A mother has been sentenced to life in prison after beating her four-year-old son to death because she believed he was gay.
A day of partying to celebrate the end of term ended in tragedy in Calgary, where five young people were stabbed to death.
Police in Blackpool have charged a man in connection with the murder of a two-year-old girl, who died from her injuries on Saturday.
A French playboy lawyer has been convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, bringing to conclusion a 35-year mystery infamous in France as the La Roux Affair.
A teenage girl who was forced to marry a 35-year-old man in Nigeria has killed her husband and three of his friends by lacing their meal with rat poison.