All news on the topic: Crown court

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Woman live streams herself killing cat before murdering man, court hears
A court heard how the woman had a 'fixation with violence' and filmed herself slaughtering the stolen pet - before allegedly murdering a man and dumping his body in a river
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Cop accused of 13 rapes 'tied up crying woman and said no one would believe her'
Former Metropolitan Police officer Cliff Mitchell, 24, is said to have threatened the woman with a knife, before tying her up with cable ties and putting tape over her mouth
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'Millionaire' funded lavish lifestyle by scamming four Brit women out of £300K
Cieran McNamara, 37, has been jailed for seven years after stealing more than £300,000 from four women across the UK, using their wealth to convince others he was rich
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Thug snuck into his ex-girlfriend's home and performed sex act on her bed
WARNING, DISTRESSING DETAILS: James Horn attacked his former partner intentionally strangling her repeatedly punching her in the head and pulling her hair, as well as destroying her property. He threatened to kill her with a knife and pour petrol through her letterbox
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Sacked nursery worker who threatened to ‘slit the throats’ of staff jailed
Stacey Gibson, a sacked nursery worker, has been sent to jail again after she made dangerous threats to her former workplace - where she was fired from in 2018
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Thug who strangled partner with dressing gown jailed for life
Georgina Dowey was besotted with her killer Mathew Pickering who she had known since school and said was the love of her life. He killed her in "jealous rage" at his South Wales home
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Thief who stole £24k from gran ordered to pay back just £84 after blowing cash
Amanda Farr, 48, stole £24,000 from her grandmother Joyce Hutchings, 91, spending it on McDonald's food, William Hill betting and a holiday to Amsterdam, among other things
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Brianna Ghey's killer talked like serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer says psychiatrist
Scarlett Jenkinson admitted being the one who stabbed Brianna Ghey in meetings with psychiatrist Dr Richard Church and used similar language to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, he has revealed
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Chemical attack hero 'burnt both her eyeballs' as she tackled man hurling liquid
A Good Samaritan rushed to intervene as a mum and her two daughters were doused with a corrosive chemical in Clapham, as the suspected attacker Abdul Ezedi remains on the run
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Boy, 16, stabbed teen to death as he waited for bus home after school
A 17-year-old boy who jumped out of a taxi to chase and stab his 16-year-old schoolboy victim in Walthamstow, East London, has been convicted of murder
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Man on run after horrifying chemical attack 'was in relationship' with victim
Abdul Ezedi had been in a relationship with a 31-year-old mum he is suspected of attacking with a corrosive chemical in Clapham, South London, according to a relative
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Teenage killers of Brianna Ghey will be detained for 42 years combined
Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey in Warrington in February last year, and their identities were revealed for the first time today
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Labourer who posed as multi-millionaire to prey on teenage girls jailed
Jake Wright, 29, has been jailed for nine years after he was found guilty of attempting to make teenage girls send him obscene videos, as he pretended to be a multi-millionaire
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'Brianna must have been so terrified - I should have been there to protect her'
Slain girl Brianna Ghey's mother Esther delivered a harrowing victim impact statement to the court yesterday as her child's sick murderers were sent down for life for the frenzied park attack
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Brianna Ghey killer Scarlett Jenkinson had a second 'kill list' of targets
Brianna Ghey's killers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were sentenced today for the 16-year-old student's murder - having been named after a reporting restriction was lifted
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Thug who killed boy, 8, in horror crash before grinning for mugshot is jailed
Unlicensed and uninsured biker Nicholas Hopkins, 20, ploughed into little Mustafa Ahmed, eight, as he crossed the road with his dad and brother outside Greenwich Islamic Centre
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Inside Brianna Ghey murderers' lives – what turned 'ordinary' teens into killers
Brianna Ghey's murderers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe have today been named publicly for the first time. But who are they and what in their lives drove them to brutal cold-blooded murder?
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Liverpool Showcase cinema shooter admits wielding AK47-style assault rifle
Leslie Garrett, 49, admitting firing a gun and attempting to rob a post office in Liverpool in January and remains in custody ahead of his sentencing in early April
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Breaking Bad fan with 'terrorist motivations' collected explosives plans
Charles Cannon of Aldershot, Hampshire, was convicted of seven charges of possessing terrorist information and jurors also heard he sent a message saying 'I am not a virgin but I am a terrorist'
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'Disconnected' Eddie Ratcliffe's five body-language signals that gave away guilt
Body language expert Judi James has shared the five signs that Brianna Ghey's murderer Eddie Ratcliffe, 16, indicated he was guilty of fatally stabbing the teenager
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Reason Brianna Ghey killers have been named - and when it's happened before
Brianna Ghey's twisted teen killers were named today as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe after the judge ruled there was 'strong public interest' in their identities - and they aren't the first child killers to have their anonymity lifted
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Brianna Ghey's family slam 'predator' killers who 'left her bleeding to death'
Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death by Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe in a Warrington park last year – today the two teenager killers can be named for the first time as they're sentenced for murder
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Ex-cop who killed former sergeant wife in attack on stairs at their home jailed
Retired cop Alan Claxton, 74, caused his wife Wendy, 70, to hurtle down the stairs with such 'massive force' she suffered catastrophic injuries usually associated with a car accident
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Man appears in court charged with murdering two teenage boys in Bristol
A 44-year-old man accused of stabbing to death two teenage boys – 15-year-old Mason Rist and 16-year-old Max Dixon – in Bristol on Saturday has been charged with murder
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Virgin Media worker visits home to find thug had broken pregnant woman's neck
Darren Melling left his victim seeking safety in a pharmacy after attacking her relentlessly for 30 minutes. In an another attack the judge said he had risked leaving her paralysed