All news on the topic: Court case

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Man hit with £9,000 fine for chopping down trees in garden that made dog sick
Ismail Elmagdoub said the trees were attracting wasps to his home so he paid a contractor to illegally remove them from his back garden in Blockley, Gloucestershire
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Notes referencing serial killers found in transgender teen murder suspect's room
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. Transgender student Brianna Ghey, 16, was stabbed to death at Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington on February 11 this year - with both defendants denying murder
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Man put drunk girlfriend in boiling bath and did nothing as her skin peeled off
WARNING DISTURBING: Mark Clowes has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Clare Bell, who suffered third-degree burns and died after being placed in a dangerously hot bath while she was intoxicated
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Teen 'killer' became 'obsessed' with Brianna Ghey saying she was 'really pretty'
Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times in the head, neck, back and chest at Culcheth Linear Park near Warrington, Cheshire, and two teenagers were arrested and are on trial for her murder
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Brianna Ghey's alleged killers used 'code word' to signal when to start attack
Schoolgirl Brianna Ghey was attacked and killed at Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington, Cheshire, in February of this year, being stabbed 28 times - two teenagers are on trial for her murder
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'Ogre of the Ardenne' in court as family of Brit killed in 1990 dream of justice
Monique Olivier, the wife of French serial killer Michel Fourniret, is standing trial in Nanterre, Paris, for Joanna’s brutal death and two other grisly killings
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Inside accused killers' detailed plan to 'murder transgender teenager'
The trial of two teenagers accused of murdering 16-year-old transgender student Brianna Ghey began at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday - with the jury hearing details of the alleged plot to kill her
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Teen 'murdered Brianna Ghey before posting Snapchat tribute', court hears
A teenage girl and boy are both standing trial at Manchester crown court accused of murdering 16-year-old Brianna Ghey in a park near Warrington in February
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Brianna Ghey accused killers 'wanted to see if she'd scream like a man or girl'
Two teenagers are accused of murdering transgender 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire
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Man banned from driving after killing seven geese with car and injuring others
Abraham Andemariam, 31, left seven geese dead and others injured after driving through them. He showed a 'clear disregard for the animals in the road', the court heard
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Nottingham attacks suspect admits killing university students and caretaker
Valdo Calocane appeared before Nottingham crown court on Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty to murdering students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, as well as school caretaker Ian Coates, 65
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Man who spent 25 years in jail for two murders he didn't commit is finally freed
Jabar Walker was sentenced to 50 years behind bars in 1998 after his wrongful conviction for a double murder. Having served half of the sentence, an investigation into corrupt policing has now freed him
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Woman spent £50,000 on three-year legal battle to free her seized XL bully
Mum-of-four Sandra Rowlands from Liverpool fought for three years in the courts and spent thousands after XL Bully Buster was seized by Merseyside Police under the Dangerous Dogs Act
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Mum's heartbreak as lift engineer, 24, crushed to death at Müller factory
Lift engineer Lewis McFarlin, 24, was crushed to death while working to repair a lift at Müller's Market Drayton factory in Staffordshire - with mum Leah Salt speaking of her heartbreak
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XL Bully owner punched vet in the face after being told pet died during surgery
Arbas Hamaz Hamid left his XL Bully's surgeon needing stitches after he punched him in the face when he was told his dog had died having an operation at the vets in York
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Fisherman who dumped bucket of worms over girlfriend's head must pay her £500
Airport worker Marcus Rees, 34, was accused of assaulting Hannah Bent after tipping a bucket of live worms on her and then hurling bricks through the window of her home
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Nightmare neighbour fired air rifle at man in garden and punched pregnant woman
Nightmare neighbour Izaak Bradbury fired at a man while he was gardening, before approaching him and punching him in the ear, causing it to bleed, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard
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Holly Willoughby 'at rock bottom' two months after This Morning exit
Fresh comments from her close friend Leigh Francis have sparked concern for This Morning star Holly Willoughby, after he said she 'isn't in a good place' two months on from leaving the ITV daytime show
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Company director conned people out of thousands with dodgy home improvement work
Rebecca Wilson, from Redcar, scammed 16 householders out of tens of thousands of pounds leaving them with poor, faulty or unfinished work. She has now been jailed
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Cop and amateur boxer knocks mentally-ill hospital patient unconscious
This week, Jemarr Mosley, a former Virginia police officer and "amateur boxer," struck a mentally ill patient in the face after becoming agitated when the patient spat at him
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Woman obsessed with crime dresses as schoolgirl and murders teacher lured on app
Jung Yoo-jung, from South Korea, developed a fixation with true-life crime and planned her murder by selecting a target online and carrying out a frenzied attack
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Former officer who killed George Floyd 'stabbed in prison' after appeal rejected
The attack reportedly happened at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is being held for the murder of George Floyd
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Teacher cries as she's cleared of forming 'inappropriate relationship' with girl
Ellie Pattison was accused of forming an 'inappropriate relationship' with a 14-year-old schoolgirl - but she has today been cleared of all charges at Hove Crown Court
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McCain Foods fined £700k as worker loses two fingers in horror factory accident
Tom Matthews, a 33 year-old father-of-two from Grantham, Lincolnshire, was cleaning batter machinery when his left hand was pulled into a rotary valve while working a night shift on 2 September 2019.
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Twisted kidnappers stabbed dad 196 times and sent daughter video
Daryoush Kholghnik and Talib Mombeini abducted 53-year-old father Tala Tala outside his house in Leicester, took him to an Airbnb, where they carried out a sustained attack which ended with his death