Couple decided to seek 'vigilante justice' after researching rape statistics online, murder trial told

It has been a busy month in our region's courts.

A couple who tragically drowned in their car after being submerged in flood water have been named locally.

Three British holidaymakers have been arrested on suspicion of rape as they tried to board a flight to Manchester. The three men, said to be in their twenties, were held at Palma Airport on the Spanish island of Majorca by officers investigating the alleged rape of a woman at a hotel in Magaluf.

As Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow enjoyed the Jamaican sun - posing for pictures astride horses in the crystal clear Caribbean Sea - they had no idea the net was closing in. They thought they'd got away with murder.

The family of a man killed in cold blood screamed at one of the murderers in court and told him he should 'hang from a noose'.

The family of Liam Smith have said they will 'always love him' in a heartfelt tribute given as his murderers received life sentences.

The couple who murdered a dad in cold blood have been sentenced to life in jail today.

This is the horrifying moment Liam Smith was shot outside his home in Wigan.

Staring into the camera following their arrest in the wake of an unthinkable act of violence, this is the killer couple behind the murder of a father in a gun and acid attack. Ex-partners Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow were today (Wednesday, July 23) convicted of Liam Smith's murder.

A former couple who plotted the killing of an electrician before he was shot and doused in acid have both been found GUILTY of murder. Michael Hillier blasted dad-of-two Liam Smith in the face yards from his home in Wigan, before throwing sulphuric acid over his body.

A man accused of murdering a father-of-two who was shot and attacked with acid has been removed from court after interrupting the judge's summing up.The jury in the trial of Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow, both accused of the murder of Liam Smith, 38, in Wigan, Greater Manchester, in November last year, have retired to consider their verdicts shortly before 1pm today (Tuesday, August 22).Minshull Street Crown Court has heard Mr Smith, an electrician, went on a date with Ms Fulstow, 37, in 2019.

Lucy Letby will likely spend the rest of her life in prison.

These are all the words the judge said as Lucy Letby, the nurse who murdered babies on the neonatal unit where she worked, was sentenced today (Monday) at Manchester Crown Court.

Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff said “I do” on Saturday (August 19), and the first photos are emerging of the newlyweds on their big day.

Nurse Lucy Letby is facing a long stint behind bars after she was found guilty of murdering seven babies at the hospital she worked at.

A teenager has been arrested and charged after an alleged rape at a city centre car park in Dundee.

acquitted of sex assault charges against four men. The Oscar winner, 64, appeared in high spirits in the company of the pop legend, 76, and the Canadian filmmaker, 60, both of whom testified in his defense at the highly-publicized UK trial last month.

A self confessed killer told a jury that he was seeking to implicate his girlfriend in an alleged murder because she had ‘thrown him under the bus’. Michael Hillier admits shooting Liam Smith in the face outside his home in Wigan in November last year, before dousing him in acid.

A man accused of murder has told jurors he is ‘ashamed’ of his actions after a barbaric attack upon Wigan dad, Liam Smith.

A couple accused of murderer were told to ‘rot in hell’ when a disturbance broke out in court as a gunman recounted opening fire. Michael Hillier has admitted shooting 38-year-old electrician Liam Smith outside his home in Wigan. The dad-of-two was then doused in acid.