14/02/2013
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Two Missing Following Highlands Avalanche
Two people have been reported missing after an avalanche in the Highlands of Scotland.
Another man has been airlifted to hospital following the incident shortly after 12.30 in the Chalamain Gap area of the Cairngorms.
Police, mountain rescue teams, search and rescue dogs and an RAF helicopter are at the scene.
Jury Retire In Vicky Pryce Trial
The jury in the trial of Vicky Pryce, ex-minister Chris Huhne’s former wife, has retired to consider its verdict.
60-year-old Ms Pryce is charged with perverting the course of justice by taking the former Lib Dem MP's speeding points in 2003.
She denies the charge, saying her now ex-husband coerced her into taking the points.
Mr Justice Sweeney said a not guilty verdict would require the jury to agree that she had no choice but to do as her husband ordered and that he was present at the time she signed the paperwork as she said he was.
If the jury, however, decided that Huhne was not present when Ms Pryce signed the form they should find her guilty, he said.
Mairead Philpott Trial Hears Of Suicide Attempt
Mairead Philpott, the mother accused of starting a house fire which killed her six children, tried to take her own life when her husband's mistress left, a court heard.
Mrs Philpott, along with her husband Mick and friend Paul Mosley, deny the manslaughter of the six children in Derby on 11 May.
It is alleged they started the fire to frame Mr Philpott's former mistress Lisa Willis during a custody battle.
The trial is ongoing.
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Two people have been reported missing after an avalanche in the Highlands of Scotland.
Another man has been airlifted to hospital following the incident shortly after 12.30 in the Chalamain Gap area of the Cairngorms.
Police, mountain rescue teams, search and rescue dogs and an RAF helicopter are at the scene.
Jury Retire In Vicky Pryce Trial
The jury in the trial of Vicky Pryce, ex-minister Chris Huhne’s former wife, has retired to consider its verdict.
60-year-old Ms Pryce is charged with perverting the course of justice by taking the former Lib Dem MP's speeding points in 2003.
She denies the charge, saying her now ex-husband coerced her into taking the points.
Mr Justice Sweeney said a not guilty verdict would require the jury to agree that she had no choice but to do as her husband ordered and that he was present at the time she signed the paperwork as she said he was.
If the jury, however, decided that Huhne was not present when Ms Pryce signed the form they should find her guilty, he said.
Mairead Philpott Trial Hears Of Suicide Attempt
Mairead Philpott, the mother accused of starting a house fire which killed her six children, tried to take her own life when her husband's mistress left, a court heard.
Mrs Philpott, along with her husband Mick and friend Paul Mosley, deny the manslaughter of the six children in Derby on 11 May.
It is alleged they started the fire to frame Mr Philpott's former mistress Lisa Willis during a custody battle.
The trial is ongoing.
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29 November 2013
Court Rejects Mairead Philpott Appeal
Mairead Philpott has lost her appeal over her sentence for the killing of six children in a house fire in Derby. Mrs Philpott was sentenced to 17 years in jail for manslaughter. Her husband Mick Philpott was jailed for life and a friend, Paul Mosley, was also jailed for 17 years.
Court Rejects Mairead Philpott Appeal
Mairead Philpott has lost her appeal over her sentence for the killing of six children in a house fire in Derby. Mrs Philpott was sentenced to 17 years in jail for manslaughter. Her husband Mick Philpott was jailed for life and a friend, Paul Mosley, was also jailed for 17 years.
19 March 2013
Jury Hears It's "Possible" Michael Philpott Started Fatal Fire
A jury has heard it is “possible” that Michael Philpott started the fire the killed six of his children. Mairead Philpott, Michael’s wife and co-accused in the manslaughter trial said her husband could have got up in the night and set the fire without her knowledge, the BBC have reported.
Jury Hears It's "Possible" Michael Philpott Started Fatal Fire
A jury has heard it is “possible” that Michael Philpott started the fire the killed six of his children. Mairead Philpott, Michael’s wife and co-accused in the manslaughter trial said her husband could have got up in the night and set the fire without her knowledge, the BBC have reported.
13 March 2013
Mick Philpott Denies Involvement In Fatal Fire
The father of six children who died in a house fire has denied starting the blaze at the families Derby home last May. 56-year-old Mick Philpott denies any involvement but has told a court he has suspicions about who started the fire. He alleges that he and his children had received death threats after the family appeared on ITV's Jeremy Kyle Show.
Mick Philpott Denies Involvement In Fatal Fire
The father of six children who died in a house fire has denied starting the blaze at the families Derby home last May. 56-year-old Mick Philpott denies any involvement but has told a court he has suspicions about who started the fire. He alleges that he and his children had received death threats after the family appeared on ITV's Jeremy Kyle Show.
14 March 2013
Trial Hears Philpott Explain Petrol On Clothes
Michael Philpott has claimed that petrol was found on his clothes because he did not shower or bath for twelve weeks.
Trial Hears Philpott Explain Petrol On Clothes
Michael Philpott has claimed that petrol was found on his clothes because he did not shower or bath for twelve weeks.
28 February 2013
Trial Hears Derby Fire Accused 'Rehearsed The Act'
The trial of the three accused of starting a house fire that killed six children, has heard that they rehearsed the act six weeks earlier. Nottingham Crown Court heard from a witness that the alleged plan was for Mr and Mrs Philpott to run into the road and shout for help.
Trial Hears Derby Fire Accused 'Rehearsed The Act'
The trial of the three accused of starting a house fire that killed six children, has heard that they rehearsed the act six weeks earlier. Nottingham Crown Court heard from a witness that the alleged plan was for Mr and Mrs Philpott to run into the road and shout for help.
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