Killer

The family of an Irish woman who was tragically killed by her partner in a hotel in Spain two years ago has expressed profound disappointment with the prison sentence handed down to him. Keith Byrne has been sentenced to 15 years for the murder of Kirsty Ward, with credit given for the two years he has already spent in custody. This verdict has left Ms. Ward's parents, Jackie and John, feeling that the sentence undermines the gravity of the crime and the jury's decision. Byrne strangled the 36-year-old mother of one at a…

A man convicted of the heinous crime of murdering and dismembering nine individuals he met online has been executed in Japan. This marks the nation's first implementation of the death penalty since 2022. Takahiro Shiraishi, aged 34, faced execution for the tragic deaths of his young victims, the majority of whom were women, whom he connected with on the social media platform now known as X. Dubbed the "Twitter Killer," Shiraishi specifically targeted users who expressed suicidal thoughts, offering to assist in their plans…

A 48-year-old man, Michael Tanzi, was executed by lethal injection in Florida for the tragic murder of Janet Acosta, a newspaper employee who was abducted during her lunch break in 2000. The execution took place shortly after 6 PM local time (11 PM Irish time) yesterday at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, according to a statement from prison officials. Tanzi's death marks him as the third inmate to be executed in Florida this year and the eleventh nationwide. In 2003, Tanzi confessed to the brutal murder of Ms. Acosta,…

In a significant and controversial event, a death row inmate in Louisiana was executed using nitrogen inhalation, a method previously employed solely in neighboring Alabama. This technique has drawn criticism from UN experts, who have likened it to a form of torture. Forty-six-year-old Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Mary "Molly" Elliot in 1996. His execution marks the first in Louisiana in a staggering 15 years. The announcement of Hoffman's execution came through statements made by two…

In a poignant chapter of American justice, the state of Alabama recently executed Demetrius Frazier, a man condemned for heinous crimes committed over three decades ago. His death, administered through nitrogen gas—a method that has spurred considerable ethical debate—marks the fourth instance of this controversial approach to capital punishment within Alabama’s borders. Frazier, aged 52 at the time of his execution, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the brutal murder of Pauline Brown, a 40-year-old mother of two, whose…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AX) — "The sorrow of a father knows no bounds when faced with the unthinkable." That's how one could describe the heartache of Abdi Moalin Nur, whose daughter, Deka Abdinoor Qorane, became a victim of a grisly crime. Deka's dismembered remains were heartbreakingly discovered near Nairobi's Langata Cemetery, leaving her family grappling with unimaginable grief. Her suspected killer, a man now associated with a string of savage murders targeting Somali women in Kenya, brings Nur's nightmare into sharp, painful…