All news on the topic: Courts

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Nottingham killer guilty after knife spree left three dead in horror stabbing
Valdo Calocane has appeared in court following the deaths of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in Nottingham last year - prosecutors have accepted his not guilty plea to murder
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Bold thief abseils down cliff to steal rare eggs that can be worth a fortune
British peregrine falcons, among Britain’s most endangered birds, are sought after in the Middle East where they are used for racing - and the Peak District has become a hotspot for stealing them
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Cops pulled over to help couple with burst tyre - before they spun a web of lies
Police who had pulled over to help John Brown and Sally Colligan with a burst tyre were left shocked to discover the driver had been flagged up on their system in Merseyside
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Sex predator who committed string of vile attacks on girls as young as 8 jailed
Anthony 'Danny' Burns has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for 41 offences - including blackmail, causing a child to engage in sexual activity and causing sexual exploitation of a child
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Off-duty cop who had sex with drunk woman in patrol car is spared jail
PC Matthew Longmate, 47, was convicted of 'truly horrendous' misconduct over an incident in 2015 where he had a threesome alongside a drunk woman and predatory colleague PC Daniel Nash
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Reading terror attack victim's brother tells inquest 'time has stood still'
Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, was killed alongside James Furlong, 36, and David Wails, 49, in June 2020 by Khairi Saadallah. A full inquest into their deaths began at the Old Bailey on today
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Woman who defended XL Bully jailed after child left with horrifying injuries
Paula Jenkins, 43, from Manchester, has been slapped with a 16-month jail sentence after her XL Bully left Syed Gardazee, 12, with horrifying injuries
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Cowboy electrician who lied about qualifications made to pay £13,000 to victims
Electrician Robbie Tomlinson, 29, from Scunthorpe, has been ordered to pay nearly £13,000 in fines and compensation after lying about his qualifications and carrying out shoddy work
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Trump declares prosecuting him could 'open Pandora's box' in immunity argument
Donald Trump has returned for the first time in months to the federal courthouse in Washington on Tuesday as his lawyers argued that he was immune from prosecution
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Ex-butcher 'hacked girlfriend to death and left organs next to UK passport'
WARNING, DISTURBING DETAILS: Jozef Hanuska, who is said to have been trained as a butcher, has been charged with murder of his girlfriend after she was found dead with her heart cut out at her property in Slovakia
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Man who 'Superman' lunged at judge sentenced in unrelated case
Deobra Redden was about to be sentenced by Judge Mary Kay Holthus at a Las Vegas court last week when he "Supermanned" himself over the judge's bench and launched an attack
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Brit fugitive jailed for knifing cousin to death after international manhunt
Billy Joe Bates, 28, was killed in 2018 in Glasgow by Dean Ferguson, 30, who was eventually tracked down abroad with the help of French and Dutch authorities four years later
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Teens admit unlawful killing of dog walker found dead at his home after park row
John Hackett, 26, was tragically found dead inside his home on April 26 just one day after he had an 'altercation' with three teenagers at Snowhill Recreation Ground in Nuneaton
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Man who lunged at judge in wild attack admits trying to kill blaming 'bad day'
The man who attacked a Clark County District Court Judge while being sentenced has refused to appear in court to face the fresh round of charges against him after telling officers the aim of his shocking attack was to kill
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Spurned woman pretended she'd given birth to ex's baby and made his 'life hell'
Stephanie Mahoney, from Wavertree, Liverpool, took to Facebook and Instagram to create "false allegations" her former partner had "forced her to get an abortion"
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Man lunges at judge in vicious courtroom attack as she ducks for cover
A man was captured on video attacking a judge in her courtroom in Las Vegas, causing her to seek cover and injuring a marshal in the process. The judge was hearing the man's case when he attacked her
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Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew expected to be named in Epstein list in court
Bill Clinton is expected to be named in more than 50 documents in connection to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell after objections to unsealing the names passed at midnight on Monday
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DWP orders man who claimed benefits for nearly 200 fake kids to pay £2million
Ali Bana Mohamed, from Manchester, was issued an ultimatum to return costs of £2million or be faced with further jail time - it comes after he made an elaborate scheme to claim benefits
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Pub brawl CCTV with one left with 'life-changing injuries' after bite on ear
A bar brawl resulted in a man receiving permanent injuries because his assailant bit into him, with police now asking the public for help in tracking down the alleged attacker
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Wedding DJ facing jail after filming himself urinating on elderly cancer patient
Leigh Brookfield, 40, of Dan Y Lan, Llanelli, will appear in court next month after he posted a video on Snapchat which showed him urinating on an elderly man on Boxing Day
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Disgraced abusive mummy YouTuber's partner enters plea on child abuse charges
Jodi Hildebrandt, the partner of disgraced mummy YouTuber Ruby Franke, pled guilty to four of six aggravated child abuse charges she was slapped with after the heinous allegations came to light
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Mum slapped with £100 parking fine while she miscarried in hospital faces court
Sharna Cooper, 32, claims she was slapped with a £100 parking fine after she overstayed the Leen Gate Car Park in Nottingham by 45 minutes - she was recieving treatment for a miscarriage at the time
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Mum branded 'one of the most morally bankrupt' as she clocks up 220 offences
Charmaine McAllister is now back behind bars following her latest fraud in Cheshire, which saw her masquerade as a police officer, bank worker, soldier and advertising executive
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Boy, 10, arrested for urinating in public being treated as 'criminal', mum says
Latonya Eason had initially planned on signing the agreement to avoid the risk of prosecutors upgrading her son’s charge, but she changed her mind after reading the full agreement
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Why I broke my silence on child sex abuse horror - and what parents need to know
Teresa Welsh, who lives in Grimbsy, has spoken out about her traumatic ordeal in foster care as a teenager - she was sexually abused by 'dangerous predator' Keith Coomber