All news on the topic: Crown court

Kayleigh Smee threw the eight-year-old pet Chihuahua to his death from a second-storey flat during a “terrible” row with her boyfriend

Tracy Ellis, 52, lived out a "fantasy life" as she lavished family members with gifts, funded by swindling her employer out of huge sums of money over a period of more than five years.

The unnamed man told Southwark Crown Court he was made to feel ‘weirdly special’ after contacting the Hollywood star to ask for acting advice

Our investigation found Czech-made Skorpions offered on British military collectables websites. The guns can be legally sold here if they have been deactivated and can only fire blanks

Connor Chapman had a huge list of convictions before he was jailed for the murder of Elle Edwards having first been in court ten years ago and he went from being an 'ASBO yob" to a ruthless killer

Erkan Mehmet, a driver of a London Overground train who fell asleep at the wheel causing it to derail and was later found to have cocaine in his system has been jailed

Connor Chapman, who was found guilty of killing Elle Edwards, rapped that his enemies will "regret it" as he promised revenge in a video made in prison and heard in court during his sentencing

Connor Chapman killed Elle Edwards when he opened fire on rival gang members with a submachine gun at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, on Christmas Eve. He has been sentenced to life in jail

New mum Amy discovered her fiancée Jamie Kennedy had been messaging under age girls and blackmailing them into sending him nude photos days after bringing their daughter home

Steve Davis was alerted to the danger by people knocking desperately on his door as he sat in his ground floor flat watching Netflix at around 3am

Jamie Barrow murdered Fatoumatta Hydara and her two young daughters Fatimah Drammeh, three, and Naeemah Drammeh, one, in Clifton, Nottingham last November. Today he was jailed for life

Footage shows the dramatic capture of Connor Chapman by plain-clothed police as he stood by a till at a Tesco supermarket in Wales, where he had fled following the murder of Elle Edwards at a Wirral pub

Connor Chapman, Elle Edwards' callous killer, was convicted of murder, which Liverpool Crown Court heard was "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense"

Thomas Waring was convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon and assisting an offender while Connor Chapman was found guilty of Elle Edwards's murder, following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court

Elle Edwards' callous killer Connor Chapman was today found guilty of murder, which Liverpool Crown Court heard was "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense"

Connor Chapman can be seen opening fire with a submachine gun outside a Wirral pub killing Elle Edwards in new footage released by the police as he is found guilty of murder

Elle Edwards' murder was described as a "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense" at Liverpool Crown Court today as jurors found Connor Chapman guilty of the killing

Elle Edwards death was described as a “human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense” during a a trial at Liverpool Crown Court where Connor Chapman denied being responsible

Ben Newman, 32, was sentenced to 18 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and fined after pleading guilty to causing public nuisance

Kayleigh says the courts process was "horrible and long-winded", and her convicted attacker was still roaming the streets for three years before finally being locked up

Southwark Crown Court was played footage of the police interview with one of Kevin Spacey's alleged victims on Wednesday, with the court hearing the Hollywood actor described as 'very arrogant' and 'aggressive'

Nine-month-old Harlow Collinge died in March last year, leading to a lengthy police investigation before childminder Karen Foster, 61, was charged with his murder

Childminder Karen Foster, 61, is accused of murdering nine-month-old baby boy Harlow Collinge, who died on March 5 last year, as well as assaulting a one-year-old

Marcel Doyle, 47, has been jailed for stealing an Audi and leading police on a chase through Royton, Oldham, that led to a collision where "beloved" mum Heather Smedley tragically died

Andy Pilley, who took over the League One club in 2004, learnt of his sentence at Preston crown court on Tuesday afternoon having been found guilty of four different charges relating to the sale of energy supply contracts