A celebrity photographer who sued an Australian newspaper for accusing him of hounding Nicole Kidman was handed a huge legal bill instead of a damages payout when a judge ruled his intrusive behaviour had frightened the actress.

Actress Nicole Kidman told a judge today that she was “really, really scared” when she was followed in her car by a photographer.

A woman who had convinced her friends and even her husband she was expecting a baby murdered a young pregnant friend and carved the foetus from her womb, police said.

A missing pregnant woman was found dead in an Oklahoma field with her abdomen cut open and the foetus removed.