An inmate who was decapitated was among six who died at a jail in northern Brazil where riots killed dozens of prisoners earlier this year.

An estranged husband decapitated his wife of 30 years, smashed up her head and flushed it down the toilet in an act of “pure hatred”, a court heard.

A nanny accused of killing and then decapitating a four-year old girl was not acting on her own, Russian prosecutors have said.

Jackson Taylor underwent six hours of surgery to reattach his head to his neck after a car accident.