THE meticulously planned killing of television presenter Jill Dando could be considered the “perfect crime” — but could not have been carried out by “local nutter” Barry George.

A DEVOTED husband who helped his wife commit suicide was picking up the pieces of his life last night after being shown mercy by a British judge.

POLICE investigating an alleged network of terrorist recruiters were yesterday continuing to question 14 men, including a former associate of the radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza.

A JURY yesterday cleared two teenage brothers of murdering a 10-year-old Nigerian boy as he walked home from a London library more than five years ago.

A BRITISH medic accused of murdering a young Irish woman in Dublin goes on trial in London next week in the first inter-country prosecution of its kind.

FORMER British pop star Adam Ant walked free from court yesterday after a judge ruled that he had used a gun to threaten pub customers who laughed at his cowboy attire because he was suffering mental problems.