In 1740, Elizabeth Branch, a well-to-do widow, and her daughter Mary were put on trial at Somerset assizes, accused of murdering their maid, Jane Buttersworth. Another of their servants, Henry Butler, ...

Former Soham caretaker Ian Huntley has been given two life sentences for the murders of 10-year-old schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells. His former partner Maxine Carr was given three and ...