EastEnders actress Jessie Wallace is dating the police officer who tried to shield her from photographers outside a court after she faced a drink-driving charge, it was revealed today.

An al-Qaida militant arrested with September 11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh in Karachi has been identified as one of the murderers of reporter Daniel Pearl, a senior police official said today.

A Pakistani court today received an appeal against conviction from a Briton sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl - and from prosecutors seeking the death penalty for three other men who received life sentences.

DNA tests have confirmed that a body found in a shallow grave in Pakistan is that of murdered American reporter Daniel Pearl, a US official has said.

The lawyer for a British Muslim sentenced to hang for the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl today said he was ready for a battle in Pakistan’s appeals courts that could last more than a year.

A BRITISH Muslim was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging in Pakistan for the kidnap and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl.

Lawyers for the Briton accused of the kidnap and murder of reporter Daniel Pearl said today that evidence their client was detained illegally will likely win his acquittal.

The widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has given birth to a healthy baby boy in Paris, a spokeswoman for the family has said.

A trial in Pakistan of a British-born Muslim accused of abducting and killing a US reporter resumed today with the cross-examination of FBI agents by defence lawyers.

An FBI video expert was today set to testify at the trial in Pakistan of a British Muslim accused of the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl, the chief prosecutor said.

The trial of the Briton accused over the murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl has been adjourned after a defence lawyer accused the chief prosecutor of blasphemy.

The closed-door trial of a British-born Islamic militant for the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl today resumed under tight security in the Pakistan city of Hyderabad.

The trial of the British Islamist and three accomplices charged with the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl resumed today in Pakistan amid tight security.

The trial of the British Islamic militant charged with the kidnap and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan was adjourned today after his lawyer demanded more documents from the government.

A British militant goes on trial for his life in Pakistan tomorrow accused of the kidnap and murder of American reporter Daniel Pearl.

The trial of a British-born Islamic militant and three alleged accomplices for the kidnap and murder a US journalist will take place in jail, Pakistani judges ruled today.

Pakistani police today ringed the colonial-era courthouse in Karachi where a Briton was appearing for the kidnap-killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, in a massive show of force before the hearing.

A court in Pakistan has set a trial date for four men accused of the kidnap and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

The British former public schoolboy accused of masterminding the abduction and murder of American reporter Daniel Pearl was today charged in Pakistan.

Dozens of heavily armed police surrounded a Karachi court today for the appearance of the British Islamic militant who confessed to masterminding the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl.

The American government tonight offered a $5m (€5.8m) reward for the capture of the killers of kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Armed police were today guarding an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan, for a closed-door hearing of the British former public schoolboy who confessed to masterminding the kidnapping of murdered US reporter Daniel Pearl.

The British-born chief suspect in the kidnap and murder of reporter Daniel Pearl could go on trial in front of an American military tribunal.

The widow of American journalist Daniel Pearl today condemned his ‘‘cruel and cowardly’’ murder but urged the US not to seek revenge.

The British Islamic militant suspected of kidnapping American reporter Daniel Pearl could soon be extradited to face trial in the United States.

The British-born chief suspect in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl may be extradited to America, it emerged tonight.

The pregnant wife of kidnapped American reporter Daniel Pearl has pleaded for his release.

The British Government has moved to defend the £10,000 compensation pay-out to the family of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor.