Teenage, 16, gets life sentence for killing Katie Rough, 7

Advertisment A teenager who killed 7-year-old schoolgirl Katie Rough in a field just feet from her home has been jailed for life with a minimum five-year sentence. She clutched a cuddly toy...

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A 24-year-old student and charity campaigner from Hampstead is appealing for a...

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