All news on the topic: Crown court

Health secretary Steve Barclay said it was a 'duty' to give answers to the surviving victims of Lucy Letby as an inquiry gets underway into how she was able to carry out the murders at the Countess of Chester Hospital

James Witham, 41, is accused of murdering environmental health worker Ashley Dale, 28, before telling police in an interview that he had ‘nothing to do with it mate, not a clue’

Mustafa Mahmoodveven filmed himself boasting about earning £1,000 a day selling drugs. One video even showed him brazenly dealing over his back wall in Sheffield

A teenager has been convicted of murdering Ben Moncrieff in Bath city centre in May after unleashing a knife and killing him with a single stab in an attack caught on CCTV

Convicted child rapist Louis Summers carried out an ‘elaborate deception’ where he planned fake birthday celebrations to convince a teenage girl he was just turning 18 despite being 30

Kieran Slater, 26, told police he didn't know a phone containing indecent images of children was under his pillow, claiming he had not changed his bed sheets for a year

James Nicholson, 37, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm on the 35-year-old victim, who spent two days in hospital and had to undergo surgery to insert a metal plate in his jaw

Ashley Dale, 28, died after being shot in the abdomen and collapsing in the back yard of her home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool. Five men are currently on trial for her murder

Robert McCabe admitted to adding laxatives to his sister's milk during a bitter sibling row over house inheritance, which a judge called "inexcusable, juvenile behaviour"

Former BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Lady Leshurr denies allegations she attacked her ex-girlfriend Sidnee Hussein and Chante Boyea during an altercation in London last year

Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital

Claire Holland has not been seen for more than 10 years since she was spotted leaving a pub in the centre of Bristol in June 2012. Darren Osment is accused of her murder

Jeff Anderson found fame on TV talent shows The Voice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Superstar, and gained the nicknamed ‘Baby Jesus’ while touring as an understudy in the UK production of Jesus Christ Superstar

Michelle Sallis, 27, from Wigan, was abused by her stepdad who callously told her years later 'I just wanted to know what it felt like to have sex with someone else'

Holly Willoughby left This Morning in the wake of an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her - but told her friends she wants to host Dancing on Ice when it returns in January

Former nurse Lucy Letby became friends with baby poisoner Michelle Smith and Shauna Hoare, who was convicted for her part in the killing of schoolgirl Becky Watts

Football coach Martin Nelson was jailed for strangling his disabled neighbour into unconsciousness in front of his children, with a long-running dispute between the two homes reaching breaking point

Colin Lown has been spared jail after being convicted under an 'ancient statute' over the crash that saw him hit 88-year-old Derek Osborne as he was on his way home from the supermarket

James Witham, who accepts the manslaughter of Ashley Dale, splurged around £400 on a trip to Footasylum, Everton Two club shop and Zizzi in a spree days after the killing

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT CCTV captured Georgian Constantin purchasing a green plastic jerry can, filling it up with petrol and paying for it at Sainsbury's petrol station before he doused Valentina Cozma in it and set her on fire

Reed Wischhusen, 32, smirked as he was questioned by detectives after his plans to carry out a mass shooting at his old school and launch a shocking attack on police headquarters were uncovered

Frankie Jules-Hough, who was 18 weeks pregnant with her third child, died in the crash along with her unborn daughter, Neeve. Her son, 9, and four-year-old nephew were also injured in the crash after Adil Iqbal was driving with one hand and filming with the other at a speed of 123mph

Rachael Millard, 35, was walking her own two dogs when the “aggressive” XL bullies charged out of an open door towards her

Five of Ambreen Fatima Sheikh's family members, including her own husband Asgar Sheikh, are accused of causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm

The 92-year-old, whose barrister said he is in "frail" health, changed his plea to guilty this morning ahead of a trial that was set to begin in November