill. A Met Police spokesman said: "On Wednesday, 8 October 2025, at 2:22pm, police were called to reports of a fight between two people at Tomswood Hill, Ilford. "Officers found a 40-year-old

ARMED police swarmed an Rotherham street after reports that a woman had been assaulted at a property, we can reveal. Several police vehicles, some containing armed officers, were seen blocking the street in Swinton, on the morning of Thursday, October 8 2025. There was speculation online as to what had happened after South Yorkshire Police released no details of the incident. Activist Sammy Woodhouse posted on X with an image of police at the scene: "The situation in Swinton,

A WOMAN who tragically took her own life after a decade of domestic abuse was unlawfully killed, an inquest has ruled. Georgia Barter,...

His Honour Judge Joel Bennathan at Cambridge Crown Court: "Kyle Clifford, on 9 July last year (2024) you went to the home of your former...

Kyle Clifford (above in new police mugshot) has today, Thursday 6 March, been convicted of rape in connection with the murder of three...

A murder investigation has been launched by the Met Police following the death of a woman who was stabbed at an address on Greenland...

A woman whose body was found in the boot of a car in Ilford was strangled, a post morten examination showed. Detectives investigating the...