Thousands of police officers throughout Southern California and neighbouring states were last night hunting for a disgruntled former Los Angeles officer, wanted for a deadly shooting rampage that he warned in an online posting would target those on the force who wronged him.

A man accused of killing three people at a party near a US university turned himself after a three-day manhunt that included a tense but fruitless search of a home by police tactical units.

An investment manager facing a fraud investigation in the US has been arrested after apparently attempting to fake his own death in a plane crash.

BRITON Neil Entwistle arrived at court yesterday charged with murdering his American wife and baby.

WHEN Larry Jones noticed a foul odour coming through a vent in his apartment, he put it down to dead mice and spoke to his landlord.