A suspected people smuggler has been arrested in Stockport as part of a series of dawn raids carried out by the Home Office. Four men, who are believed to have smuggled 50 people into the UK illegally, were detained on Wednesday (April 18).
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A jealous man who told a young couple 'Romeo and Juliet can die together now' after brutally attacking them with a knife will spend his whole life behind bars after being sentenced for murder. Marcus Osborne was among the notorious criminals sent to jail in the UK in March.
Other offenders locked up this month include a cannabis abuser who stabbed his girlfriend and three members of her family to death 'as a sacrifice', and three people who tortured, starved and killed a vulnerable woman.
A woman who plunged a knife into her husband's back as he mucked out her horses and an IT worker who poisoned a married couple with fentanyl will also spend several years behind bars.
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A Heathrow worker who spied on his housemate with surveillance equipment before murdering her and a man who shot his partner with a handgun then claimed she had been stabbed with a pool cue were also locked up in March.
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Marcus Osborne said the words “Romeo and Juliet can die together now” after a ferocious knife attack on his ex-partner and her new boyfriend. The domestic abuser was handed a whole life order for the double murder on March 1.
Katie Higton, 27, was left with 99 injuries and Steven Harnett, 25, with 24 wounds including mutilated genitals. Ms Higton had been in a relationship with Osborne for five years, but left him in early May last year after an assault on April 28 which was “the last straw”, Leeds
A suspected people smuggler has been arrested in Stockport as part of a series of dawn raids carried out by the Home Office. Four men, who are believed to have smuggled 50 people into the UK illegally, were detained on Wednesday (April 18).
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Calvin Harris has hit out at people who criticised his Ultra Music set, which was described as “underwhelming”.The Scottish DJ replied in the comments of a now-deleted post from dance music magazine Dancing Astro, where some users reportedly took issue with Harris’ set.In response, Harris wrote: “You expect me to play none of my songs? how deep is your love – billion streams, this is what u came for – billion streams, my way – billion streams, slide – billion streams, feels – billion streams, one kiss – billion streams, and the other 5 half a bil, and before 2014 another 20, and not cheesy shit, proper fucking songs with real artists.”He went on to point out the many new and unreleased edits of his songs that he did play, accusing the commenters of wishing he’d play “‘FE!N’ trap edits” instead (‘FE!N’ is a Travis Scott/Playboi Carti song).“And you wonder why I never play edm festivals,” Harris continued. “At least people I saw irl had a great time and I can be happy with that, but fuck at this point whatever I do is gonna piss you off.”This summer, Harris is due to play a headline DJ set at TRMSMT Festival 2024 in Glasgow, joining Liam Gallagher and Gerry Cinnamon.
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