All news on the topic: Court case

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Pensioner, 66, knocked unconscious after attackers hugged him before brutal assault
A 66-year-old man says he no longer feels safe in Liverpool city centre and is considering moving away after a brutal late-night attack shattered his confidence.
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Bentley-driving fraudster Barrett unmasked as jailed in Monaco after years on the run
Swindler Ekaterina Barrett was regularly spotted sweeping through London’s wealthiest postcodes in a Bentley, dressed head-to-toe in Gucci, and walking her beloved Italian greyhounds.
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Bishop Oakley charged with rape of under-16 girl
The Bishop of Northampton has been charged with two counts of rape following an investigation by police.
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Top barrister Rajiv Menon faces fresh contempt probe after judge referral
A leading British civil rights barrister faces contempt proceedings once again after a judge decided to refer allegations against him for a second time.
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Ex-coach, 79, accused of abusing girls over 50 years ago exploited trust, court hears
The 79-year-old man, who can’t be named for legal reasons, went on trial charged with 74 counts of sexually abusing four girls.
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Two minors in court over fatal Battersea stabbing of 17-year-old
A second boy has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old in south-west London.
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Two wives, one husband, no fortune: £1.8m estate battle collapses into chaos
A £1.8 million inheritance dispute between two women, each of whom married the same man in Las Vegas, may turn out to be futile after a court was informed that the entire fortune might have been depleted from his estate.
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Peter Murrell jailed for over five years as court brands fraud “calculated dishonesty”
Peter Murrell was led away from court in handcuffs after he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party.
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Peter Murrell jailed for five years over £400,000 SNP embezzlement scandal
Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison after admitting to embezzlement charges.
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Edinburgh knife attacker Lewis Hawkes charged with terror-linked attempted murder
The man accused of the Edinburgh knife attacks has been named as Lewis Hawkes after he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
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“Britain’s first gay dad” Barrie Drewitt-Barlow charged with 18 more offences including rape and child exploitation
One of “Britain’s first gay dads” and his husband have been charged with 18 more offenses including rape and paying for sexual services of a child.
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Asylum seeker guilty of attempted rape after claiming ‘micropenis’ made attack impossible
An asylum seeker who tried to rape a woman in an alleyway has claimed he could not have done so because he had a ‘micropenis’.
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Cancer patients in Guatemala forced to fight in court for access to life-saving Keytruda treatment
The enthusiastic voice on the phone gave us directions the way people in many parts of Latin America do: “Go past the flower market”.
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Bank worker caught after flaunting lavish lifestyle on Facebook while stealing from elderly victims
A Nationwide cashier who stole thousands of pounds from vulnerable customers has been jailed after she was caught out by colleagues when she posted Facebook pictures of her ’lavish’ holidays.
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Palace insiders say Harry’s latest move “blows it all up again”
Prince Harry’s delicate relationship with his father, King Charles III, has deteriorated after the duke restated his demand for taxpayer-funded armed police protection when visiting the U.K.
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Google ordered to pay €314 million over mobile data theft
Google loses court case over Android user data collection without consent
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Spy agency cover-up: MI5 misled court and watchdog to protect neo-Nazi agent
The watchdog charged with holding MI5 to account rewrote a report into the handling of a violent neo-Nazi agent after the Security Service gave it false information, the BBC can reveal.
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Torture, confessions, and sham trials: how the Kremlin fabricates cases against dissenting journalists
In early May in Russia, another journalist was sentenced — Alexander Gusov, the owner of the newspaper "Vek" and the Telegram channel "Novy Vek," received a five-year sentence in a high-security colony on charges of extortion.
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14-year-old British boy instructed by judge to remain in Ghana after being left behind by parents
Parents accused of ‘abandoning’ their 14-year-old son at a boarding school in Ghana over fears he was ‘joining a London gang’ can leave him there, a judge has ruled.
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After the Rosebank court ruling, thirteen more oil and gas licenses could be revoked
The future of additional projects is uncertain after it was discovered that the Rosebank and Jackdaw licenses had been granted unlawfully.
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NHS worker Tracy Turner charged with plotting to kidnap, rape, and murder a girl under 13
Tracy Turner, 51, an operating theatre assistant at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales is accused of a string of charges including a plot to kidnap, rape and murder a young child.
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How 'voice-activated' Alexa made a liar of monster who killed Angie
Angie White, 41, was brutally killed by her abusive husband Daniel White, 36 - and her Alexa device proved key in court as it helped secure a conviction for the monster
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Man pulled 15-year-old schoolgirl out to deep water and raped her in the sea
Gabriel Marinoaica, 20, has been found guilty of raping a schoolgirl, 15, who could not swim in the sea off the coast of Bournemouth, Dorset, when she was with friends
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Mastermind behind PC Beshenivsky raid says robber offered to 'get money back'
PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, had only been an officer for nine months when she was shot in the chest, after she responded to a robbery at Universal Express in 2005
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Man accused of poisoning couple and changing will 'had fentanyl in his backpack'
Luke D'Wit is accused of murdering Stephen Baxter, 61, and his 64-year-old wife Carol, and rewriting their will to make him a director of their shower mat firm Cazsplash