All news on the topic: Court case

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Prince Andrew's billionaire associate on trial over sex assault claims
Fashion mogul Peter Nygård is accused of using his power to lure five woman separately into a bedroom attached to his company headquarters where he sexually assaulted them
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Unlicensed driver mows down dad-of-six 'abandoned barefoot in road by police'
Jamie Evans has been jailed after mowing down Gareth Roper, 35, on New Year's Day as the dad made his way home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been 'abandoned by police'
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'Sadistic' horse slasher jailed for stabbing and strangling animals
WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAIL AND IMAGES Luke Ward, 37, was sentenced to 45 months in prison after causing "serious injuries" to the horses and even tying a shoelace tightly around a 35-year-old pony's neck
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Radio DJ killed and tortured with naked body dumped in woodlands, court hears
A Turkish radio DJ was tortured and killed, then dumped in nearby woodland in a horror case. According to friends, the victim had been acting strangely since he return from holiday in Turkey in summer 2022
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Sadistic dog owner seen killing pet by pushing into icy river in 'wicked' crime
A wicked man who murdered his dog by throwing it into an freezing-cold river after hitting its head against railings has been put behind bars for 27 months. “You killed your own dog callously and wickedly”, the judge concluded
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Sobbing mum begs for forgiveness as she's jailed for killing her 3 young sons
A mother was sentenced for the deaths of her three sons who drowned after she plunged her SUV into a icy pond while she was intoxicated
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Letby's parents 'hated' major decision she made after feeling 'suffocated'
Lucy Letby was an only child to parents John and Susan, and grew up in a quiet cul-de-sac in Herefordshire. They enjoyed spending quality time together and would go on British seaside holidays as a family
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Accountant waged YouTube hate campaign on neighbours over parking & pet turkeys
Noelle Obcarska, 64, posted videos on YouTube hurling abuse at her neighbours, John McKimmie, 40, and his wife, who live in the quaint village of Pulford, Cheshire
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Russian exile who survived three Putin assassination attempts breaks his silence
Igor Sychev has suffered three car crashes - which he claims were deliberate - and received countless death threats against him and his family. He claims oligarchs are putting out kill orders against him - because he is trying to take a Russian fertiliser company to court
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Paedophile travelled 100 miles to meet '13-year-old girl' who was undercover cop
A paedophile who believed he had successfully groomed a 13-year-old girl into meeting him is now in prison - after it turned out to be an officer from anti-paedophile taskforce
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Man banned from every single church in the UK after decades-long stealing spree
Christopher Coulthard has been stealing money from churches since the 1970s. After finally being caught this year, he admitted to being a serial church burglar
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Ex-husband of evil woman who drugged and killed kids says she 'got rid of them'
Ron Youngblood said his ex-wife 'got rid' of their daughters when she could no longer use them as 'leverage' against him. She was sentenced to 78 years in prison this week
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Scuba diver accused of drowning wife breaks down after being shown body in court
Gabe Watson whose wife died while they were scuba diving together in 2003 faced a murder trial almost a decade later. It got thrown out due to a lack of evidence - but some still have their doubts
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Bibby Stockholm now faces 'planning permission' row over housing asylum seekers
The vessel, moored in Dorset, has been empty since the first 39 migrants on board were evacuated over fears of a deadly legionella outbreak, and now legal fight will go to court
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Family of Black man 'smothered to death' by police agree to $8.5m settlement
Irvo Otieno, 28, died in March after being pressed to the floor of Central State Hospital in Virginia for about 11 minutes by sheriff's deputies and hospital employees
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Mum who fed two daughters sleeping gummies and then killed them jailed
Veronica Youngblood has been sentenced to 78 years in prison for shooting her daughters Sharon Castro, 15, and Brooklynn Youngblood, five, in their apartment in McLean, Virginia
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Man, 54, 'bludgeoned girlfriend to death in alcohol-and-drug fuelled killing'
Matthew Lucas allegedly killed Heidi Chace with a hammer in the early hours of Wednesday. His daughter said: 'I knew my dad had issues, but I didn't think he would kill somebody.'
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Man disappears the same day a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife
Gregory Allen Showalter has switched off his cellphone and had cut off his GPS ankle monitor. The Department of Public Safety warned the 63-year-old from Iowa is 'armed and dangerous'
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Businessman jailed for bomb plot against two lawyers over £1.4million legal row
Jonathan Nuttall plotted to plant the devices in the heart of London's legal district targeting two lawyers working for the National Crime Agency as he feared losing his mansion
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Constance Marten and boyfriend told off for chatting during court appearance
Mark Gordon and Constance Marten were separated in the dock during an appearance at the Old Bailey where both are charged with manslaughter in relation to their baby who was found dead in March
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Teens in court over deliberately killing retired man in sick filmed hit-and-run
Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, are suspected of intentionally driving into Andreas Probst, 64, while he was riding his bicycle in the northwest of Las Vegas at around 6am on August 14 and videoing the attack
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Young woman, 21, went silent after police made suspicious discovery in her car
Antonia Bettride, 23, drove three hours to a service station roughly 170 miles from her home in St Helens, Merseyside, just days before Christmas before being pulled over by police
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Paedophile plied teen with wine and secretly filmed girls in school uniforms
Erickson Pascual, 32, met up with the 13-year-old victim in Liverpool on several occasions, during which he plied her with booze and bought her underwear from Primark
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Reason Met police officer charged with murdering Chris Kaba cannot be named
Unarmed dad-to-be and rapper Chris Kaba, 24, was shot dead by a Met Police firearms officer through the windscreen of his car in September last year. The accused was granted anonymity by a judge today
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Stepmother tortured girl, 3, to death leaving her just 30lbs when she died
The court heard how Laura Ramirez, from Pittsburgh, US, starved and tortured little Bella Seachrist, who was beaten, sexually abused, tied up, gagged and eventually died of malnutrition