All news on the topic: Crown court

A man who blew up his childhood home in the mistaken belief he had been cut out of the family inheritance has been jailed.

A cleaner who filmed Snapchat videos of herself driving at nearly 100mph before a crash that left two people dead has had her prison sentence increased by nearly three years.

A funeral boss who gave families the wrong ashes and kept bodies on stretchers on the floor in filthy storage boxes is being sentenced from today in front of the horrified loved ones of those whose bodies he mishandled.

A man has been jailed for 12 years after more than 2,000 litres of gamma butyrolactone (GBL), a date rape drug, were found in a storage container rented by him, police have said.

A serial killer fan strangled a prison cellmate while on trial for murdering two other men and dismembering their bodies in Cornish woodland, a court has heard.

The mum of Henry Nowak’s killer has been jailed for three years after hiding a ceremonial blade used to stab the student to death.

A man aged in his 40s has admitted 32 sexual offences against his girlfriend who was allegedly drugged or asleep - the offences happened from January 2014 to September last year

A man who raped and murdered his estranged wife and staged a scene to make her death look like a suicide has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years in his absence after he refused to enter the courtroom.

Former X Factor contestant Danny Tetley has been released from prison after serving just six years of a nine year sentence for child sex offences.

Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, was convicted after a jury found she had unlawfully accessed police computer systems without a policing purpose.

A police staff member has admitted misconduct in public office by accessing confidential material and leaking it to third parties.

A journalist who conducted a stalking campaign against former chancellor George Osborne and his wife Thea Rogers has walked free from court.

A man belonging to a flag activist group is due to appear in court after being accused of making indecent images of children.

This is the shocking moment the wife of singer Rag ‘n’ Bone Man smashed her car into a family because she was late for the school run.

A former football club boss and a senior paramedic are among 14 men charged over an alleged plot to rape and sexually assault a man’s drugged wife.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man from Cornwall accused of murdering two other men.

A teacher who murdered his adopted baby son bought a £450,000 new-build home with his boyfriend to reinvent themselves just 22 days after the tot’s death.

A stepmother has been jailed for 12 years for killing a five-year-old girl by scalding her in a hot bath as a punishment nearly half a century ago.

A teacher will die in jail for the murder and sexual abuse of his adopted baby son. Teacher Jamie Varley, 37, has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murder and sexual abuse of his adopted baby, Preston Davey.

A drug dealer who showed off his luxury lifestyle on Instagram by posing with Rolex watches, driving a Lamborghini and splashing more than £1,200 in cash on a meal at Salt Bae’s restaurant has been jailed.

A Nationwide cashier who stole thousands of pounds from vulnerable customers has been jailed after she was caught out by colleagues when she posted Facebook pictures of her ’lavish’ holidays.

There’s a celebratory atmosphere among a group of friends when they are told their hometown has the highest rate of cocaine use in Europe.

Data from the Ministry of Justice indicate that there were 80,203 outstanding cases at the end of last year, which is an 8% increase from the 74,106 recorded in the previous 12 months.