Lord Lucan’s disappearance after his family’s nanny was found bludgeoned to death more than four decades ago continues to baffle detectives and historians.

THE Irish leader of a British armed robbery gang wept yesterday as he learned he was likely to die in prison after being convicted by a judge in a historic trial without a jury.

A company which runs the two wild animal parks of deceased millionaire John Aspinall was today appearing in court charged with six health and safety breaches after the death of an elephant keeper at one of the zoos.