All news on the topic: Crown court

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Serial fraudster builder who ruined dozens of homes sentenced to 14 years
A single mother planning to get her loft converted so she could foster children was left broken by Britain’s worst cowboy builder.
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DNA tests confirm identity of remains found months apart in Sweden and Norfolk
More than 15 months later, one of his feet was found washing up in Sweden, while his other foot appeared the same month on Winterton beach with a trainer and socks.
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Nicholas Green jailed for frenzied stabbing of two strangers at kennington underground
A man who initiated an unprovoked knife attack on two strangers at a London tube station has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment.
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Bradford tax officer jailed for three years for £211,000 fraud and money laundering
A tax officer based in Bradford who scammed the system to pocket more than £211,000 has been jailed for three years for fraud and money laundering.
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UK court hears how Jon Ruben drugged children with sedatives during summer camp “sweet game”
Summer camp leader Jon Ruben, 76, will be sentenced next year for drugging and abusing boys.
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510kg of drugs worth £13.8 million seized at Birmingham Airport
Eleven people have been charged in connection with attempting to smuggle more than half a tonne of cannabis worth around £13.8 million into the UK, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
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Woman accused of hiding property ownership to claim UK benefits
A 67-year-old woman from Tenby will appear in Crown Court this November for two historic offences of benefit fraud.
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Oxford man bites endangered plant after burgling college
An asylum seeker has been jailed for stealing from an Oxford University college and “biting” a rare plant.
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Failed assassination attempt in Birmingham: American woman hired for revenge convicted of conspiracy to murder and ammunition smuggling
An American woman who wore a niqab disguise and tried to shoot a stranger dead in the street only for the gun to jam is facing a life sentence.
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"Legacy Funeral" at center of crime: funeral home director accused of body fraud and deceiving families
Humberside Police began its investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in March of last year.
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Two teenagers found guilty of killing 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in Leicester park attack
Two teenagers have been found guilty at Leicester crown court of the manslaughter of Bhim Kohli after the 80-year-old was attacked in a park near Leicester in September.
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Sex offender jailed for secretly filming men in Aldi and public toilets
A sex offender who secretly took nearly 800 pictures of men using the toilets in Aldi has been jailed.
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Killer driver runs over e-bike rider to ’teach him a lesson’ for doing wheelies
A man has been found guilty of murder after intentionally hitting an e-bike rider with his car to "teach him a lesson" for doing a wheelie, police said.
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Former police officer was found not guilty after causing two men to fall off an e-bike by “nudging” it
A retired police officer has been cleared by a jury for knocking two people off an electric motorbike in order to "protect life".
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Two teenagers confess to igniting a massive fire at the former Crewe printworks during summer riots
More than 350 people had to be evacuated because their properties were at risk during the blaze in August - with some residents still unable to return home.
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When a drug dealer refused to provide his phone PIN, the police simply pointed the screen at his face
Grant Lester was caught after an undercover police officer became suspicious of his car.
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Victims applaud judge as an international hockey player is sentenced to 28 years for pedophilia
Philip Hamer’s victims wept in the public gallery as he was jailed at Manchester Crown Court.
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Southport triple murderer declines to leave cell for court hearing
Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three girls aged between seven and nine last year, was due to appear at Liverpool Crown Court via videolink from Belmarsh Prison.
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Young crime boss with baby-faced appearance, who led a large gang, caught by an astonishing mistake
Harry O’Brien was just a teenager when he led a series of shootings and an arson attack while leading a cannabis gang in south Liverpool, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
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Birmingham mosque and bookshop linked to terrorist’s plans
Jason Savage, 35, also downloaded and watched violent and extremist videos and researched how to kill with a knife.
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Stephen Cox: GP found guilty of indecently assaulting women during ’routine examinations’
Stephen Cox was convicted of 12 counts and acquitted of four at Reading Crown Court, where the jury heard he took "sexual gratification" from indecently touching his female victims during a nine-year period from 1988 to 1997.
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Thug who feebly shoved huge wheelie bins at riot police jailed for more than two years
Footage from the night shows Hodgson taking a run up as she attempts to roll the large dumpster towards the police. But, instead of hitting the nonplussed officers, it rolled to a pathetic halt several feet from them
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Killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal to have her murder convictions overturned
Former nurse Lucy Letby is serving a whole life sentence for murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016
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How 'voice-activated' Alexa made a liar of monster who killed Angie
Angie White, 41, was brutally killed by her abusive husband Daniel White, 36 - and her Alexa device proved key in court as it helped secure a conviction for the monster
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Man pulled 15-year-old schoolgirl out to deep water and raped her in the sea
Gabriel Marinoaica, 20, has been found guilty of raping a schoolgirl, 15, who could not swim in the sea off the coast of Bournemouth, Dorset, when she was with friends