All news on the topic: Crown court

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Phillip Schofield's brother's 'victim' 'felt there was no way out' of abuse
This Morning host Phillip Schofield's brother Tim Schofield has been accused of 11 charges of interfering with a child in a trial at Exeter Crown Court
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Mum found with 147 wraps of cocaine freed after it took two years to charge her
Mum Sian Finneywas caught "red handed" in February 2020 after police searched her home and seized 147 wraps of cocaine, along with scales, cash and mobile phones
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Paedophiles jailed after pinning down and abusing boy as he begged to be let go
Gareth Culshaw, 52 and John O’Brien, 67, were reunited in the dock at Chester Crown Court last week as they were sentenced for abusing a child in the 2010s
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Phillip Schofield takes week off from This Morning amid brother's abuse trial
This Morning's Alison Hammond is filling in for Phillip Schofield while his brother stands trial for sexual abuse charges involving a teenage boy
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Phillip Schofield's brother in court today as sex abuse trial continues
This Morning host Phillip Schofield's brother Tim Schofield at Exeter Crown Court today as he faces allegations he sexually abused a teenage boy over the course of three years
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Police officer pushed pregnant partner down stairs and controlled what she ate
A trial heard how 23-year-old Thomas Gair knocked his former partner unconscious after throwing her downstairs, knocked her to the ground with a car door and bit her
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Phillip Schofield's brother 'sexually abused teenage boy over three years'
Phillips Schofield's younger brother, Timothy, appeared at crown court today, to stand trial over sexual abuse charges
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Killer who stabbed man to death then pretended it wasn't him jailed for life
A jury took just one hour and 26 minutes to convict serial knife-crime offender Harley Robinson of murdering Jason Whincup – one of the shortest times ever seen at the court for such a serious case
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Murderer of teen buried in makeshift grave still at large as friend is jailed
Kieran Williams was stabbed more than 20 times and his body was dumped in a makeshift grave near the River Wear in Sunderland, but a judge says he believes the killer is still at large
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Cocaine trafficker poses for shameless last selfie outside court before jailing
Jaymie Dawson, 28, was a member of a drugs gang jailed for a combined 45 years after Operation Glory by Greater Manchester Police, and uploaded a last selfie before sentencing
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Family of pensioner set on fire thank people for 'immense efforts' after attack
A family have said they 'hope no one has to go through what we are going through' in an emotional statement after a 70-year-old grandad was set on fire in the street
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'I was sexually abused by my uncle, I don't know what it would be like to be me'
Irene Fonseca, nee Jenkins, was subjected to years of sexual abuse at the hands of her uncle when she was a child growing up in the 1960s and 70s
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Paedophile police officer who groomed girl, 14, into having sex with him jailed
Disgraced PC Hussain Chehab was jailed for five years after grooming a teenager into having sex with him and searching for explicit images of kids as young as two whilst working at a school
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Mum killed by 'careless' DPD driver as coroner calls for better break time laws
Jennifer Davies, 69, was fatally knocked down as she crossed a roundabout in Brighton, East Sussex, with coroner Penelope Schofield writing to the Department for Transport
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Mum finds son lying dead in ditch using iPhone app after he didn't come home
Josh Ashworth's body was found in a ditch along the A52, just outside Grantham, Lincolnshire, by his mother Rachael who used the iPhone tracking app to track her son's last movements
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Dad stabbed to death at pub birthday party because he was dating killer's ex
Timothy Simon has been found guilty of murder after killing Wayne Phillips at a birthday party at a pub, he didn't like Wayne Phillips as he was going out with his ex
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Daughter of woman who died after being set alight calls for murder trial
Ellen Marshall, 43, suffered burns over up to 90 per cent of the top half of her body from the horrific attack in April 2021
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'Cruel' mum failed to help baby who was 'clearly not well' days before he died
Kayleigh Clarke and her partner Michael Higginson only raised the alarm when it was too late. Paramedics found seven-week-old Ronnie in cardiac arrest and he died in hospital shortly after
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Brit ISIS terrorist 'absolutely committed to Jihadi' walks free from prison
Shazib Khan was jailed in 2016, aged 23, and was described by a judge as "absolutely committed to the Jihadi creed" after planning to travel to Syria to join ISIS
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'Cowardly' serial domestic abuser jailed as Alexa helped convict him of murder
Daniel White, 36, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years for the murder of Angela White, 45, who he strangled before cutting her throat after kicking open a locked door
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Stephen Lawrence suspect earns £3,000-a-month as a courier after prison release
Jamie Acourt, 46, appeared at the City of London Magistrates' Court today over his failure to pay back £90,000 he made from a £3million drugs plot
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Man accused of murdering girl, 9, is innocent, claims alibi witness
Nicky McHale, 32, told a jury at Manchester Crown Court he saw Thomas Cashman, 34, smoking cannabis in the garden of a house in Liverpool around the time he is alleged to have shot Olivia Pratt-Korbel
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Two men cleared of acting as 'spotters' in robbery of Amir Khan for £70k watch
A jury of five women and seven men cleared Mohamed, 24, and Nurul Amin, 25 - both of North London - of conspiracy to rob Amir Khan after deliberating for two hours
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Burglar caught by Alexa announcing his break-in jailed
The homeowner was watching TV, with his nine-year-old daughter, when the device sprang into life to notify him that someone was at their house
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Murder victim's mum walks out as suspect tells court 'I didn't kill little girl'
Olivia Pratt-Korbel's mother Cheryl, who was injured when a gunman ran into their Liverpool house, walked out of court today after Thomas Cashman denied murdering her daughter