14 h. ago Winston Churchill’s great nephew the Duke of Marlborough accused of strangling wife three times, court docs show

THE Duke of Marlborough has been charged accused of strangling his estranged wife three times, court papers show. Charles James Spencer-Churchill, a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, was held by police in May last year. The 70-year-old was summonsed to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court today but JPs heard he was "unable to attend"....

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14 h. ago Duke of Marlborough is accused of strangling his estranged wife three times as he mysteriously misses court appearance

The Duke of Marlborough is accused of strangling his estranged wife, Edla. Both are pictured in 2015. Charles James Spencer-Churchill was not present for the court hearing in Oxford today.

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19 h. ago Scots shop worker carried out sick sex act behind blind pensioner’s back as she browsed store

A “BORED” shop worker who performed a sick sex act behind a 62-year-old blind woman as she browsed the store has been released from custody after a court heard how his unhealthy habit with pornography and cannabis were partly to blame for his sick conduct. Semi-professional skate boarder Joshua Jerome, 19, exposed himself and groped...

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33 h. ago 'Sadistic' couple who left child with brain injury and broken wrists are jailed

Craig Neill, 26, and Amy Cave, 21, left a child with horrifically painful and life-threatening injuries - a court heard they were likely the result of 'sadistic behaviour'

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37 h. ago Made In Chelsea 'posh PT' star Lonan O'Herlihy sues childhood father figure's new wife for £5million

Lonan O'Herlihy, known as the 'Posh PT', has been accused of drawing up a 'wish list of greed' after being left out of the will of his mother's former partner, Hugh Taylor,' the High Court heard.

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39 h. ago The chaotic life of an immigration lawyer in Trump’s America: ‘Some days you break down in tears’

The Guardian followed immigration attorney Milli Atkinson as she pivoted from case to case – and tried to keep herself sane. This is what her typical day looks likeIt’s been a chaotic year in San Francisco immigration court. At least 88 asylum seekers have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at their court hearings. More than half of the immigration judges have been fired. A climate of fear and uncertainty pervades.At the center of it all, immigration attorney Milli Atkinson has been holding things together. She leads the San Francisco Bar Association’s Attorney of the Day program, which provides people from all over Northern California with free legal advice when they show up to immigration court. She also leads San Francisco’s Rapid Response Network, finding legal representation for anyone in the city arrested by ICE. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Made in Chelsea star Lonan O'Herlihy sues childhood father figure's new wife for £5million

Lonan O'Herlihy, known as the 'Posh PT', has been accused of drawing up a 'wish list of greed' after being left out of the will of his mother's former partner, Hugh Taylor,' the High Court heard.

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53 h. ago Matthew Perry's ketamine doctor avoids jail in shock ruling as court hears he now drives Uber for a living

One of the doctors caught up in the criminal fallout surrounding Matthew Perry's ketamine death has narrowly avoided prison time.

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56 h. ago Romanian man who stabbed girl, 11, eight times in random Leicester Square attack is detained indefinitely after court hears security guard saved her life

Romanian Ioan Pintaru, 33, grabbed the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and stabbed her eight times in face, neck and chest with a large kitchen knife as she left the Lego store last year.

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56 h. ago Woman, 71, accused of stabbing husband, 84, to death kept asking police if she was under suspicion because she had a 'guilty conscience', court hears

Daryl Berman, 71, allegedly attacked her 84-year-old husband David at their home in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, on March 13.

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58 h. ago Luigi Mangione flashes unsettling Cheshire cat smile as he plays around with court camera

Luigi Mangione flashed an unsettling smile at the cameras this morning as he appeared in court for the eighth day of evidence suppression hearings.

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59 h. ago Liverpool parade attacker Paul Doyle appeared in a Welsh court 35 years ago as history of violence emerges

A court heard that the man who drove his car through a Liverpool FC parade earlier this year had appeared before a court in Newport when he was a teenager

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59 h. ago Killer jailed for life after stabbing man to death in his own bed

The High Court in Glasgow heard how William Feely attacked Michael Lincoln while his father lay bed bound.

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60 h. ago Paul Doyle: Nine things you need to know after Liverpool crash driver jailed

Paul Doyle, 54, was jailed today after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard he had driven at crowds 'in a rage' as his 'anger had completely taken hold of him' on May 26

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61 h. ago Girl, 11, 'thought she would die' in Leicester Square knife attack, court hears as knifeman is locked up

Ioan Pintaru stabbed the girl ‘furiously’ with a knife in Leicester Square

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62 h. ago Girl, 11, 'thought she would die' in Leicester Square knife attack, court hears as knifeman is sentenced

Ioan Pintaru stabbed the girl ‘furiously’ with a knife in Leicester Square

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63 h. ago Liverpool parade madman Paul Doyle bit sailor's ear off in pub brawl

Former Royal Marine Doyle told police he was “involved in a drunken fight with sailors”. The court also heard he was kicked out of the Marines

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64 h. ago Couple ‘deliberately starved daughter, 3, to death by feeding her just lentils and yoghurt’ as they deny murder

A COUPLE deliberately starved their three-year-old daughter to death by feeding her just lentils and yoghurt, a court heard. Penelope Chandle was found "very emaciated" with her body wrapped in a sheet and bruising to her neck, it was said. Her parents Jaskiret Singh Uppal, 36, and Manpreet Jatana, 34, appeared at the Old Bailey...

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65 h. ago Jealous taekwondo instructor jailed for ‘senseless’ murder of student and parents

The court heard Yoo had been motivated by the jealousy he felt for the family’s financial success

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3 d. ago Man, 84, who admitted killing his wife with a hammer in a failed 'suicide pact' is jailed

Judge Michael Simon was told at the court hearing on how Roger Worby admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was also diagnosed with mental health difficulties.

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