Murder

A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church linked to the Moscow Patriarchate has been formally charged after allegedly killing three people and wounding two others on a street in Ukraine.

On October 13, an unknown assailant shot and killed five members of Ukraine's 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade in a residential building in Kharkiv region. The brigade said it suspected possible involvement by individuals acting in the interests of Russia.

At his Lviv trial, Mykhailo Scelnikov accused of murdering former Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy testified about preparing the killing with a Makarov pistol and planning to escape to Russia afterward.

Adina Mihai and Madalin Dumitru have been jailed after giving victims the sedative drug GBL to render them unconscious and stealing from them, with deaths resulting.

A woman sexually assaulted by Simon Levy in 2018 says police turned her away when she tried to report the attack, allowing Levy to go on to murder two women and rape another in 2025. Levy was convicted last week of two murders, rape, and 11 sexual assaults.

NHS Tayside is investigating an alleged data breach involving the medical records of nine-year-old Minnie Merriman, who died at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after being found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Arbroath.