Moment suspected ISIS terrorist accused of gunning down 39 revellers in New Year's Eve Istanbul nightclub attack is arrested in front of four-year-old son

TURKISH security forces captured the suspected gunman who killed 39 people at the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul on New Year's Eve. Abdulkadir Masharipov, described by officials as a well-educated terrorist who speaks four languages, was detained by cops in the city's Esenyurt district, just 25 miles from where the deadly assault was carried out. […]

Was Louise Woodward guilty?

THE case of 19-year-old Louise Woodward, who was accused of involuntary manslaughter in 1997, has been revisited once again in a new Channel 4 documentary. Her trial, which at the time sent shockwaves on both sides of the Atlantic, has polarised people once again, 25 years later. Was Louise Woodward guilty? Louise Woodward, who was […]

Where is Amanda Knox now?

AMANDA Knox spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her murder conviction of her roommate and fellow exchange student Meredith Kercher in 2007. Knox was convicted and sentenced to 26-years in prison; however, her sentence was overturned after known burglar Rudy Guede was arrested shortly after and found guilty of Kercher's murder. Where […]

As Covid hits seaside towns, I say: 'Wish you wouldn't disappear'

I LOVE seaside towns. For me, whatever the weather, they kind of glow from decades of good times ploughed into them, echoing with the delighted laughter of the ages. They’re shrines to simple sins. Not the kind of sins you get sent to hell for, rather the ones to earn you stern words from health […]