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(left to right) Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar were killed in the Southport attack (Merseyside Police/PA)placeholder image

Southport killer facing trial over alleged prison officer attack

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Lancs expert gives verdict on royal escort crash that killed pensioner

Some of Britain’s most notorious criminals ended their lives behind bars like these – check the list to see if your surname is tied to one of their infamous stories.placeholder image

25 surnames tied to Britain’s most notorious criminals

A teenage Islamic extremist from Lancashire has pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist gun attack during a hearing at the Old Baileyplaceholder image

Breaking Lancashire teenager admits plotting terror attack with gun

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CCTV: Chilling words as teen is sold fireworks used to kill pensioner

Aminan Rahman threw a suitcase containing his wife Suma Begum’s body into the River Thames after murdering her.placeholder image

Watch: Man throws wife’s body into river after murdering her

Gokool-Mely was convicted of murder after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for more than 16 hours.placeholder image

Watch: Chilling CCTV shows knife-obsessed killer riding stolen bike

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Men accused of planning Jewish terror attack to face trial in Lancs

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Watch: Mother's anguish as killer admits burying son under garden

Daniel Khalife was arrested in Chiswick, west London, by the Met Police on 9 September - three days after he allegedly escaped from Wandsworth Prison. Credit: Metropolitan Police/PA Wireplaceholder image

Breaking Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to charge of escaping custody

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Severed head of murdered woman found in a canal

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'Evil' sex beast facing life for horrific string of attacks on women and childre...

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Tommy Robinson in court for contempt case after social media controversy

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Blackpool neo-nazi Jack Renshaw jailed after offering £300 to have sex with an u...

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Ex-PNE player '˜declines' to return to UK to face police questions over money la...

A former Preston North End player '˜declined' to return to the UK to face questions in a money laundering investigation a court has heard.

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In 2008, Mr Stagg was awarded 706,000 compensation from the Home Office for the bungled investigation - a sum he described as "like winning the lottery".placeholder image

Man wrongly accused of Wimbledon Common murder blew £700k compensation

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Family of Jo Cox 'not broken' by murder, says husband ahead of anniversary

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Husband who decapitated his wife faces life behind bars

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Man denies beheading partner and flushing her head down toilet

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