An alcoholic slept for a night next to the body of his girlfriend after he had bludgeoned over the head with a lump hammer, a court has heard.

A 17-year-old fan of the Tomb Raider video “attempted to murder” three women in random stabbing attacks because he could not lose his virginity, a court has heard.

A woman and four men were jailed in the UK today for their part in an international paedophile ring which committed “horrific” crimes against two young children in Britain and one in Australia.

A 16-year-old girl stabbed her newborn baby to death while in shock after giving birth without realising she had been pregnant, a court heard today.