A chemistry teacher in the UK who sent a schoolgirl indecent photographs of himself with his private parts covered by emojis has been jailed for 15 months.

A US accountant killed his wife and their three children before shooting himself, leaving a gruesome scene that was discovered by the youngsters’ grandfather.

THE Irish Examiner has been cleared of a charge of contempt of court following the publication of newspaper reports earlier this week which led to the discharge of a jury in a murder trial.