All news on the topic: Crown court

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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
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Mastermind behind PC Beshenivsky raid says robber offered to 'get money back'
PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, had only been an officer for nine months when she was shot in the chest, after she responded to a robbery at Universal Express in 2005
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Man accused of poisoning couple and changing will 'had fentanyl in his backpack'
Luke D'Wit is accused of murdering Stephen Baxter, 61, and his 64-year-old wife Carol, and rewriting their will to make him a director of their shower mat firm Cazsplash
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Cop who sped through countryside 'for no apparent reason' and hit hare is sacked
Chief Constable Kate Meynell concluded that PC Ryan Lee's conduct could undermine public confidence whilst also concluding he 'posed a serious risk to other drivers' at the time of speeding
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Carer who stole £20,000 from disabled woman she looked after jailed
Petula Hatzer opened up several credit card and catalogue accounts in Alison Hague's name - who she looked after for 17 years - before her crimes were discovered by another carer
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Charity worker jailed for child abuse pics after being cleared of flashing kids
Samantha Norris was accused of “exposing her penis” deliberately to the two 11-year-old girls through the window of her flat in Ringwood, Hampshire but was cleared by a jury
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Abusive boyfriend sliced off ear and scrawled threat in blood to girlfriend
Samuel Hemingway from Halifax, West Yorkshire, sliced off part of his ear and daubed the threat on his ex-girlfriend's wall before leaving the severed body part on her dressing table
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Teen's last two words to family before being killed with friends in horror crash
Dangerous driver Joshua Chapman was jailed at Teesside Crown Court for killing pals Louis Banks, Aaron Bell, and Tommy Shevels as he sped along a road in the Yorkshire Dales
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Thieving mum stole £2,000 of neighbour's belongings and sold them to a pawn shop
Carmela Giglia knew her elderly neighbour was away from his property at the time and also knew the victim had CCTV, which she 'threw in a skip' to stop her being detected for the burglary
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New details on Sam Kerr's arrest with Chelsea star 'spending night in custody'
Australia and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr pleaded not guilty to a charge of racial harassment of a police officer earlier this month that resulted from an incident last January
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Neighbour from hell terrorised couple by banging on door and threatening to kill
The victims - who had lived peacefully in their lat for 30 years - were left shaking with fear after their new neighbour began repeatedly banging on their door and making violent threats
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Moment gunman wearing V for Vendetta mask terrorises hotel staff and customers
A court has heard that workers at a hotel in Corby, Northants were left petrified when Romans Vodcics put on a gold face mask and walked through the bar with a Glock pistol-like firearm
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Grandad, 86, died after being hit by drug driver and lying in road for 4 hours
George Ian Stevenson, 86, was knocked over by a 'glancing' blow from a Citroen C2 car being driven by dad-of-three Dale Hilton, 42, before lying in the road for four hours
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Woman murdered 'kind' husband after necking six cocktails on birthday night out
Ryan Ellwood was stabbed in his rib, lung and aorta at his home in Greenwood Court, Wakefield by his wife Lisa Ellwood after the couple had been out for her birthday
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel shooting target in 'pain' as he tries to lift shirt in court
In August 2022, Joseph Nee ran into the house in Dovecot, Liverpool where Olivia lived with her mother as he was trying to escape gunman Thomas Cashman - today he appeared in court on drug charges
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'Beautiful' boy, 17, murdered after bravely standing up to estate's drug kingpin
Callum Riley, 17, was stabbed to death in September 2022 in a fight in Manchester with a friend at the home of a drug dealer with whom he had become embroiled in a feud
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Man who killed friend and dumped chopped up body in ponds jailed for life
Lee Clarke, 56, from Harlow, must serve at least 18 years before being considered for parole - the life sentence comes after he brutally murdered his friend Phillip Lewis
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'I was abused by dad from age 6-I believed him when he said it wasn't his fault'
Trish Hinde was just six years old when her father began abusing her and the following year she began suffering from violent seizures.
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Mum left blind in one eye after jealous boyfriend smashes pub window
Cameron Farmer forcefully punched and broke a window from the outside while she was standing inside the pub in Hull city centre, leaving her with horrendous injuries
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Sickening moment drink driver causes horror crash that flipped victim's car
Nilen Chauhan, 27, had whiskey bottles strewn about in the inside of his car as he ploughed his Volkswagen Polo into the back of a Mitsubishi L200, causing it to completely flip over, on the A14 at Bar Hill in Cambridgeshire
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UK hardman Dougie Joyce releases video from behind bars denying prison rumours
In recent days, rumours circulating on social media alleged that 35-year-old Dougie Joyce - who is serving 19 months for a vicious assault on an elderly man in Manchester - was himself attacked in the prison showers
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Teen 'raped schoolgirl in sea in front of thousands of people', court hears
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Gabriel Marinoaica, 19, stands accused of grabbing the teen schoolgirl near Bournemouth Pier, dragging her out to sea, and proceeding to rape her while putting his hand over her mouth to stifle her screams