All news on the topic: Crown court

The 28-year-old, who has been suspended by Exeter, admitted to one charge of assault on a woman but denied an attack on another during incident last month

Kyle Bevan, 31, unleashed a "frenzied and extremely violent attack" on two-year-old Lola James at her family home in July 2020, the court heard

Thomas Cashman is on trial for allegedly shooting dead schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel who died after being shot in her own home in Liverpool, back in August 2022

Former rugby league player Gareth Hock played more than 190 times for Wigan Warriors and also represented England and Great Britain player at international level

Northumbria University student Jason Brockbanks, 24, had been dating Aaron Ray, 21, for three months before he was murdered after a night out in September last year

Moments before the tackle, Kirkpatrick Virgo had used a horseshoe to deal a fatal blow to Craig Parker’s brother Thomas following an altercation on a train after an Arsenal game

Primary school teacher Fiona Beal is accused of stabbing her partner Nicholas Billingham to death before wrapping him in bin bags and burying him in the garden in November 2021

Joseph Nee, who was chased by Thomas Cashman into Olivia Pratt-Korbel's home in August 2022, had been shot at by someone in March 2018 and he had 'enemies', the court heard

Nicole Taylor from Lancashire pilfered thousands from her grandad's life savings in a 14-month campaign to fund an 'almighty bender', involving cocaine, holidays, takeaways, and tattoos

Clitheroe couple Bruce and Lynn High were left terrified when their neighbour, Matthew Fox, drunkenly and violently tried to force his way through the door of the home in the early hours of the morning

Mohammed Chowdhury, 33, has been freed and recalled to prison in the past but now the Parole Board has now deemed him no longer a threat to society.

Surpreet Dhillon seduced and drugged her victim before calling two men to kill him in his own home. She was seen on camera weeping after being charged with murder before speaking to her son on the phone

Lawyer Henry Hendron, 42, whose 18-year-old boyfriend was found dead at his flat in 2015, pleads guilty to possessing Class A drugs and encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence

The worsening crisis has led to judges being advised to lock up fewer offenders – and now, victims and barristers are accusing the Government of failing the justice system

This week Leila Borrington, 23, received 15 years for the manslaughter of autistic Harvey Borrington, three, who died after being slapped many times around the head

Luke Turvey believes his one-year-old son Ethan might still be alive if a law had existed at the time of his death making it illegal to leave small children at home alone

Georgia Harkness, from St Helens, met criminal Ashley Blackett while she was a nurse at HMP Risley in Warrington back in 2017

Zoe Hall and her family were viciously attacked by Sinead Feneck, Kyle O’Callaghan, and Jordan Hull after they had threatened to kill her earlier in the day

Stepdad Kyle Bevan claims their pet dog pushed Lola James down the stairs at their home in Haverfordwest, Wales

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Mum Louise Lennon and her boyfriend Jake Drummond messaged each other about putting her 15-month-old son Jacob in a 'torture chamber'

Jack Higson got drunk and took cocaine with friends after his partner said she didn't want to go back to the house with him and then launched an intoxicated rampage

Three-year-old Harvey Borrington was killed by his cruel stepmother Leila Borrington, 23, who was jailed for 15 years for manslaughter, though cleared of murder

Two brothers laughed during sentencing as they were jailed along with a 15-year-old boy after a security guard was killed in a street attack, with one of the attackers asking the victim if he 'wanted to see a knockout punch'

A man has admitted to planning to rob boxer Amir Khan in London last year. Ahmed Bana, 25, admitted to conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of an imitation firearm

Fiona Beal is accused of murdering her partner Nicholas Billingham after luring him to bed for sex and afterwards wrote in a diary that she wasn't a "monster", a court heard