All news on the topic: Crown court

Thomas Barton, 43, made his "humiliated" former partner eat scraps of garlic bread off the floor and left her terrified that he would use violence against her, a court heard

A 34-year-old woman whose newborn baby was discovered dead in a garden after being thrown from a balcony as she 'recovered from the effects of giving birth' has admitted to infanticide

Year Six schoolteacher Fiona Beal denies murdering her partner in November 2021, believing she is guilty of manslaughter due to her mental state at the time of the incident

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Seven-year-old Nikki Allan died in 1992 after being hit with a brick and stabbed in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, as David Boyd stands trial for her murder

Darin Harvey, 26, denied murdering his two-week-old baby daughter Felicity-May Harvey, who died three days after being found "blue" at home in Greater Manchester

Joe Rankin, 33, from Gloucestershire, is facing life in prison after admitting the murder of Emma Potter, 40, whose body was found in her flat several weeks later

Rebecca Parker, 28, from Ellesmere Port, sent phone messages bragging of making £2,000 a week from buying cannabis and advertising it on social media, a court heard

Bolaji Onifade had been heading to his work in Salford, Greater Manchester, when he noticed emergency services at the scene of a horrific smash - not knowing his beloved wife was the victim

DCI Banks actor Stephen Tompkinson has been photographed arriving at Newcastle Crown Court today as he stands trial for allegedly causing grievous bodily harm to Karl Pool, which he denies

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

Rosie Frankish, 26, from Warrington, feared for her life at the hands of Daniel Little - who on one occasion attacked her for six hours - ending only when she desperately sought the help of a taxi driver

Julian Adcock, 51, has been jailed after an attack with "gratuitous, wanton violence" on a neighbour in Hull which left the victim with 11 fractured ribs, two broken fingers and fractured vertebrae in his spine

The teacher got hold of the attacker while other pupils went to help the victim. When asked what had happened by a member of staff, the boy said: "I've just stabbed him sir."

Paul Coote, 47, spent six and a half weeks in intensive care after suffering 85 per cent burns when the blast ripped through the hotel, causing more than £600,000 damage

Nurse Lucy Letby is in the witness box giving evidence for the second day. She is accused of seven murders and 10 attempted murders of infants

Charlie White from Whiston, was caught confessing to wanting "late night fun" with a 12-year-old child during an online sting. Once he was rumbled, the 20-year-old admitted to having a stash of indecent images on his phone

Craig Best and Roger Pilling were convicted of conspiring to sell criminal property worth £766,000, namely 44 ninth century coins believed to have been buried by a Viking

The father of Ronan Kanda, 16, has told how he offered to drive his son to a pal's house but he preferred to walk and then tragically on the way home he was stabbed to death, in a case of mistaken identity, court heard

Stephen McHugh had drunk extensively and snorted seven lines of cocaine before he mounted the pavement in his new Volvo and ploughed into a crowd, killing a young woman

Samuel Warnock, formerly from Devizes, Wiltshire, has been arrested, accused of killing his three-month-old daughter Miyah Warnock back in 2021

Stephen Tompkinson has been pictured arriving at Newcastle Crown Court for the second day of a trial where the DCI Banks actor is accused of grievous bodily harm, which he denies

Philip Sheridan, 36, died from smoke inhalation after the oven in the windowless converted cellar caught fire - with landlord Humrazz Shahid, 43, jailed for 13 months

Max Lambert, 34, Liam Whitaker, 39, and Liam Hanbury, 41, have all been jailed for 30 years for a brutal attack on a man where they cut off his leg below the knee

Kyle Brummell had been "minding his own business" when he was out in Liverpool city centre celebrating a mate's birthday when he was punched, and hit his head when he fell

David Boyd, 55, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court where he denies the 1992 murder of seven-year-old Nikki Allan and the jury has seen video footage of his arrest by police