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Tyneside pair found guilty of murdering two-year-old
A mother and her partner have been convicted of murdering her two-year-old son in Scotland.
Liam Fee was found dead at a house in Fife in March 2014. The toddler had suffered a ruptured heart as a result of severe trauma to his body.
Rachel Trelfa or Fee, 31, and her civil partner Nyomi Fee, 28, originally from the Ryton area of Gateshead, were both convicted of Liam's murder following a seven-week trial at the High Court in Livingston.
Both women were also found guilty of abusing two other boys, including one they had falsely blamed for Liam's death.
Matt Forde, National Head of Service for NSPCC Scotland said:
Liam and the other children in the household were the subject of the most horrific and long-term abuse by a couple who should have loved and nurtured their family, but who instead brutally murdered a child in their care.
Everyone who has followed this case will have been deeply affected by the accounts of neglect, cruelty and violence inflicted on Liam during his short and tragic life. The details of how this couple submitted young children to such abhorrent abuse have rightly shocked the public, yet sadly cases of abuse and neglect are taking place every day in homes across the country damaging the futures of many children.
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Two career criminals who raided a pub and post office on Tyneside last year were jailed today along with several accomplices.
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Murder charge over Tyneside man's death in the Lake District
A man has been charged in connection with the death of Gordon Smith from Newcastle, whose body was found outside a property at Windermere on 1 July.
26 year old Mark Russell of Holly Terrace in Windermere has been charged with murder, and remanded in police custody.
He will appear in court on Monday.
Three other people have been bailed; a 48 year old woman and a 15 year old girl - both from Kent - and a 31 year old from Millom in Cumbria.
Man held after gas leak causes 34 South Shields homes to be evacuated
Thirty-four homes on a street in South Shields were evacuated this evening after police received a report of a gas leak.
It happened just before 6pm this evening, March 3 at an address on Trinity Walk.
The homes were evacuated as a temporary measure while the property was made safe and all residents returned to their homes within two hours.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and is in police custody.
Chichester Metro station fire alert
The Tyne and Wear Metro station at Chichester is closed due to a fire alert.
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Masked men in Wallsend building society robbery
Police are appealing for information after a robbery in Wallsend. Police received reports that two men threatened a member of staff wit a hammer at the Nationwide building society in High Street East, on December 15. The men were wearing dark clothing and had their faces covered with scarves. They stole a cashbox from the guard.
Missing Middlesbrough man had planned Carlisle trip
Police are appealing for information to trace a missing 34-year-old man who left his home on Marton Road, Middlesbrough on December 12. He did not return.
Lee Patterson was planning to travel to Carlisle where he has links and police have a sighting of him on a train leaving Middlesbrough at around 7.30am on Friday. As well as Cumbria, Lee also has connections with the Tyneside and Durham areas.
Lee is white, 6’ tall and of large build. He has a fair, clean shaven complexion, blue/green eyes and short dark brown hair. Police say there will be no photograph released.
Byker Grove days will 'always be a special time'
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