All news on the topic: Crown court

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Asylum seeker jailed after attempting to sexually assault two teenage girls and fleeing custody
A migrant who fled custody after committing sex attacks against two teen girls has been jailed, as one of his victims says she tried to take her own life.
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Chemistry teacher accused of exploiting teenage pupils described as "very flirtatious" in class
A chemistry teacher accused of having sex with two schoolboys behaved like she was in ‘a Sabrina Carpenter music video’ in class, a court heard.
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Epping asylum hotel protesters jailed for violent disorder after clashes with police
Two men have been jailed for violent disorder during protests outside an asylum hotel in Essex last summer, receiving longer sentences than the hotel occupant who assaulted a woman and girl in the town.
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Man jailed after blowing up family home over false inheritance belief
A man who blew up his childhood home in the mistaken belief he had been cut out of the family inheritance has been jailed.
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Cleaner who filmed herself driving at 100mph before fatal crash has sentence increased
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.
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Dexter fan found guilty of murdering and dismembering two homeless men
James Desborough, 40, has been found guilty of the murders of Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, whose bodies were dismembered and hidden in woodland in Cornwall
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Stillborn baby left on funeral home floor for two years as Robert Bush faces sentencing
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.
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Man jailed for 12 years after police seize one of London’s largest date rape drug hauls
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.
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"Dexter" fan murdered prison cellmate while awaiting trial over two dismemberment killings, court hears
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.
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Henry Nowak’s killer’s mother jailed for hiding murder weapon
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.
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Man admits sexually abusing girlfriend for more than a decade while she was asleep or allegedly drugged
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
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Controlling husband jailed for murdering wife after years of domestic abuse
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.
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Former X Factor star Danny Tetley released from prison after child sex offences
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.
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Senior detective faces jail for snooping on police logs about close friend
Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, was convicted after a jury found she had unlawfully accessed police computer systems without a policing purpose.
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Derbyshire Police call handler admits leaking confidential police information to third parties
A police staff member has admitted misconduct in public office by accessing confidential material and leaking it to third parties.
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Journalist spared jail after stalking former Chancellor George Osborne and his wife
A journalist who conducted a stalking campaign against former chancellor George Osborne and his wife Thea Rogers has walked free from court.
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Two teenage rapists jailed after Court of Appeal overturns lenient sentences
Two teenage boys who walked free after being convicted of raping two girls in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to four years after their original sentence was found to be ‘unduly lenient’.
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Flag activist charged with making indecent images of children
A man belonging to a flag activist group is due to appear in court after being accused of making indecent images of children.
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Rag ’n’ Bone Man’s wife spared jail after high-speed crash left mother and three children seriously injured
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.
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Former football club boss and senior paramedic among 14 men charged in alleged rape plot
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.
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Man faces court over alleged murders of two men in Cornwall case
A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man from Cornwall accused of murdering two other men.
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Teacher who murdered adopted baby bought £450,000 home weeks after child’s death
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.
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Stepmother jailed for killing five-year-old girl in hot bath punishment 47 years ago
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.
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Teacher handed whole life order for murder and sexual abuse of adopted baby son
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.
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Drug dealer jailed after flaunting Rolexes, Lamborghini and Salt Bae meal on Instagram
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.