All news on the topic: Courts

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Peloton bike 'instantly kills' man after his artery is severed, family claim
Ryan Furtado, 32, used his Peloton exercise bike to help get himself up during a workout when it hit his face and neck, severing his carotid artery and killing him instantly
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Driver's split second decision after McDonald's trip leaves him with £243 fine
Ellis Anthony Gibbs, from Kingston upon Hull, was hauled into court and ordered to cough up £243 after CCTV capturing him casually throwing a bag out of his car window and leaving it behind
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Vivienne Westwood's millionaire son wins rent court case against mum on benefits
Start-up cattle farmer Rebecca Shortt lost her case against multi-millionaire Joseph Corré after being taken to a small claims court over unpaid rent and damage to a farm which he owns in Cornwall
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Pensioner hauled before court after cops accidentally sent him secret documents
Jack Beecham was charged with breaching data protection laws - even though Merseyside Police officers sent him private papers about a criminal investigation in error
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Woman rings 999 while being raped and attacker is arrested within minutes
Fernando Camutari, 41, has been jailed after his quick-thinking victim managed to call the emergency services whilst she was being sexually assaulted inside his home in Sheffield
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Frantic man screamed 'they're going to kill me' in 999 call moments before death
Saqib Hussain pleaded for help during a high-speed car chase after Ansreen Bukhari and her daughter Mahek hatched a plan to take him down after he threatened to leak intimate videos
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Brit who killed dying wife 'wishes he could describe feelings' as he walks free
David Hunter, from Northumberland, was on trial at a court in Paphos, Cyprus, for killing his wife of 52 years Janice, but walked free from court today
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Brit who killed terminally-ill wife makes burger joke as he awaits sentencing
Leaving Paphos District Court today, 76-year-old David Hunter was in good spirits and relieved the sentencing had not been adjourned until September, telling the Mirror: "I’m ok, I’m still exercising"
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Death row killer's haunting words to victim's family as he gets lethal injection
James Barber was executed in Alabama in the early hours of Friday morning for the 2001 murder of a 75-year-old woman as the state resumed lethal injections following a review into their use
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Former Eton College master admits killing mum, 84, found in Cotswolds street
Matthew Corry, 45, enter a plea of manslaughter at Bristol Crown Court after he had previously denied murdering Beatrice Corry at the start of January this year
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Hitmen plotted killing of stranger for £100,000 on orders of 'Dubai's Mr Big'
Two hitmen have been sentenced to life in prison after they arranged for a hitman disguised as a Tesco delivery driver to carry out a botched £100,000 contract murder
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Stalker used free fitness app to track victim's route when she went for a jog
Timothy Mills became obsessed with mother of two Emma Lord and, over a period of two years, bombarded the woman with messages and left flowers and letters at her home
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'Abusive' daughter's 'swearing and money demands' leaves mum close to eviction
Natasha Walters, from Stoke-on-Trent, would turn up to her mum's house and was "repeatedly abusive", causing problems with the neighbours and almost leading to the mother being evicted
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Lucy Letby 'attacked baby when mum left to pick her kids up from school'
Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others, during which time she was working as a nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit
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Footballer performed 'sex act on sleeping woman' before training, court hears
Salim Kouider-Aissa, 27, has been accused of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman at a flat in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on October 31, 2021
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Woman who kept boy, 2, in cage 'fled home after partner in crime turned on her'
Serial child abuser Claire Boyle says she had to move to escape partner Timothy Johnstone, after they were spared jail for child neglect
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Tories savaged over failure to force killers to face victims' families in court
Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed accused the Government of doing 'nothing while killers, rapists and terrorists pick and choose whether they turn up to face the consequences of their crimes'
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'Absolutely mortal' man armed with axe at station told officers 'I'm psycho'
Jamie Graham was threatened by a police officer with a taser before he threw the axe onto the tracks and got down on his knees - and told officers 'I'm a bit psycho' during his arrest
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Dog owner slapped with £750 fine for letting their pet poo in their own garden
The dog owner was hauled to court over the dog mess leaving neighbours happy with the result after they were "fed up with the smell and having to look at it all the time"
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Victim of rapist is 'prisoner in her own home' after he avoided jail for attack
Sean Hogg, 21, who raped his then 13-year-old victim in a park in 2018, was sentenced to 270 hours of unpaid work and is not banned from approaching her
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Woman who tried to kill lookalike with poison cheesecake tells judge 'f**k you'
Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, had previously been found guilty by a jury of trying to kill 35-year-old Olga Tsvyk with cheesecake laced with a powerful sedative and then stealing her passport and other valuables from the New York apartment
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Eery child prison abandoned for 20 years where kids as young as 12 were jailed
Images reveal the crumbling detention centre with grass growing on mattresses in the cells and debris all over the floor in the common room where a clock is frozen at 9.45 in Florida, US
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Man extradited from Pakistan and charged with murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky
Piran Ditta Khan, 74, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford in 2005
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Boy, 10, dies after falling 20ft through open manhole cover on building site
Ten-year-old Shea Ryan died from 'head injury and drowning' after he fell almost 20ft down an open manhole cover in a construction site located next to a children's' playground
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Wealthy hipster couple suing neighbour whose loft extension touches their home
Liz and Adam Peck are taking their neighbour back to court for the second time after they accused her of building her loft conversion inches too close to their £1.5 million home in East Dulwich, London