All news on the topic: Court case

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Christian mum sues son's school claiming he had to take part in LGBT parade
In a first case of its kind, Central London County Court will scrutinise the legality of imposing LGBT ideology on schools after a mum said she wants children "to receive an education, rather than indoctrination"
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Man gouged dad's eyes after being told football 'just a game'
After the football game ended with Liverpool losing 1-0, an argument between John Ashcroft and Anthony Griffin began, during which Mr Ashcroft said “it is just a game”
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They look and taste like sweets - no wonder underage vaping is sweeping Britain
Cynical packaging and unscrupulous shops blamed for fuelling teenage vaping scandal
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Bumbling attacker 'pocket-dialled 999 while blowing up cash machine', court told
A member of a gang, who allegedly tried blowing up cash machines to steal money in the Black Country, pocket-dialled 999 by accident during one of the raids, a court heard
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Murder suspect 'killed victim's toddler during twisted game of hide and seek'
Andrew Innes has admitted killing Bennylyn Burke and her daughter Jellica but denies murder as another girl at the scene claims the toddler was killed during a game of hide and seek
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Butcher breast surgeon could have hundreds more victims after old database found
Surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 on 17 counts of wounding with intent, but 1,500 other patients have now been found following a review at Spire hospitals in the West Midlands
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Drunk easyJet passenger groped female flight attendant and tried to trip another
Robert Sheldon downed half a bottle of duty free vodka on an easyJet flight from Turkey before groping a female flight attendant and trying to trip her male colleague
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Protesters planned to kidnap King Charles waxwork and hold it hostage
Tom Johnson and Eilidh McFadden are accused of criminal damage in smearing chocolate cake over the waxwork of King Charles at Madame Tussaud's last year
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Sherlock Holmes Museum boss wins fight to evict brother from home in 10-year row
Businessman John Aidiniantz who owns London's Sherlock Holmes Museum in London and his siblings have clocked up over 100 court appearances and racked up more than £2.5m in costs
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Speedboat captain on trial for killing girl in buoy crash says he 'lost vision'
Michael Lawrence, a speedboat captain nicknamed 'Mr Safe', crashed into a 15ft buoy on a boat ride in Southampton, and is on trial over the death of 15-year-old schoolgirl passenger Emily Lewis
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Lovesick Brit goes on 4-hr airport bender after split before fighting Jet2 staff
Kyle Windsor pushed one airport staff member and called his colleague a 'fat s**g' as they refused to let him board the Ibiza flight in a scuffle witnessed by young children
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Dad ‘tried to kill man with machete’ after blaming him for teen son's drowning
Samson Price is accused of carrying out an "eye-for-an-eye" machete attack on Patrick Brown, 20, a year after the death of his son before going on the run for three weeks
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BMW driver admits killing schoolboys after speeding and driving into bus lane
BMW driver Jack Hart, 32, killed school friends Steven Duffield, 10, and Mason Deakin, 11, after speeding and driving through a bus lane before striking the two cyclists
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Dad lost temper before murdering baby and then claimed he tried to save him
Leon Mathias was told to expect an "inevitable" jail sentence for killing his nine-week-old son Hunter, who prosecutors say he killed after losing his temper with the baby's crying
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Mum blames 'time of the month' after foul-mouthed rant at neighbour
When asked about the attack Sabrina Abdelkader, 33, from Chester said she had over-reacted as she was suffering from "menstrual pain" and claimed her hormones were "all over the place"
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Woman 'tried to hire £22k Bitcoin hitman to kill former colleague' on dark web
Helen Hewlett is on trial accused of stalking and trying to arrange for the murder of former colleague Paul Belton who she had become 'obsessed' with after sharing a one-time kiss. She denies the charges
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Family face financial ruin as neighbours buy lane and 'refuse to let them out'
Matthew and Charis Watkinson moved from Essex to Wales to live off grid and have a low ecological footprint. At Beeview Farm in Newport, south Wales, they grow their own fruit and vegetables
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Boy, 16, in court for fatal stabbing of schoolgirl Holly Newton, 15
The teenage boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before magistrates on Monday charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon
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Woman who brutally butchered her friend received more than £150,000 in legal aid
Devious and brutal psychopath Jemma Mitchell received £166,000 in legal aid to defend herself after murdering Mee Kuen Chong even though her family home was worth almost £4million
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Couple sold gun to gangster in Aldi car park to fund 'cosmetic dental work'
Fiona Crooks had her six-year-old daughter in the car when she drove boyfriend Vincent Horsfall to an Aldi car park to hand over a gun to a gangster in April 2021
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'My sister would still be alive if we'd known about her boyfriend's past'
Hailey Wadsworth says her sibling Ashley would still be alive if her family had known that her boyfriend had convictions against women for assault and harassment
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'Animal' battered pregnant girlfriend 6 years after killing pensioner with punch
Luke Woods punched pregnant girlfriend Lauren Jackson in the face following an argument in December last year, just six years after killing pensioner Len Saunders in a vicious and unprovoked attack in 2017
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Man kidnapped and shot by thugs wanting ransom after cousin wins £50k jackpot
Unrepentant Carl MacDowall, Carlton Mullen and Kieran Kristensen laughed as they were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after the violent attack on Jacob Clough-Massey in 2020
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Dizzee Rascal's ex-fiancée's statement as appeal against conviction is denied
The 38-year-old, real name Dylan Mills, was found guilty in April last year of assaulting Jones by pressing his forehead against her and pushing her to the ground
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Dizzee Rascal loses appeal against conviction for assaulting his ex-fiancée
A verdict has been made at Inner London Crown Court following Dizzee Rascal's appeal for his conviction and sentence for assaulting his ex-fiancée Cassandra Jones