A mother has denied harming her four-month-old son who is said to have died from “deliberate and violent shaking”. Lucas Irvine died in hospital on 21 November 2010, four days after an incident at his home in Lancaster. Karen Irvine, 19, told Preston Crown Court she was “completely unaware” of what had happened to the baby. READ MORE HERE
With no evidence against them, couple were banned from looking after their son
When Julie Nevin put her only son to bed in late December 2010, he was seven months old. The next time she was allowed to perform that simple act, Reilly was a 16-month-old toddler. She and her husband David lost nine months of their little boy’s life after social services took him away over a minor bruise on his forehead. READ MORE HERE
RIVERSIDE, CA — Police in Riverside are searching for three men who tried to kidnap a teenage girl in broad daylight. It happened around 7:30 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Phoenix Street and Ensenada Way, just east of the Riverside Municipal Airport. READ MORE HERE
COSTA MESA — A former priest has pleaded guilty to charges of molesting a 7- to 9-year-old boy at a Costa Mesa church nearly 18 years ago. Denis Lyons, 78, of Seal Beach, admitted to four felony counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 14 in a plea agreement with prosecutors. READ MORE HERE
Tania Coleman, 21, of Erie, PA was convicted of first-degree murder after starving her 14-month-old child to death, then hiding her in a suitcase. According to the Washington Post, the Erie mother will serve a life sentence after being convicted of the murder that took place in May 2011 after depriving her child of nourishment. READ MORE HERE
Kevin Wells said he now imagines Holly, who would have been 21 this year, as a grown woman rather than allowing the last photograph of her to dominate his thoughts. With the tenth anniversary of his daughter’s death approaching, Mr Wells gave a rare interview to announce his participation in the London Marathon to raise money for a bereavement charity. READ MORE HERE
MAN FOLLOWED HIM INTO A BUSH & ATTACKED HIM
An eight-year-old boy was indecently assaulted by a dog walker while he played on his own in Peterborough. Police said the victim was playing on a field behind Dogsthorpe Community Centre when a man spoke to him and followed him into a bush. The man, described as in his 30s with short black hair, assaulted the boy and walked off towards Belvoir Way. The boy ran home and told his mother. READ MORE HERE
Australian police say they have broken up a child pornography network with the arrest of at least 13 men nationwide. Officers seized computer hardware containing hundreds of thousands of child exploitation images and videos, police said. The network originated in Germany. The crackdown in Australia came after a tip from Interpol. The men are alleged to have accessed and downloaded the images over a file-sharing network. READ MORE HERE
Baby was found starving and wearing a nappy which had not been changed for days
A mother is facing jail after leaving her baby home alone which she partied for five days and nights. Neighbours of the 20-year-old woman heard the baby girl’s screams and alerted police officers who broke into her filthy house. They found the 16-month-old starving in her cot, her nappy and clothes had not been changed for days and there was blood on a blanket. READ MORE HERE
On April 20, 1999, in the small, suburban town of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, enacted an all-out assault on Columbine High School during the middle of the school day. The boys’ plan was to kill hundreds of their peers. With guns, knives, and a multitude of bombs, the two boys walked the hallways and killed. When the day was done, twelve students, one teacher, and the two murderers were dead. The haunting question remains: why did they do it?
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An 18-year-old cold case may have been solved after police brought first-degree murder charges over the death of Melonie Biddersingh, whose remains were found in a burning suitcase in 1994. Melonie, 17, was only identified this morning after police arrested her biological father Evertone Biddersingh, 56, and stepmother Elaine Biddersingh, 50, on March 5 in Welland, Ontario. On September 1, 1994, police on patrol discovered a body in a burning suitcase left in an industrial area north of Toronto. The victim’s body was curled in the fetal position and her fingerprints, hand-prints and footprints were burned off. READ MORE HERE
The parents of a boy who was beaten and starved to death after being placed back into their care have been charged with his murder. Six-year-old Khalil Wimes died weighing just 28 pounds – the average weight of a two-year-old – and doctors found scars, bruises and cuts all over his frail body. Police have arrested and charged Tina Wimes, 44, and Floyd Wimes, 48, from South Philadelphia, with his murder. READ MORE HERE
Dozens of vulnerable girls were bought and sold for sex by paedophiles running a modern-day slavery ring, police revealed yesterday. Many of the 24 victims – some as young as 11 – were groomed, drugged and routinely raped over six years. Council chiefs last night faced calls to set up an inquiry after it emerged that all the girls involved were known to social services or had been in their care. READ MORE HERE
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