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Some of Britain’s most notorious criminals ended their lives behind bars like these – check the list to see if your surname is tied to one of their infamous stories.

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Caught on CCTV: Chilling words as teen is sold fireworks used to kill pensioner

CCTV: Chilling words as teen is sold fireworks used to kill pensioner

Aminan Rahman threw a suitcase containing his wife Suma Begum’s body into the River Thames after murdering her.

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Gokool-Mely was convicted of murder after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for more than 16 hours.

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Daniel Khalife was arrested in Chiswick, west London, by the Met Police on 9 September - three days after he allegedly escaped from Wandsworth Prison. Credit: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire

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Severed head of murdered woman found in a canal

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