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Moment woman arrested for Christmas Day fatal stabbing over Tinder discovery

Moment woman arrested for Christmas Day fatal stabbing over Tinder discovery

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Kirsty Carless, 33, was arrested by Staffordshire Police on Christmas Day for the murder of her ex-partner, Louis Price.
Carless took a taxi to Mr Price's parents' home in Norton Canes and stabbed him in the chest, an attack fuelled by cocaine and alcohol, after seeing him on Tinder.
Mr Price was found dead on the conservatory floor with a single stab wound.
Carless was found guilty of murder, possession of an offensive weapon, and assault, and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years.
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Bihar: The witchcraft murders that shook an Indian village

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Manisha Devi says she heard a commotion and found a large crowd outside the home of Babulal Oraon, the eldest of Kato's five sons who lived Oraon, his wife Sita Devi, the couple's son Manjit and daughter-in-law Rani Devi were among those killed. His youngest son, a teenager, is the only in their first information report (FIR), which is available online, have named a villager - Ramdev Oraon - as the main accused. They said Ramdev's son had died about 10 days back after falling sick, but he had allegedly accused Kato Devi and her family of killing his child through witchcraft. It's not clear what the belief was based on. Police say Ramdev is absconding and that they are looking for the night of the killings, Ramdev had allegedly brought his nephew, who appeared seriously unwell, to the victims' house. Manisha Devi said she saw the teenager lying on the ground and the village exorcist performing some rituals and reciting mantras. Manisha Devi, another relative and the survivor in his police complaint have alleged that the exorcist "pronounced Kato Devi and Babulal's wife Sita Devi as witches, blaming them for the death and illness in Ramdev's family". "Kato was dragged out and given half-an-hour to heal the sick teenager. Sita Devi, who was away visiting her mother in a neighbouring village, was called and asked to return if she wanted to see her family alive," she second relative who also witnessed the alleged murders says Kato pleaded with the villagers to see reason, but the mob kept getting angrier. "When Babulal and Manjit tried to intervene, the mob attacked them too. Rani Devi was also assaulted when she attempted to shield her husband," she adds. "When Sita Devi returned with her son, the survivor, they too were assaulted." 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At Babulal Oraon's two-room hut, built from corn stalks, bamboo, and mud, time feels the room where Manjit and his newlywed wife Rani Devi slept, the bed is neatly made, with a clean sheet and the mosquito net tucked Devi sits outside her home, haunted by the senseless murders she and others witnessed that night."We stood helplessly, watching the victims desperately trying to save themselves. That scene still haunts us," one man said.

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Colombia's ex-president, Álvaro Uribe, sentenced to 12 years of house arrest

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