All news on the topic: Court case

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Over 1000 Met Police staff accused of sex offences or domestic abuse in 10 years
The cases are being urgently reviewed after it emerged serial rapist David Carrick was allowed to remain in the force despite being accused of rape, assault, harassment, domestic abuse and burglary
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'Guilty Lee Ryan proves there is no defence for crossing the line with language'
The Blue singer, found guilty of racially ­aggravated assault on a flight to London, is young enough to know better, says Darren Lewis. And many more people like him need to wake up to the fact the world has changed
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Wanted man 'found in wheelie bin after jumping in freezing river to avoid cops'
Suspected child sex offender Daniel Godkin, 32, was pictured leaving court handcuffed to guards after eventually being detained following an alleged search of the River Ribble last week
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Man charged with murdering Elle Edwards in pub shooting set to face trial
Connor William Chapman is facing nine charges relating to the incident on Christmas Eve at the Lighthouse Inn pub in Wallasey, Merseyside
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Murder-accused refugee sobs as he recalls parents being murdered by the Taliban
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, charged with the murder of Thomas Roberts, told a court in Salisbury today that his mother and father were killed after the Taliban planted bombs at his family home
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Woman sent threatening messages by boyfriend's best friend in twisted campaign
Robert Leary, 27, downloaded private images of the woman in a state of undress and used the dark web to repeatedly access her private account even after she changed her password
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Rapist cop's timeline of terror as he preyed on victims from dating sites
David Carrick is due to be sentenced next month, after admitting 49 offences between 2003 and 2020 including rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment
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Cop guilty of 24 counts of rape called victim 'disgusting' after hotel attack
WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS David Carrick had been reported to police on nine separate occasions over 21 years but was cleared each time to continue working as a gun carrying officer
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Met Police missed nine chances to stop serial rapist cop who attacked 12 women
WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS David Carrick was allowed to remain on the force as a gun carrying officer despite being accused of rape, assault, harassment, burglary and domestic abuse
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Cop unmasked as one of UK's worst rapists after dozens of attacks on 12 women
WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS Met Police officer PC David Carrick had originally denied all the allegations, claiming either the women consented or the events did not occur, until his admission of guilt on Monday
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'Wake up call' for Brits on dating apps as rapist targets women who swipe right
Lewis Vanmeer-Sheridan, 28, was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of attempted rape, with a victim telling him: "I am no longer a normal teenager and this is because of you"
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Hotel manager brutally bashed by stranger in row over his girlfriend's cleaning
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
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Suspected terrorist who praised Guy Fawkes for trying to blow up Parliament dies
Benjamin Hyland, from Leeds, was found hanged in prison two days after appearing in court charged with a string of offences including having explosives and a firearm
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Man, 20, charged with attempted murder after carer, 62, stabbed in Aldi car park
Kayden Worthington, 20, is due in court today charged with attempted murder in connection with Tuesday's attack in Salford which saw a 62-year-old man rushed to intensive care
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Baby-faced thug subjected ex-girlfriend to 'appalling' abuse when he was just 17
Bobby Hoyle, then just 17, left his former girlfriend fearing for her life after strangling her, hurling a bucket of dirty mop water over her and even throwing fireworks at her
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Blogger swallowed poison and told mental health staff 'I'll be dead in an hour'
Beth Matthews received a delivery at The Priory's Cheadle Royal secure psychiatric hospital in Greater Manchester and claimed it was protein powder - but it was a fatal substance that killed her
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Woman jailed after sending Facebook message to her ex-boyfriend's dog
Paula Higham, 38, breached the terms of a suspended sentence imposed in August last year and has now been jailed for one year, reduced to eight months
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'Isolated' family embalmed own sister at home after she stopped eating and died
Rina Yasutake stopped eating in about April 2018 and months later she died. However, her family refused to believe she was dead and embalmed the body in their home
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Water company pours raw sewage into river for 23 hours - killing 5,000 fish
The Environment Agency has confirmed Anglian Water was ordered to pay £510,000 and £50,000 costs after discharging six million litres of sewage into the Great Ouse
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Transformers director Michael Bay denies killing a pigeon on Italian film set
Michael Bay has strongly denied that a pigeon was killed on the film set of his movie 6 Underground in Rome in 2018, amid reports the Transformers and Ambulance director has been charged by Italian police
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Girl, 15, died on speedboat ride 'when skipper drove at metal buoy and hit it'
Emily Lewis suffered the injuries when the skipper of the rigid inflatable boat (Rib) skipper "failed to pay attention" and collided with the buoy in Southampton Water on August 22, 2020
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'Psychopath' escort killer's evil text messages to old friend admitting murders
A horrifying text message sent by "psychopath with a conscience" escort killer Mark Brown to a friend revealed that he was "disposing of something"
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Cop accused of raping date 'not prepared to take no as an answer', court hears
A court heard PC David Longden-Thurgood 'was not prepared to take no for an answer' when they met up, although the woman repeatedly told him they were not going to have sex
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Kevin Spacey denies seven sex offences as he appears in court via video link
Us actor Kevin Spacey, 63, is accused of three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent between 2001 and 2005
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Biker trio who killed 'Hells Angels' grandad who 'wore wrong colours' jailed
Chad Brading, Benjamin Parry and Thomas Pawley have all been sentenced after being found guilty of the manslaughter of 59-year-old grandfather David Crawford on the A38 in 2021