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Rod Minchin

Reporter · GB

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Aug 14, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Rod Minchin

    Crowds and animals pay emotional farewell to beloved pet shop owner (opens the original)

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    Hundreds lined a town’s high street to pay their respects to a much-loved pet shop owner who was killed in a crash. Mourners filled the High Street in Cricklade, Wiltshire, to remember Barbara Mullaney, who ran the Animal Fayre shop in the town. Some people had brought their dogs with them to honour the animal lover and the pets started barking when many people began clapping as the funeral director led the hearse at walking pace down Cricklade High Street. The cortege paused briefly outside the

  2. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Rod Minchin

    Attempted murder arrest after car hits three pedestrians in Bristol (opens the original)

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    A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three pedestrians were hit by a car. Avon and Somerset Police said the car struck the trio in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol. The force said two people suffered non-serious injuries, while a third suffered injuries which were not believed to be as serious as initially thought. A man, believed to have been the driver of the vehicle, was treated for facial injuries. He has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and dangerous

  3. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Rod Minchin

    Dexter fan serial killer handed two whole-life orders for double murder (opens the original)

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    Serial killer James Desborough has been given two whole-life orders for the murders of Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, in Cornwall last year. The former builder is already serving a life sentence for murdering his cellmate Steven Kempster, 65, at HMP Exeter, whom he killed while awaiting trial for these offences. Passing sentence, Mr Justice Saini said Desborough would never be released. “You are now aged 40. I cannot, of course, resentence you for the murder of Mr Kempster, but gi

  4. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Rod Minchin

    Police probing deaths of four people who lived at same lodge as serial killer (opens the original)

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    Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating the deaths of four people who were living in homeless accommodation at the same time as serial killer James Desborough. Desborough, 40, is to be sentenced on Wednesday for murdering Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, in Cornwall in 2025. The two homeless men’s bodies were found dismembered and hidden in Old Oak Woods, lower Sticker. Desborough, a former builder, is already serving a life sentence after he strangled his prison cellmate, Steve

  5. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Rod Minchin

    Dexter fan serial killer guilty of double murder after men found dismembered in woods (opens the original)

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    A fan of TV serial killer Dexter has been found guilty of murdering two homeless men whose bodies were dismembered and hidden in woodland before he killed his cellmate while awaiting trial. James Desborough, 40, murdered Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, before dismembering and hiding their bodies in Cornwall last year. The former builder is already serving a life sentence after he strangled his prison cellmate Steven Kempster at HMP Exeter while on remand awaiting this trial. The tr

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