Paedophile Mark Bridger has joined a group of notorious criminals who have been given whole life sentences for their horrific crimes.

The former slaughterhouse worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones in a “sexually motivated” attack today admitted to a jury that he lied about having a military past.

The man accused of murdering April Jones told police he had a “mental block” about what happened to her body, a jury has heard.

The man accused of murdering April Jones told police he had a “mental block” about what happened to her body, a jury heard today.

A forensic scientist said evidence found in the home of Mark Bridger indicated that schoolgirl April Jones may have been lying on his living room floor “shedding blood”, a court heard today.

April Jones's desperate mother told police “She’s been taken”, a court heard today.

A jury has heard of the frantic moments when the parents of April Jones learned that their five-year-old daughter was missing.

Blood and bone were found at the home of a former abattoir worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones, a court has heard.

A "drunk and jealous" woman has been found guilty of murdering five members of the same family, including three young children, in a devastating blaze following a row about a pram.

The former abattoir worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones had "a clear interest in child pornography and in child murder cases", a British court heard today.

Emma Gowing led the tributes to her sister Catherine outside court today after a serial sex offender was jailed for life today for the rape and murder of the Offaly vet.

The man who murdered Offaly vet Catherine Gowing will serve a minimum of 37 years in jail, a judge ruled today.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger is "probably responsible" for the death of five-year-old April Jones but denies her abduction and murder, a court heard today.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger today pleaded not guilty to the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones, who went missing in mid Wales last year.

A man will appear in court in Wales today to enter his plea after being charged with the murder of vet Catherine Gowing.

A SECOND daughter has been convicted of the murder of their father in north Wales.

A TEENAGER broke down in tears yesterday as a jury found her guilty of murdering her father.

A lodger who murdered his landlady and her 11-year-old son was jailed for at least 27 years in Britain today.

Bruce Jones has vowed to give up drinking.

A FORMER nightclub doorman accused of attacking his heavily pregnant girlfriend with a hammer while she was asleep said yesterday she was assaulted in a “terrifying” burglary gone wrong.

A vampire-obsessed teenager who killed a pensioner and drank her blood has been refused leave to appeal against his conviction for murder, it emerged today.

A teenager obsessed with vampires who killed an elderly neighbour and drank her blood is to appeal against his murder conviction.

A vampire-obsessed teenager was today beginning a life sentence after he was convicted of butchering his elderly neighbour and drinking her blood.

A BRITISH teenager was yesterday found guilty of murdering his elderly neighbour and drinking her blood in a vampire ritual.

A teenager was today found guilty of murdering his elderly neighbour and drinking her blood in a vampire ritual.

A VAMPIRE-OBSESSED teenager killed an elderly neighbour and drank her blood because he wanted to be immortal, a court was told yesterday.

A woman who stole letters from the penthouse flat of David Beckham and his wife Victoria is being sentenced today.