A businessman jailed for attacking an intruder after the lives of his family were threatened by knife-wielding thugs in their home was freed by the Court of Appeal I n Britain today.

A MAN who supplied machine guns used in nine gangland murders was jailed for life yesterday — and the sentencing judge warned the death toll caused by his weapons would rise further.

A COUPLE said last night they would never forgive the childminder who shook their baby daughter to death in a fit of frustration.

A cannabis addict was found guilty today of murdering two teenaged friends in a frenzied knife attack in Wokingham, UK.

Four of the men who tortured schoolgirl Mary-Ann Leneghan before stabbing her to death have lodged appeals.

Six gang members were jailed for life today for the “gratuitous torture” and brutal “execution” of schoolgirl Mary-Ann Leneghan.

FOUR of the gang found guilty of the rape and murder of Mary-Ann Leneghan had been under probation supervision.

Four members of the gang behind the kidnap, rape and murder of Mary-Ann Leneghan were on probation supervision at the time of the killing, it can be reported today.

FOUR men were yesterday found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Mary-Ann Leneghan after she was subjected to an “horrific” ordeal of kidnap, rape and torture.

Four men were today found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Mary-Ann Leneghan after she was subjected to an “horrific” ordeal of kidnap, rape and torture.

One of the six men on trial for the murder of teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan today admitted the killing.

A Kosovan orphan accused of murdering teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan told his social worker he had tortured her and her friend, a court heard today.

A teenager shot in the head beside her dying friend Mary-Ann Leneghan told a British court today that she had been the victim of a potentially fatal arson attack just a short time beforehand.

A JUDGE yesterday began the process of choosing a fresh jury to try six men charged with the rape and murder of teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan in Reading, England.

A teenager was told her final memory before death would be the sight of her friend being “butchered” in front her, a court heard today.

Six men will go on trial today charged with the rape and murder of teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan.

Six men appeared at the Old Bailey today accused of murdering 16-year-old Mary-Ann Leneghan.

Mary-Ann has family in Mount Jubilee, Bangor Erris. Her father Bertie emigrated to England in 1972.

Police investigating the murder of teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan today charged a seventh man in connection with the killing.

Six men will appear before two courts today charged in connection with the death of stabbed British teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan.

A 23-year-old man was today remanded in custody charged with kidnapping and murdering British teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan.

John Bingham

Police investigating the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Mary-Ann Leneghan today charged a fourth man with murder.

Two men were today remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with murdering Mary-Ann Leneghan.

A MOTHER cleared of murdering three of her babies last night said she was looking forward to “getting back to some sort of normality”.

A 35-year-old UK mother accused of suffocating three of her own babies was cleared today of murder.

UK pharmacist Trupti Patel, 35, was today found not guilty at Reading Crown Court of murdering three of her own babies.

THE grandmother of a woman accused of killing three of her own babies yesterday told a court how she herself had lost five children in early infancy.

THE deaths of a mother’s three babies were probably caused by an adult suffocating them or restricting their breathing, a leading paediatrician told a court yesterday.

A MOTHER in Britain accused of suffocating three of her own babies did not appear particularly caring, a nurse told a court yesterday.

A MOTHER felt compelled to act against nature and instinct and suffocate three of her babies, a court heard yesterday.