All news on the topic: Southwark Crown Court
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Brazen thief grabbed man’s wrist in bid to steal £250,000 Richard Mille watch before cops swooped
Brahim Keddad, 29, was sentenced to two years and four months at Southwark Crown Court after admitting attempting to rob the victim in Mayfair.
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Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over alleged Mayfair nightclub bottle attack
Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to ‘affray’ after appearing in court over an alleged bottle attack that took place at a Mayfair club in 2023.
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Financial adviser jailed after £11.5m fraud targeting vulnerable pensioners
A greedy financial adviser who defrauded vulnerable pensioners out of £11.5 million to fund his luxury lifestyle has been jailed.
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Tory MP Patrick Spencer cleared of sexual assault charges
MP Patrick Spencer broke down in tears as he was cleared by a jury of sexually assaulting two women at London’s Groucho Club after insisting that he just wanted to give them a hug.
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CCTV shown in trial of Tory MP Patrick Spencer accused of sexually assaulting two women
CCTV footage of a Tory MP accused of groping the breasts of two women at a London club has been shown to jurors hearing his sexual assault trial.
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Former Rishi Sunak aide admits using insider information to bet on UK election date
Craig Williams, who was parliamentary private secretary to Mr Sunak, plead guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.
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Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke cleared in UK bribery case
A London jury clears the former Nigerian oil minister of all bribery charges, collapsing a 13-year UK investigation into claims she traded lucrative state contracts for a lavish lifestyle.
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Family found dead after 400ft fall from luxury London tower
The family who fell to their deaths from a luxury block of flats in Elephant and Castle were ‘struggling’ with their son’s terminal health condition, sources have claimed.
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Fake antiquities scam foiled after Sotheby’s exposes "1976" documents printed with 2001 technology
A fraudster who tried to sell bogus ancient statues to Sotheby’s was foiled when his fake accompanying paperwork was found to be written with printing methods that were 25 years too modern, a court heard.
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Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan cleared as court overturns conviction in clash with transgender activist
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has had his conviction for damaging the mobile phone of a transgender activist overturned following an appeal hearing at Southwark Crown Court.
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Russell Brand says he had ’exploitative’ sex with a 16-year-old at the height of fame
Russell Brand admitted he had "exploitative" sex with a 16-year-old girl during the peak of his fame, but insists his actions were within the law.
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From Channel crossing to Mayfair robbery: migrants jailed over £65k watch theft
Two Algerian boat migrants ripped a £65,000 designer watch from a driver’s wrist as he photographed his Bentley, a court heard.
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Footballer Thomas Partey charged with two additional counts of rape involving new complainant
The footballer Thomas Partey has been charged with two new counts of rape relating to an additional woman who came forward to police with the allegations in August last year.
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Senior CPS prosecutor appears in court accused of sexually assaulting woman
A senior prosecutor for the CPS has appeared in court regarding an allegation that she sexually assaulted another woman.
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Chinese fraudster behind £5.5bn Bitcoin scam lived in luxury across Europe
A Chinese fraudster involved in a Bitcoin scam exceeding £5.5 billion managed to evade British authorities for years while staying in luxury hotels and sightseeing across Europe, a court has been told.
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UK seeks £16.2m from Malaysian fixer in world’s largest bitcoin laundering case
UK authorities are trying to recover £16.2 million (US$21.7 million) from a Malaysian fixer at the centre of a massive bitcoin scam, a court was told Tuesday.
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UK police seize £5 billion in Bitcoin as Chinese woman admits to global crypto fraud
A significant financial crime case has recently made headlines after a Chinese woman involved in an international fraud scheme confessed to possessing illegally obtained cryptocurrency valued in the billions.
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Ex-GVC executives face charges of bribery and defrauding financial institutions
British betting company Entain’s ENT.L former CEO and other senior directors appeared in a London court on Monday charged with bribery and fraud connected to gambling in Turkey.
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Masseuse from Soho raped a client during a session: the victim turned out to be a showbiz star
A well-known actress and singer recounted how her ’trust and innocence were taken away’ when she was sexually assaulted during a massage.
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Russell Brand pleads not guilty in rape cases involving four women
Actor and comedian Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty at Southwark Crown Court to charges of rape and sexual assault.
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UK court convicts Dmitrii Ovsiannikov of sanction breaches, sends strong message on enforcement
Dmitry Ovsiannikov transferred funds to a UK bank account while his brother was also convicted.
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Ex-lawyer spared jail over false Iraq War claims
A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over false claims of abuse made against British troops fighting in Iraq.
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