All news on the topic: Crown court

Gerard McElhone, 50, died after choking at Mid Ulster Hospital, with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust fined £10,000 after it was heard he was supposed to be on a restricted diet at the time

Seven-year-old Nikki Allan was dragged by the ankles down the stairs of the old Exchange building in Sunderland on October 7, 1992, having been attacked on the first floor, suffering multiple knife wounds, a court heard

Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neo-natal unit between June 2015 and June 2016

A key witness in the Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder case felt compelled to come forward after learning that Thomas Cashman, with whom she was having an affair, had killed the nine-year-old

The offender - a man in his 30s - was given lifelong anonymity by a judge before being jailed for 16 months in Northern Ireland after being caught in a Yorkshire and Humberside Police sting

Olivier Yolo, 27, of Monsall, Greater Manchester, is facing prison after agreeing to fraudulently take learner drivers' theory tests for cash at a series of DVSA centres

Sean Foster was jailed for three years after he pleaded guilty to the theft of a bank card and hair straighteners, and also the burglary of a home - where he left his medication box

Security guard Sabeur Trabelsi is accused of the manslaughter of homeless man Jason Page. He told the court he thought he was about to get stabbed when he punched him

Mum Sharon Henderson, 56, broke down in tears as a murder trial heard how her seven-year-old daughter was found in a blood-covered basement of an abandoned building

Two men told their victim withdraw £50, before abandoning him. One of the thugs then told his victim: "You're lucky you work for a living. I'm 21 and I have to do this," a court heard

Nathan Goforth, 48, smashed through an office window in a 'revenge' burglary - only to discover he had accidentally ended up inside a care home for dementia patients

Boxer Joe Calzaghe's ex-girlfriend Jo-Emma Larvin, 44, is facing jail over her role in a £104million cash smuggling operation after moving £5million in luggage when flying to Dubai

TRIGGER WARNING - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: During one sickening incident, the 30-year-old grabbed the woman as she tried to leave, before pulling her to the floor by her hair and raining punches down on her

Patrick Ivory became angry because he thought that his pal had not returned the bank card to him, and then suddenly viciously bit him using his teeth as a "dangerous weapon" during a "petty" argument

Sean Edwards, 35, assaulted Ishaq Hassan in Popworld in Cardiff city centre on May 7 last year, by punching the face with "powerful force" four or five times, causing him great pain

Sean Harding was found in the loft of his partner's home after he absconded from a Category D prison in Lancashire on December 22 last year, and he managed to evade police for about five weeks before he was caught

Kyle Bevan, 31, from in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, can be seen telling police in the squalid family home how two-year-old Lola was injured after being pushed down the stairs by the family dog

Lewis Jones, 24, from Liverpool, was today jailed for life after abducting the child from a field where she was playing with her cousins alongside her sister’s house

WARNING: GRAPHIC & DISTRESSING CONTENT David Smith is accused of brutally murdering Sarah Crump at her flat in Southall just days after he attempted to rape another escort, jurors in his murder trial have heard

Nicholas Carter, 41, was so well-known by staff at Penwerris Post Office in Falmouth that the employee present thought he was joking before he barged behind the counter to grab cash

Nurse Lucy Letby, 33 - who denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 more - took a photo of a sympathy card she sent to the parents of a baby she is accused of killing, a court heard

Chilling screams were heard coming from a derelict building where seven-year-old Nikki Allan was found dead more than 30 years ago as the trial of David Boyd continues at Newcastle crown court

Tommy Lloyd, 28, and an unknown woman had come across a slightly open window in a Manchester flat and took the opportunity to swipe an iPhone and virtual reality headset, costing over £1,000

Graham Clayton launched a campaign of harassment against his former girlfriend because he couldn't handle the rejection, calling and texting her repeatedly before showing up at her house

Craig Byatt was attempting to escape police along a canal towpath when he slipped and was arrested while carrying the illicit class A substances inside a sports bag