A young mother says her partner has dumped her to become a vampire.

LONDON (AP) -- Two self-styled vampires who bombarded a vicar and his family with abusive phone calls, howled in the churchyard and pinned obscene pictures on the church notice board were jailed Friday.

Blood from a slit in his victim's throat trickled into a small cup. Allan Menzies raised the vessel to his lips. Convinced he was on the brink of immortality, the 22-year-old killer was attempting to fulfil a sick dream: to become a vampire.

A teenager found guilty of murdering his elderly neighbour and drinking her blood in a vampire ritual has lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge his conviction.

A self-styled "vampire" who admitted in court he drank blood, has been found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment against a vicar and his family.

A man accused of waging a campaign of harassment against a vicar and his family has told a jury he is a reincarnated vampire who has drunk blood.

Vampire-cult leader Rod Ferrell, who pleaded guilty in the 1996 slayings of a Eustis couple, on Tuesday was denied his request for a new trial.

One of Queensland's most sadistic murderers – "vampire killer" Tracey Wigginton – has been transferred to a low-security prison farm on the Gold Coast, in a move that has sparked fears the next step could be freedom.

Austalia's only known vampire killer has been transferred to a minimum security jail.

TAVARES -- Convicted murderer Rod Ferrell, the so-called vampire-cult leader who pleaded guilty in the slayings of a Eustis couple, presented his case for appeal to a judge Wednesday, saying his court-appointed defense team failed to explain that pleading guilty would lead to life behind bars.

Vampire cult leader Rod Ferrell, who was sentenced to life in prison in the 1996 slaying of a Lake County couple, will be appealing his conviction today at a hearing in Tavares.

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