All news by author: Rachel Smith

Michael Cooper, 50, from Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, kept his partner prisoner for five years where she was locked up at night and chained to him, a court has been told

Christopher McKillop, fresh out of prison, targeted vulnerable OAPs in a cruel campaign of burglary and fraud, spinning elaborate lies to get access to their homes before stealing cash and bank cards

Oliver Mailey, 26, shook Abel-Jax Mailey on at least two occasions while looking after him alone in November 2021

Mother of Abel-Jax Mailey told Preston Crown Court how she saw her boy sitting on his father's lap "lifeless", as when she requested he go to the hospital with them "he wasn't really that bothered"

David James has been jailed after attacking Jonathan Buck, who complained about the quality of the cleaning done by his partner at the Silver Strand on the Promenade in Blackpool

Jordan Trengrove, from Cumbria, has told of a horrific ordeal where he was held in police custody for 10 weeks after a woman made a false rape claim against him

Darren Wilson was jailed for 15 months after kicking down his ex-girlfriend's front door and strangling her as her kids screamed, before the family locked themselves in a bedroom