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05:10 EDT, 7 April 2021 The first picture of a mother-of-two who was found dead at a road junction with stab wounds to her neck, chest and back has been released by police. The body of Emma McArthur, 43, was discovered at a remote road junction near Crookham Common, near Thornford Park Hospital, in Thatcham, Berkshire, around 11.45pm last Thursday. Her 'on-off boyfriend' Christopher Minards, 35, an ex-Army medic, was charged with her murder.  In a tribute released by her family, Miss McArthur was described as 'spiritual, spontaneous and a free spirit'. This image, released by Thames Valley...

The court heard Minards was in an 'on-off' relationship with Ms McArthur.  Prosecution counsel Shane Hauschild said: 'The victim Emma McArthur was aged 43 years and a mother-of-two children. The defendant and the victim were known to one another, they had met on Facebook in June 2019. 'Paramedics arrived and administered life support but despite their best efforts the victim was pronounced deceased at 12.47am. The defendant was later arrested on suspicion of murder.'  On joining the army Minards was deployed with 4th Rifles and the Welsh Regiment in Iraq. A decade later, he stood charged wi...

Kiskeam man Eugene Callaghan, a Private in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, died on April 1 in the village of Hulluch in northern France. He was among 17 men killed when a tunnel he was digging collapsed when an explosive device was detonated by the enemy in a tunnel underneath the Allied forces. Private Callaghan, who moved from Kiskeam to Wales when he was just seven years of age, was aged just 22 when he died and is known to be buried in Bois-Carre Military Cemetery in Haisnes. A memorial headstone bears the inscription 'Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out'. His backpay of £3 16 shillings wa...