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2 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne |Andy Dolan
After more than a decade, the hatred that had simmered within Peter Brooks finally exploded. In the early hours of January 14, 2021, dressed head to toe in camouflage clothing, he left his house and cycled a mile to the family home of former colleague Graeme Perks. There, the 61-year-old smashed his way into the conservatory with a crowbar and doused the ground floor with petrol he had brought with him.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne |Rebecca Camber
Graffitied on to the wall of a holding cell, the words greeting incoming prisoners could hardly be more intimidating: ‘Welcome to hell’. And whoever inscribed the message wasn’t talking about the accommodation, the staff or the regime at HMP Frankland – but their fellow inmates. The category A jail in County Durham is known for housing some of Britain’s most dangerous and reviled prisoners.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne |Caroline Graham |Marjorie Hernandez
A week ago, it seemed as if all the questions about the mysterious death of reclusive Hollywood legend Gene Hackman, found 'partially mummified' in his home alongside his younger wife, had been answered. In a dramatic televised press conference, police in New Mexico announced that Betsy Arakawa had died first from a rare rodent-borne virus. Seven days later, Hackman, who suffered from Alzheimer's, had passed away. It is believed he died from heart failure, confirmed by data from his pacemaker.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne
On a July morning in 2022, Kiena Dawes drove to her friend's house and let herself in. She was carrying her nine-month-old daughter in a car seat, which she carefully placed on the floor alongside her mobile phone. Then the 23-year-old got back in her car and drove off alone. An hour and a half later, Kiena was dead, having lain down on the West Coast Main Line in front of a train travelling at 110mph.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne
On a July morning in 2022, Kiena Dawes drove to her friend’s house and let herself in. She was carrying her nine-month-old daughter in a car seat, which she carefully placed on the floor alongside her mobile phone. Then the 23-year-old got back in her car and drove off alone. An hour and a half later, Kiena was dead, having lain down on the West Coast Main Line in front of a train travelling at 110mph.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne
They say a picture tells a thousand words. But the photograph of Deise Moura and her mother-in-law taken four years ago provides enough material for an entire novel – one that Agatha Christie would be proud of. It shows the 42-year-old accountant with her husband Diego, 39, on one side and, on the other, his parents Zeli and Paulo Dos Anjos. In the middle stands Deise and Diego's young son, while in the foreground is a Christmas cake.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne
For backpackers and gap-year students, the Banana Pancake Trail has become an unmissable part of any trip to south-east Asia. It's named after the breakfast typically served up to foreigners, and of all the stop-offs along the route, one of the most popular is the party town of Vang Vieng, in the heart of communist Laos. But here the food on offer in some of its cafes and bars is of a very different nature to normal tourist fare.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne
Child murderer Scott Jeff, who has been found guilty of killing two-year-old Isabella Wheildon, had also been accused of controlling and coercive behaviour by a former girlfriend, the Daily Mail can reveal. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claimed that the 24-year-old had restricted her access to social media and kept her away from her family. The allegation emerged during legal argument in the absence of the jury so could not be reported until the end of the trial.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne
The final month of Isabella Wheildon's existence was a living hell. Videos of the toddler taken at the end of May last year show the adorable, blonde-haired girl playing on the swings, running on a beach and breaking out in uncontrollable giggles. But in the four weeks that followed, that life would be systematically beaten out of her. Again it was captured on camera. Increasingly bruised and battered, the two-year-old would be recorded on CCTV as she was wheeled around in a buggy.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne
As heir to one of Wales’ richest business dynasties, until last December Dylan Thomas had enjoyed a life of quiet privilege. But on Christmas Eve morning the unassuming and ‘unconfrontational’ 24-year-old ended the life of his old school friend, William Bush, in an attack of almost unimaginable brutality. Armed with two knives, Thomas targeted Mr Bush from behind, first stabbing him in the back of the neck.
