Anglia Murder

Police are continuing to investigate a murder near Peterborough after the body of a man was found in a ditch near the A16 at Newborough on Saturday morning.

The victim went missing on Good Friday and his car was found burnt out at Yaxley.

A post mortem revealed he died from stab wounds.

POLICE have launched a murder inquiry after the body of a man was discovered in a ditch near the A16 at Newborough near Peterborough on Saturday morning.

The victim was reported missing on Good Friday and his estate car was found burnt out near a farm at Yaxley that evening.

A post mortem has revealed he died from stab wounds.

Police have named the victim of a murder in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.

The body of Thomas Baird, 63, was found after a fire at his home in Westerdale at the weekend.

Mr Baird died of trauma to the head and neck, and stab wounds to the chest.

A 30-year-old man from Hemel Hempstead remains in custody having been arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder.

Anyone with information should contact the Major Crime Unit via the non-emergency number 101.

The jury in the trial of Shahidul Ahmed, accused of the murder of teenager Rachel Manning in 2000, has been dismissed after failing to reach a verdict.

The jury at Luton Crown Court spent a total of 24 hours and 20 minutes trying to reach a decision before being dimissed by the judge.

Rachel Manning, 19, was found strangled in undergrowth at Woburn Golf Club in December 2000.

Her boyfriend Barri White was convicted of murder but acquitted in 2008, after serving six years in jail.

Shahidul Ahmed, 41, of Chestnut Crescent, Bletchley, denied murder. The prosecution has asked for a retrial

A jury is considering its verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering a teenager in Milton Keynes 13 years ago.

Rachel Manning, 19, was found strangled in undergrowth at Woburn Golf Club in December 2000.

Her boyfriend Barri White was convicted of murder but acquitted in 2008, after serving six years in jail.

Shahidul Ahmed, 41, of Chestnut Crescent, Bletchley, denies murder.

A MAN arrested on suspicion of the murder of Una Crown in Wisbech has been bailed.

The 58 year old had been arrested yesterday morning (Thursday). He has been released on bail pending further enquiries.

Mrs Crown, 86, was discovered in her home in Magazine Lane on Sunday, January 13. She was last seen alive on the morning of Friday, January 11, but had spoken to a friend by telephone on the Saturday.

A man from Luton's been found guilty of the murder of a mother of three in the town.

Shobhna Jethwa was stabbed twenty times in what police described as a frenzied attack at her home in Butely Road last September.

Her body was found by her children when they came home from school. Sultan Khan will be sentenced at St Albans Crown Court on Monday

Two lovers have been convicted of murder after torturing and killing a pensioner and then returning to the scene of the crime to empty his freezer.

Retired bus conductor Barry Reeve, 67, was found brutally murdered in his home in Norwich, Norfolk, in February last year.

Drug addicts Kelly Barnes, 32, and Jodie Barnes, 31, of Bixley Close, Norwich, who were in a civil partnership, had both denied murder, blaming one another for the killing.

A jury of eight women and four men found them guilty after five hours of deliberation

A double murderer from Essex has failed in his bid to overturn sentences which would see him die in prison.

51-year-old David Oakes was jailed in May for torturing his former partner before shooting her and their 2-year-old daughter at their home in Braintree.

He was told he will never be released from prison. Oakes had sought to overturn his Whole Life order which means he can never apply for release on parole.