Martin Brunt

Murder victim Muriel McKay, whose body was never found, has finally been officially declared dead 56 years after she was kidnapped for ransom. The ruling by a High Court judge will allow her family to pursue a new search for her remains - in the garden of... See more

The parents of Madeleine McCann have said "we take no pleasure in the result" after a woman who claimed to be their missing daughter was found guilty of harassing them. After the conviction of Polish national Julia Wandelt, Kate and Gerry McCann said: "Li... See more

British Transport Police may have been in a better position to respond to the Huntingdon stabbing because in March it held an emergency exercise in which a man went berserk with a knife on a train travelling south of Peterborough. In the training drill, t... See more

A migrant sex offender who was mistakenly released from Chelmsford prison on Friday is the second person to be freed by mistake while detained at the jail. Two years ago the jail authorities were duped into freeing a conman after a fake email from the Roy... See more

The young woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann's family said in police interviews she never intended to harm them, a jury has been told. Julia Wandelt, 24, who the prosecution says believed she could be the missing toddler, allegedly said: "I never ... See more