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Pregnant mum-of-two struck 'at least 59 times' by killer who has been jailed for life

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. Manchester Evening News and Birmingham Mail are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 12:47 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Pregnant mum-of-two struck 'at least 59 times' by killer who has been jailed for life”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Zak Hughes, 29, pleaded guilty to the murder of his on-off partner Sarah Montgomery, who was 27 years old and 32 weeks pregnant
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Birmingham Mail
Pregnant mum-of-two struck 'at least 59 times' by killer who has been jailed for life
- Picked up by Manchester Evening News
Killer who beat pregnant mum of his two kids to death jailed for at least 20 years
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.