A jury in Chicago has convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew in what prosecutors’ described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband.

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson sobbed during final arguments in the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Prosecutors have rested their case against the man accused of killing Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Moments after finding her mother's body, the sister of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson sobs as she pleads for help in a disturbing recording of her emergency call released to the news media.

Comedian Frankie Boyle will have shows in Cork and Dublin next December.

Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson shut her eyes as a police officer described finding her dead family members and later left the courtroom before harrowing photos of their bodies were shown.

The trial of the man charged with murdering three of Jennifer Hudson’s family members resumed today with the Oscar-winner listening to a police officer’s painful description of finding her dead family members.

Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson broke down in court after prosecutors put her on the witness stand as the trial of the man accused of killing her family opened.

Jennifer Hudson has taken the stand in the trial of the man accused of killing her family.

Actress Jennifer Hudson has decided not to hear the opening statements in the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

A judge will question would-be jurors today at the trial in Chicago of the man accused of murdering the mother, brother and nephew of singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson.

Accustomed to wearing Vera Wang gowns on red carpets, singing at the Grammys or autographing her weight-loss memoir, Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s next role will be under a very different spotlight — in Chicago’s drab criminal courts building at the trial of the man charged with murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming trial of a man accused of killing her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Jennifer Hudson has spoken out about her depression following the brutal murders of her mother, brother and nephew.

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is pregnant with her first child, according to a longtime friend.

Jennifer Hudson has offered her forgiveness to the killer who murdered her mother, brother and nephew last year.

Jennifer Hudson made her first hometown concert since the murder of her mother, brother and nephew a family affair by welcoming four of her cousins onstage to perform with her.

Jennifer Hudson has thrown herself back into the limelight just three months after the brutal murders of her mother, brother and nephew and has started work on the video for her new single 'If this isn't love'.

Jennifer Hudson is "feeling good" and preparing for a big showbiz comeback, three months after her mother, brother and young nephew were brutally murdered.

Jennifer Hudson has scheduled her first live performance since the tragic killing of her mother, brother and nephew - she will sing at a stage show leading up to the 2009 Grammy Awards.

Jennifer Hudson has scheduled her first live performance since the tragic killing of her mother, brother and nephew - she will sing at a stage show leading up to the 2009 Grammy Awards.

Sarah Jessica Parker has been supporting her 'Sex and the City: The Movie' co-star Jennifer Hudson while she grieves for her murdered family, insisting the singer/actress is "surviving."

Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law killed three members of the Oscar winner's family because he was jealous about his ex-wife's new romance, according to prosecutors trying to jail the accused.

Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law has officially been charged with the murders of the singer/actress' mother, brother and nephew.

Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson in connection with the shooting deaths of the entertainer’s mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation.

Jennifer Hudson thanked her fans for their support in her first statement since burying her murdered mother, brother and nephew.

In her first statement since burying her murdered mother, brother and nephew, actress Jennifer Hudson thanked her fans for their encouragement during the tragic ordeal.

Actress Jennifer Hudson blames herself for last month's tragic murders of her mother, brother and nephew in her native Chicago, Illinois - insisting she should have convinced her family to move out of the troubled neighbourhood.

Hundreds of mourners attended a private funeral service for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson’s murdered mother, brother and nephew at a Chicago South Side church.

Friends and relatives of Jennifer Hudson are expected at her childhood church in Chicago tonight for a memorial service to mourn the Oscar-winning actress’s mother, brother, and nephew.

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson will bury the bodies of her slain mother, brother and nephew in a private memorial service in Chicago, Illinois on Monday.

Police said they found the gun used to kill Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew, as Chicago’s South Side community prepared for a memorial service.

Jennifer Hudson’s seven-year-old nephew was found dead in the back of a car three days after the Oscar-winning actress’s mother and brother were shot dead, US authorities said today.

Police searching for Jennifer Hudson’s seven-year-old nephew today said they have found a boy’s body.

The older sister of Jennifer Hudson made a plea at a Chicago church for the return of her missing seven-year-old son, a day after the siblings’ mother and brother were found shot dead at the family home.

US authorities investigating the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother are still searching for the missing seven-year-old nephew of the Oscar-winning actress.