All news on the topic: Crown court

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Killer who kicked gran to death and was told he'd 'never be released' is freed
Thug Humphrey Burke, 30, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for kicking prison van attendant Lorraine Barwell to death - but is now roaming free just 24 months later
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Speeding driver in orange BMW hit motorcyclist and sent him flying
The victim, Matthew Davies, sustained horrific injuries including damage to his spine, lung, ribs, arm, shoulder, wrist, pelvis, liver and kidney. His thigh had become separated from his pelvis and he woke up in intensive care weeks later
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Former school teacher 'raped boy in classroom and indecently assaulted another'
Gareth Rogers, 77, a former teacher at Caerleon Comprehensive School in Newport is accused of raping a schoolboy in a classroom and indecently assaulting another in the 1970s, a court heard
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Van driver's four chilling words after 'killing couple while on hands-free call'
Marc Large, 49, mowed down and killed Terence Abson, 62, and Georgina Lands, 56, while driving his Mercedes Sprinter van through Carlisle and claiming to be on a hands-free call
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Rock fan battered man at Monster Truck gig over glare from bald head
Andrew Ridley attacked fellow concert-goer Mark Stevens at the Monster Truck show in Birmingham because he could not see the band due to the shine coming off his head
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Paedophile hunters slammed after 'arresting' innocent man in Asda supermarket
Vigilantes wrongly picked out their suspect during an operation at Asda to hunt out a man who had been messaging teenage girls in a sexualised way
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Mastiff dog lunged at cop and 'latched onto his testicles' in horror attack
Nottingham Crown Court, heard that Colin Wilson, 45, had lost control of his two dogs twice in recent months - with a judge disqualifying him from owning a dog for four years
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Man 'hid knife in hedge outside club before rampage left one dead and 5 hurt'
Jake Hill, 25, allegedly went on a 'knife rampage' stabbing six people and leaving one dead outside the Eclipse nightclub in Bodmin, Cornwall, with a serrated hunting knife, a court heard
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Ex-cop threatened to kill wife before she was found dead at home, trial hears
Alan Claxton is accused of causing his wife Wendy to topple down the stairs with a 'massive force'. She had told police she had recently inherited a considerable amount of money
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Passenger caught trying to board Dubai flight with drug-filled Kinder egg up bum
Michael Whitty, from Merseyside, has been jailed after being caught by Manchester Airport sniffer dogs trying to fly to Dubai with Kinder Surprise eggs containing drugs hidden up his bottom
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Woman called police a Nazi after 'self-medicating' with vodkas before flight
Jessica Chance, 37, was set to board a flight to Rhodes from Manchester Airport after downing several vodkas when other passengers complained, with the police arriving shortly after
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Burglar beat 'dearly loved' grandmother, 86, to death after breaking into home
A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after breaking into a popular 86-year-old churchwarden's home and beating her to death in an attack that has sickened the local community
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Stalker wrote to woman claiming his mum had died then got a message from her
Mitchell Newns, 32, had claimed to his ex that his mother had died - but his lies were discovered when his mum wrote to her, a trial at Preston Crown Court heard
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Pensioner left with fractured eye socket in row with neighbour over fence
Wendy Douglas was left with a fractured eye socket, broken collar bone and broken ribs when she was attacked by Brian Saunders at her home in a dispute over a fence and an ivy bush
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Nine missed chances to save Nottingham victims as families blast authorities
On June 13, last year, Valdo Calocane hid in the shadows before attacking Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, as they walked home from a night out before stabbing school caretaker Ian Coates to death as well
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Boy, 15, made tragic last request to mum before he was 'butchered like animal'
Dylan Bragger was killed in Skelmersdale, Lancashire by Felipe Figueiredo who savagely knifed the 15-year-old to death on a bridge above a motorway before chasing his cousin
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Lowlife sexually assaulted woman in 'appalling attack' as she slept in hotel
David Braun - who sexually assaulted a woman at a hotel in Coleford, the Forest of Dean while she slept - has been sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court to three and a half years
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Heartless stepdad tricked woman into signing over mum’s fortune and spent it
When Patrycja Miszczuk’s mum, Anna Miszczuk, was diagnosed with incurable stage four cancer back in 2019 she would have taken relief that an insurance payout would at least see her children helped out after she'd died - but her partner splashed all the money
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Terrified man begged housemate to stop after waking to find him smothering him
James Brown, 31, tried to strangle his housemate with a belt and suffocate him with a pillow, as the victim begged him to stop. The attacker then called 999 and was arrested
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Builder fleeced customers out of £100,000 - and then pretended he had cancer
Sean Stanway ran his own building and maintenance company from 2001, but was declared bankrupt in August 2020. He has now been jailed at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court
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Drink-driver wiped blood on officers and defecated in police van after arrest
In victim personal statements read to the court, one officer described it as the "worst incident" he'd had to deal with - after a drink driver verbally abused, kicked and smeared blood in a police van
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Man ignored warnings about his driving before two women paid the ultimate price
Glyn Jones was jailed after admitting death by dangerous driving over hitting and killing friends Marie Cunningham and Grace Foulds as they crossed the road in Southport, Merseyside
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Boy, 9, killed by mum despite more than 60 calls to police for help
More than 60 calls were made to professionals by people who were concerned about Alfie's welfare in the years leading up to his death, it has been revealed.
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Stephen Bear made £22k from Georgia sex tape as court hears he 'only has £60k'
Convicted sex offender Stephen Bear, who was jailed for 21 months in March, profited £22k from the Georgia Harrison sex tape he made and sold without her consent, a court has heard
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Valdo Calocane's sentence 'too lenient' as review sent to Attorney General
The families of the victims of Nottingham knifeman Valdo Calocane have gone to the Attorney General over the "lenient" sentence handed down on Thursday by the judge