All news on the topic: Crown court

Jorge Garay, 46, is accused of murdering girlfriend Karla Godoy between September 21 and October 2 last year - with her body found wrapped in a blue plastic sheeting in Lima, Peru

Liam O'Pray, 22, is accused of using a lock-knife to stab Rico Burton, 31, in the neck, Manchester Crown Court heard - Rico is the cousin of world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury

The widow of Birmingham City fan Barrington Patterson has told how her life was made a "living hell" by Katie Bell who carried out a campaign of abuse including a message with laughing emojis after he died

Ten days before Christmas last year police broke down the door and were confronted by Saju Chelavalel, who was holding a knife and screaming “shoot me”. The bodies of his wife and two children were in a nearby room

The footballer, whose contract with Manchester City expires today, denies one count of attempted rape and a separate charge of rape

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, 63, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court as he faces charges dating back as far as 22 years as he's accused of sexually assaulting four men

Steffan Emerton was delivering a package to the home of Gemma Saunders in Pontypool, South Wales, when a French Mastiff managed to escape from the house and attack

Lee Bogstad, a 22-year-old US airman, is accused of multiple rapes of a UK citizen at RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire, close to where an American woman fatally struck Harry Dunn with her car

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The 28-year-old footballer, whose contract at Manchester City expires on Friday, denies one charge of attempted rape and a separate count of rape

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Paul Wynne left the remains of three dogs in his Liverpool flat with the horrors only discovered when neighbours upstairs begin to complain of maggots and the smells of decay

Sex offender Carl Ball, 51, told police his sister's boyfriend Andrew Southwood, 39, had attacked him with a plank of wood as he lay dying outside his flat in Newport, Wales

Kevin Spacey has appeared at Southwark Crown Court in a trial where he faces 12 charges including allegations of sexual assault, indecent assault which he denies

Chef Mark Ellis, who found fame on BBC cooking show the Great British Menu, faced two years in jail after a probe into his Allium Bar and Grill restaurant in Tattenhall, Cheshire

Jay Goldstraw became jealous of his lover and accused her of fancying another man before one attack at an address in Werrington, Staffordshire, during which the yob pushed the woman against a wardrobe

Catherine Thomas, 59, of Porthcawl, Wales, callously refused to repay money and spent much of it on holidays, clothes, and home refurbishments for her four children and 12 grandchildren

Ibrahima Bah, a migrant now believed to be 19, travelled on a plywood-constructed boat as a pilot for at least 43 passengers who had paid thousands of Euros to an organised crime group

Paul Smith, 65, has been flashing at the public since he was just 14 and says he can't stop himself, despite several prison sentences and court orders trying to curb his behaviour

James Welch, 46, played a 'significant role' in a £428,000 drugs conspiracy along with Marianne McGuinness, 41, who allowed her flat in Cardiff to be used as a safe house

James Boyle forced his victim to be cross-examined for three days during the trial. At sentencing the judge said “You showed her no mercy then just as you had her at your mercy as a child"

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has arrived for his trial at Chester Crown Court as he faces two charges

Rawden Ibbitson, 32, inflicted more than 90 injuries, including multiple fractures, a bleed to the brain and internal injuries in the attack on June 6 last year, Leeds Crown Court heard

Danny Frankham, 31, snatched five cocker spaniel puppies and their mother from a barn near Canterbury in Kent before he made his getaway by car

Disgraced police officer Adnan Ali used a Greater Manchester Police cadet scheme as a 'grooming playground', contacting teenagers and sexually assaulting them

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Paris Mayo has been found guilty of murdering little Stanley Mayo shortly after giving birth at her parents' home in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, in March 2019 when she was just 15

A gang of smugglers have been jailed for bringing Albanian migrants to the UK, with new photos released by police showing the claustrophobic conditions inside the lorries