All news on the topic: Court case

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Murder PC's killers 'watched TV news in panic' after botched robbery, jury told
A gang who shot dead rookie officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky during a botched raid in Bradford in 2005 watched the news on TV 'in panic' from a safe house in Leeds, a court heard
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Woman mauled friend in church attack after discovering affair with husband
Gabriela Cordeiro was outside the church in Bolton with her kids when Flavia Fernandes launched a vicious assault which ended with her ripping a chunk from the victim's chin
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Company boss fired gun next to terrified employee's head in row over bike
Jamie Oakes, 37, has been jailed for more than three years after a "violent and frightening" incident in which an employee was accused of theft and threatened by his boss
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Rookie cop's killers went on vodka-fuelled brothel trip before murder, jury told
The gang behind a robbery at Universal Express Travel in Bradford in 2005 which left rookie police officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky dead allegedly went on a champagne and vodka fuelled night out at a brothel hours before
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Arranged marriage bride left in vegetative state by husband in horror ordeal
Ambreen Fatima Sheikh was given an anti-diabetes drug, which triggered a catastrophic brain injury, after she flew from Pakistan to the UK for an arranged marriage
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Family may never get answers over mum 'dumped like rubbish' in alleyway
A man walking home from the gym discovered the body of Kerry Newman, 40, "dumped like rubbish" at the side of a footpath in Rochdale, Greater Manchester on July 18 last year
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Man Utd's youngest-ever £1m footballer and friend 'raped woman after night out'
John Cofie and friend Nathan Stuart have been accused of the rape of a woman after a night out in Altrincham, and both men deny the charges brought against them
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Mum in dock accused of murdering her son, 6, after his body was found in car
Mum Ruth Purcell Healy, 37, appeared at Waterford District Court last night charged with the murder of her six-year-old son Matthew Purcell-Healy, whose body was found in a car
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'Paraglider' badge wearers at pro-Palestine march guilty of terror offences
Heba Alhayek, 29, Pauline Ankunda, 26, and 27-year-old Noimutu Olayinka have been found guilty of a terror offence after displaying images of 'paragliders' at a pro-Palestine march
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Megachurch shooter 'hated disabled son' and called him 'the boy'
A woman familiar with violence who would wield guns and crossbows while doing 'Heil Hitler' salutes at her neighbours hated her disabled son so much she would only call him 'the boy'
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Mum of murdered girl, 5, weeps describing remains carried round town in tote bag
Kayla Montgomery gave an emotional testimony on her estranged husband, Adam Montgomery's alleged role in the death of their 5-year-old daughter, Harmony
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Woman 'inspired by Netflix's Don't F**k With Cats had fetish for strangulation'
Scarlett Blake, who is charged with murdering Jorge Carreno and dumping his body in a popular bathing spot in Oxford, was earlier found to have filmed herself dissecting a cat
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CCTV shows killer buying cable ties hours before he strangled woman to death
Shannon Grant, 27, was caught on CCTV buying cable ties that he would later use to strangle Natasha Morais, 40 to death in her own home, before making off with her card and phone
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Raging man accused of 'beating brother to death - then left mum to find body'
Darren Steel, 39, is accused of beating older brother Martin Steel, 48, to death in a drunken rage, with their mother Diane Steel finding his 'lifeless' body in an armchair
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Driver jailed after crashing car killing bride and groom-to-be on way to party
Driver Bradley Clough had five other people in his five-seater car when he skidded off the road and into a tree, killing engaged couple Jack Paolucci, 19, and Courtney Jennings, 18
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Pensioner accused of murdering cop was 'mastermind' behind fatal robbery
Leeds Crown Court heard Piran Ditta Khan had a "pivotal" role in planning the robbery which lead to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in 2005
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Post Office worker cleared 10 years after fraud conviction in Horizon scandal
Post Office worker Jacqueline Falcon, 42, who was convicted of fraud between December 2014 and February 2015 has been the latest victim of the Horizon scandal to be cleared
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Ex-Scout leader who filmed kids getting undressed in pool changing room jailed
Ian Butcher, from Ipswich, has been sentenced to prison for sex offences against eight people, ranging from the age of 12 to 32 - police have since commended a young girl for providing information
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My childhood sweetheart turned into a monster, throttled me til I feared I'd die
Lee Ellison and Sarah Etchells from Manchester were together for 20 years with two children - but behind closed doors, Sarah feared for her life over the controlling 'monster'
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Man who 'flew from London to US without passport or boarding pass' arrested
Craig Sturt, 46, is alleged to have flown from London Heathrow to New York JFK airport without a passport or any form of documentation. He was arrested on suspicion of failing to appear at court
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Man, 75, in court accused of murdering policewoman after being extradited
Piran Ditta Khan appeared at Leeds crown court on Monday for the start of jury selection after being extradited from Pakistan last April over the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky
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Inside Sarah Payne's tragic final moments as twisted killer is attacked in jail
The despicable murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne horrified people up and down the country, and her vile killer Roy Whiting has repeatedly been attacked behind bars
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Grace O'Malley-Kumar family will fight forever to make sure killer not released
Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar's heartbroken parents appeared on Monday's Good Morning Britain after Valdo Calocane was sentenced for killing their children and school caretaker Ian Coates
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Drug kingpins 'Big Man' and 'Scouse Phil' flooded entire city with Class A drugs
A gang of drug dealers who hailed from the Merseyside area worked with connections in Plymouth to deliver the Class As to the city using couriers who would travel to the Devon port
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Shameless drug-fuelled robber targeted cancer survivor at cashpoint to steal £40
Christopher Newton was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court after he injured a woman and stole £40 in a cashpoint attack at a Spar in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear on July 9 last year