Author was 'murdered for wealth'
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A reclusive millionaire author was killed by a man who stole his identity, the Old Bailey hears.
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JK Rowling, the author of the wildly successful Harry Potter series, confirmed on her website that one of the characters in the books would die by the end of the seventh book.
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A man has been charged with the murder of wealthy British financier John Monckton and the attempted murder of his wife after they were stabbed at their London mansion late last month, police said.
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One of Turkey's leading authors was acquitted Thursday of "insulting Turkishness" in a novel that touched on the mass killings of Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
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One of the UK's most notorious criminals made so much money from crime he retired aged 35, a court is told.
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A Georgian tycoon who claimed he was the target of assassination plot after helping lead anti-government protests in his homeland was found dead in his mansion near London, and police said Wednesday they were treating the death as suspicious.
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Top-selling British author Arthur Hailey, whose novels sold 170 million copies around the world, died in his sleep at his Bahamas home, his wife said on Thursday.
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Also: 'Grand Theft Auto' makers blamed for triple killing.
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN A petty criminal who was convicted and later acquitted in the 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme died Wednesday, leaving unsolved the slaying that has haunted Sweden for nearly ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- When gay rights activist Brian Williamson was stabbed to death in June, and jubilant crowds danced around his mutilated body, police said he had been a robbery victim.
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It's called 'murderabilia'âthe buying and selling of items connected to grisly crime scenes. And it's a brisk business online. Inside the campaign to police the murder market.
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A new book on convicted killer Michael Skakel says the Kennedy cousin described being covered in blood the night of his neighbor's murder.
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A Polish crime writer has been jailed for 25 years after authorities found he had committed a murder that had been described in one of his thrillers, officials said on Wednesday.
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A widow says a report into the killing of her husband by a schizophrenic man should have found individuals to blame.
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One of the country's best-read columnists has died after suffering from a brain tumour, the Daily Mail says.
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An ex-con who co-authored a book about life in prison was convicted Friday of killing his live-in girlfriend and raping a teenager.
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Material from a man accused of killing five women matched that found on his alleged victims, a court hears.