Erin Patterson, an Australian woman accused of murdering three people with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington, at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, south of Melbourne

Mushroom murder trial: Jury retires to decide verdict

Erin Patterson is accused of killing three relatives and targeting a fourth at lunch

Combs created climate of fear as head of criminal ring

Combs, once one of the most powerful figures in music & entertainment, denies all charges.

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France arrests five over cryptocurrency kidnapping

Three of the adults in pre-trial detention have extensive criminal records

The suspects are four adults aged 18 to 22 and a 17-year-old minor.

Mushroom trial: Suspect denies deliberate poisoning

Erin Patterson is charged with murdering her estranged husband's parents and aunt

Patterson denies all charges in the trial, which has made headlines worldwide.

Fake flight attendant busted after 120+ free flights

Tiron Alexander exploited the system by claiming to work for seven different airlines

Alexander was convicted of wire fraud and unlawfully entering secure areas of airports under false pretense. (For illustrative purposes only)

Pupil stabs to death assistant at French school

Secondary school student was arrested after attacking the 31-year-old assistant

The pupil is 15 years old and did not have a criminal record.

Gynaecologist gets 21-year sentence for dozens of rapes

Bye, 55, was found guilty of committing 70 counts of rape and sexual assault

Bye committed the acts at his medical practice in the town of Frosta in central Norway.

Mushroom murder trial: Suspect blames 'foraged' fungi

Erin Patterson is charged with murdering her estranged husband's parents and aunt in 2023

Patterson maintains the lunch was poisoned by accident.

Why Gwyneth Paltrow was ultimate boss lady this week

How does someone crash into her on a slope and then have the audacity to sue her for it?

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was on fire recently when she spoke about how ridiculous her ski trial was

German teen mixed deadly poisons in attic: prosecutors

Boy had produced and stored "several vials" of a mixture of ricin and aconitine

Ricin is classified as a biological weapon of war under Germany's War Weapons Control Act.

Man gets life for killing, dismembering UK pensioner

Killer had a fixation with horror, had a tattoo of fictional 'Friday the 13th' murderer

Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, battered his friend, pensioner Stuart Everett, 67, with a hammer, bludgeoning him to death on March 28, 2024.

Prosecutors request life for man who burned wife alive

French-Algerian man stalked his Algerian-born wife Chahinez Daoud following separation

On May 4 of that year, Mounir Boutaa, now 48, shot the mother of three in both legs, poured petrol on her and set her on fire.

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