A convicted paedophile in England who raped and sexually assaulted six young girls will spend almost 10 years behind bars before he has any chance of release.

A law lecturer wanted in Britain for making indecent images of a child has launched a last-minute legal bid aimed at halting his extradition to England.

A law lecturer wanted in Britain for possession of pornographic images of children will be extradited to face sentencing, a judge at the High Court ruled yesterday.

Gardaí intercepted and detained an escaped British sex offender as he was about to board a plane to Hungary yesterday morning.

The widow of a 7/7 bombing victim has been jailed for two years and eight months after stealing £43,000 (€56,000) from her son’s compensation.

USA:An Indiana woman is under investigation after her husband’s corpse was left in their home for more than nine months and fed on by birds, authorities said.

A man has spoken of his relief after being cleared of assault in the UK during a “master-slave” sex session inspired by erotic novel Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Britain’s youngest female double murderer was given a life sentence today for killing her father and a woman in separate incidents when she was just 15.

Rock star Pete Doherty is to appear in court accused of letting his manager use his car without insurance, it emerged today.

A FORMER glamour model walked free from court yesterday despite admitting bigamy for the fourth time.

A former glamour model walked free from court today despite admitting bigamy for the fourth time.

Steve Wright will find out next month if he can appeal against his conviction for murdering five prostitutes in the UK, the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) said today.

Serial killer Steve Wright has applied for permission to appeal against his conviction for murdering five prostitutes, Suffolk police said today.

Prostitute killer Steve Wright must spend the rest of his life in jail, a UK judge ruled today.

Steve Wright is facing life in jail after being found guilty today of murdering five prostitutes.

A jury retired today to consider its verdicts following the trial of a man accused of murdering five prostitutes in the UK in 2006.

The man accused of murdering five prostitutes in England could offer no explanation today for why blood from two of the women was found on one of his coats.

The man accused of murdering five prostitutes today told a court that he was the unlucky victim of dozens of coincidences.

A forklift truck driver accused of murdering five prostitutes in the UK, today told jurors that he could have picked up three of the women on the nights they disappeared.

Fibres linked to a forklift truck driver and found on the bodies of three murdered prostitutes “would not occur by chance,” a court in the UK heard today.

A “weird” man called Tom Stephens was questioned by police days after the naked remains of five prostitutes were found in Ipswich in the UK, a jury heard today.

The mother of one of five prostitutes found murdered during a 10-day period had “no idea” that her daughter was a sex worker, a jury heard today.

A jury has seen the home of a forklift truck driver accused of murdering five prostitutes in England.

THE reason why Steve Wright murdered five prostitutes in the space of a few weeks may remain a mystery forever, a jury was told yesterday.

It might never be known what drove a forklift truck driver to embark on a “campaign of murder” in which he allegedly killed five prostitutes, a court heard today.

A FORKLIFT truck driver murdered five prostitutes within weeks and left the bodies of two posed in a “cruciform” shape, a jury was told yesterday.

A forklift truck driver murdered five prostitutes within weeks and left the bodies of two posed in a “cruciform” shape, a jury in England was told today.

Former pub landlord Steve Wright has gone on trial at Ipswich Crown Court, accused of the murders of five prostitutes.

A jury was selected today to hear the trial of a former pub landlord accused of murdering five prostitutes.

The trial of a former pub landlord accused of murdering five prostitutes will begin today.

Police have smashed a global internet paedophile ring with more than 700 suspects worldwide, a British law enforcement agency said today.

A 49-year-old man denied today that he murdered five prostitutes in England.

Comedian Ricky Gervais defended himself today after making a joke about the killing of prostitutes just weeks after five were murdered in Suffolk.

THE cost of the Ipswich prostitute murder inquiry has topped £5 million (€7.4m) in its first month and it could become the most expensive investigation Britain has ever seen, police said yesterday.

A barrister who prosecuted Soham murderer Ian Huntley is set to represent a man accused of murdering five Ipswich prostitutes, a lawyer said today.

A 48-year-old man appeared in court today accused of murdering five prostitutes.

A SECOND man was being questioned last night over the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich, in a move police sources described as “significant”.

Inquests into the deaths of four of the murdered women working as prostitutes in England have been postponed, police said today.

Former Newmarket-based trainer Kamil Mahdi faces being warned off by the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel tomorrow after having an appeal dismissed over a lifetime ban on keeping horses.

A FORMER police constable who worked on the investigation into the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was yesterday given a six-month jail term after admitting child pornography offences.