On this day - 12 January

During a session of Prime Minister's Questions on January 12th 2022, Boris Johnson admitted he had been present at a party held at 10 Downing Street during lockdown. When the party was held, lockdown rules prevented gatherings taking place. The party hit the news after an email invite sent to around 100 members of Downing Street staff was leaked.

Johnson apologised for his attendance and claimed it was a work meeting and he therefore thought it was allowed. This was one of 16 events attended by parliament members and employees highlighted in a report by Sue Gray which took place despite breaching lockdown rules.

Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer active from 1978 to 1991. He went on to dismember many of his victims and committed acts including cannibalism and necrophilia following some of his later murders.

On January 13th 1992 Dahmer entered a plea of guilty but insane in response to 15 charges of murder. This meant that there would be no trial to determine guilt and the trial focused heavily on Dahmer's sanity at the time of the crimes. He was found to be sane when he committed the murders at trial and went on to be sentenced to life imprisonment.