Whole life orders are the most severe punishment available in the UK criminal justice system for those who commit the most ...

After killing two of his neighbours, a serial killer nicknamed the 'Angel of Mercy' told police he had the 'urge' to kill after writing a chilling confession note ...

As serial killer Robert Maudsley goes on hunger strike, the Mirror looks at Britain's longest-serving prisoner's lonely life ...

Mug shots of two men arrested for alleged crimes in the United States have been shared to Facebook community groups in ...

Other criminals who have been sentenced to whole-life orders in recent years include child serial killer Lucy Letby, Sarah ...

Kyle Clifford has been given a whole-life sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, her sister Hannah and ...

Three young women were brutally murdered by serial killer Peter Tobin but there has always been suspicion this was just the tip of the iceberg. The Scotsman may have been involved in many more ...

A criminologist has revealed the main reason people kill in the UK - and which groups are most likely to be targeted by serial killers. Professor David Wilson, who lectures at Birmingham City ...

A BBC documentary, The Hunt for Peter Tobin, explains how the murder of a Polish student led to the killer of two other ...

A notorious serial killer, known as "Hannibal the Cannibal", has allegedly gone on a hunger strike in prison after staff ...