A murdered Cork criminal claimed he was owed a €300,000 drug debt before he was shot dead at close range at his home. Darren Falsey had told a relative about the money he was owed but never disclosed the identity of the debtor, according to affidavit evidence in a Proceeds of Crime case brought by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab).
Laurent Gregoire, a 28-year-old computer programmer from France, met Indonesian-born Samba Rukmi Widhyastuti, 64, at a hostel in the French city of Bordeaux in November 2015, according to testimony before the court in the western city of Nantes. Investigators said the two had travelled together in Spain a few weeks later. Gregoire was last seen in Andorra, the small principality sandwiched between France and Spain. He was spotted leaving a hostel there carrying a backpack on September 12, 2016.
My son Rico was truly an amazing human. He literally had the best sense of humour, quick wit and just made everything funnier. Rico was the most laid-back dude who never took anything seriously. People loved being around Rico. He was definitely someone you left feeling happier than before you met. Rico should still be here. His life should not have been taken at 21 over a stolen bike that was worth less than 1,000 to his killer.
Brimmer was released from prison in 2004 in connection with a 1995 conviction for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. As the Chronicle reported at the time, Brimmer was a pastor at San Jose's largest church, the 6,000-member Jubilee Christian Center, and he was convicted on 15 counts of molesting boys between the ages of 11 and 16 between 1989 and 1993, some of whom testified against him.
The British soldier accused of murdering the Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru in 2012 has been named as Robert James Purkiss. Purkiss, 38, was named in court documents at the high court in Nairobi this week, where a court issued a warrant for his arrest. The high court judge Alexander Muteti issued the arrest warrant on Tuesday in Kenya, with the prosecution telling the court that Purkiss had been charged with a single count, of murder.
A man accused of murdering a 17-year-old social media influencer at her home in Pakistan after she repeatedly rejected his advances has been formally indicted. Sana Yousaf's murder in June this year drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women's safety, after some online comments alongside condolences blamed her for her own death. The 22-year-old accused, Umar Hayat, also a TikTok influencer, pleaded not guilty in a court in the capital Islamabad on Saturday as the trial formally began.
In a video released by the White House earlier in the day, President Donald Trump addressed Zarutska's murder by declaring that We cannot allow a depraved criminal element of violent repeat offenders to continue spreading destruction and death throughout our country. We have to respond with force and strength. We have to be vicious, just like they are. It's the only thing they understand, he added.
A man has denied murdering his colleague and alleged former lover in central London before disposing of her body. Juan Francisco Toledo, 51, is accused of killing fellow cleaner Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, at an office block on Grays Inn Road on 29 May and dumping her body in Hampshire. Appearing at the Old Bailey, the defendant, a Venezuelan national of Crystal Palace, south London, pleaded not guilty to murder
Mati was not a fan of overcrowded spots, a paradox these days that affects both the occasional tourist and the seasoned traveler like her. That's why she found her place not in Hindu Bali but in Muslim Lombok, in a hotel without frills (it had a pool, but spartan rooms), reached by a path flanked by palm trees and lush vegetation.
Met Police Four teenage boys have been charged with the murder of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed in south London. Victim Yeray Sanchez-Morales, 17, was taken to hospital after the knife attack outside a McDonalds on Old Kent Road on 27 August and died on 3 September. A 16-year-old boy and two 17-year-olds will appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on Monday while a 15-year-old will appear at the Old Bailey, say the Metropolitan Police.
