All news on the topic: Courts

Thomas McComish, 34, tried to slash PC John Rimmer twice with a carving knife after the police officer rushed to his colleague's aid fearing he could be "possibly killed"

Andrew Mogridge was unhappy when the price of his parking ticket increased because the machine was broken, prompting him to take Britannia Parking to court and eventually won

A man unleashed an astonishing homophobic rant about his victim in court before he was found guilty of murdering a 50-year-old man in a darkened cemetery with a hammer

Footage reveals the moment a pensioner attacked her neighbour after a row over uncut grass. Eunice Day, 81, attacked her neighbour Suzanne Webb

Peter Toland, from Derry in Northern Ireland, has been accused of burying the "emaciated dog" alive and was charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal

Aspiring cricketer Hazrat Wali was stabbed by a 17-year-old youth on a playing field in Twickenham just hours after the teen had been sentenced for another knife offence

A Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed immediately without notice, after pleading guilty to multiple child sex offences, which was described as "the vilest of offences"

Mum-of-two Katie Dalziel from Liverpool stabbed Laura Glannister with a kitchen knife after flying into a fit of rage when she and her partner were told to keep the noise down

Revenge Porn Helpline manager Sophie Mortimer told The Mirror that Bear being sent to prison for what he did to Georgia Harrison would set an example to others who think they can get away with the crime

Dropping a cigarette on Hounslow high street cost one Brit a staggering £536 after she was taken to court - it's one of several instances where people have fined for petty litter crimes

Dr Kenny Kinsey, an Orangeburg County sheriff’s deputy and crime scene expert, told the jury Alex Murdaugh's son Paul may have been "ambushed" by the first shot

Rapist Mohammad Essakhil made a taxi driver drive around for 90 minutes searching for a hotel where he attacked his defenceless victim, then fled the country after he was charged and bailed

County judge and town mayor A.E Singleton lived in the Union Springs, Alabama, US mansion with his wife and eight children in the 1900s but they were forced to leave amid corruption claims

A giant leopard stormed the Ghaziabad District court premises in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, entering the first floor where it attacked multiple victims

Accountant Graham Wildin was jailed last year after refusing to tear down the 10,000sq ft extension featuring a bowling alley and casino, after he built it without planning permission

Noel Phillips who was robbed, spat on and racially assaulted in September 2022 says ‘tougher sentences’ are needed after his attacker avoided jail

Robert Powell, 58, and his son James, 22, attacked the passenger at Heathrow Airport and left him with horrific cuts and bruises after arguing over a seat, a court heard

Grandfather Gerry Donaldson, from Scotland, appeared to have blown his scratch card winnings when he was taken to court and jailed for failing to pay the colossal debt

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

Anita Mozley moved from Derby to Spain in 2012 with her husband Geoff, who she sadly lost when he was 69 to leukaemia, has admitted her retirement move has turned into a nightmare

René Salinas Ramos, 47, who lives in Ecuador, says he decided to take the drastic measure because the justice system in the country typically favours the mother in custody battles

Two clubs have cancelled a match they were due to play on Monday in light of the tragic death of player Cody Fisher at a nightclub in Birmingham on the evening of Boxing Day

Dr Amy Eskander was handed the hefty fine after throwing out her tenant during the pandemic despite him being protected by his job, and then using his parrot as an excuse