News about John Saunders

The traumatising ordeal of a mother left stranded in Sudan after being exit-trafficked by her husband continued when she tried to reunite with her young children.

As he approaches the end of his nine-and-a-half years term, the Parole Board has announced that it is considering the situation of Islamic State recruiter Abdalraouf Abdallah (pictured). Abdallah, 29, had a major influence on Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, 22, whose official probe into the 2017 attack concluded last week. According to the Manchester Arena Inquiry, more than 1,000 text messages were exchanged between Abedi and Abdallah in 2014.

In January, 2018, Sarah Gatt's (pictured left and right) decomposed body was discovered in a bathtub in her Kensington home, semi-naked, draped in power cords, and covered with household items. According to police, she was there nine months as police suspect her ex-boyfriend murdered her in a jealous rage when she left him and started a relationship with a woman.

John Atkinson (left), who was bleeding from Salman Abedi's home-made bomb, was begging for assistance, saying, 'I'm going to die, aren't I'm going to die.' Ron Blake (right), who dialled 999 and used his wife's belt as an improvised tourniquet around the care worker's leg, was first to the 28-year-old's side in the moments after the deadly assault. He hoped to help, but instead Mr Atkinson, who had been waiting and trembling where he had fallen for 47 minutes, said it felt like 'last's'. After police on the scene lost patience and pulled him out on a makeshift stretcher made of advertisement hoardings and a metal barrier, Mr Atkinson was only seen by a paramedic. However, he wasn't rushed to hospital, and after the explosion, he went into cardiac arrest at 11.47 p.m., an hour and 16 minutes later. He was admitted to the hospital but did not recover.

eXCLUSIVE: A Thai carer who beat her pensioner lover to death with a claw hammer after he had changed his mind to prevent her from receiving a move to an open prison was refused. Callous Bunthawee Rimmer, inset and right, was sentenced to at least 11 years in prison in July 2012 after being found guilty of murdering her elderly companion Paul Norfolk (left) the year before. As he slept in the house they shared in Haverhill, Suffolk, Rimmer launched the frenzied assault with a 12oz hammer. She attempted suicide and was discovered by police officers next to her boyfriend's body. Rimmer had head injury and was incoherent. She had also taken an overdose, but she recovered. Rimmer told police that Mr Norfolk intends to lure her out of his house, which a judge dismissed.

A court heard that Jordan Bottom, who is accused of murdering Bradley Lyons (left) in the belief he sexually assaulted his stepdaughters, wrote rap songs about the murder. A rap written after the murder read, 'I've got murder on my mind, see blood in my eyes, murder on the brain, and someone's dying tonight.' After assaulting Mr Lyons and holding him inside a boot for hours, they, along with Rikki Smith and Albert Thorn, are accused of dragging him to a shallow grave and shooting him dead. As the trial continues, both three men have pleaded not guilty to murder.