6 h. ago Arson attack accused thought he was going to ‘torch’ a car, murder trial told

Dale Francis claims he had no intention of causing serious harm or death to anyone and acted as a ‘lookout’ to settle a debt.

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6 h. ago DNA evidence on lighter links murder accused to arson attack, court told

Daniel Tatters, 26, and Dale Francis, 37, travelled from Stoke-on-Trent to Wolverhampton to set fire to a family home, jurors have been told.

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29 h. ago Cocaine gang trial told £100k hitman murder plot 'dream job for a killer'

The Old Bailey has heard James Harding was the “most senior player” in a high-level £5m drugs operation with Jayes Kharouti acting as his “loyal right-hand man”

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30 h. ago Police suspected something untoward in woman’s disappearance, murder trial told

Richard Satchwell, 58, from Grattan Street in Youghal, Co Cork, denies murdering his wife Tina Satchwell at the home they shared in March 2017.

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32 h. ago Sycamore Gap was totemic, trial of two men accused of chopping down tree is told

Groundworker Daniel Graham and mechanic Adam Carruthers each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

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54 h. ago Truck driver told police wife ‘flew’ at him with chisel, murder trial told

Richard Satchwell, 57, is on trial accused of murdering his wife, Tina, whose body was found in a shallow grave in the house they shared.

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58 h. ago UK trial told Sycamore Gap tree felling was a 'deliberate and mindless' act

A court has been told that the famous Sycamore Gap tree was cut down in an “act of deliberate and mindless criminal damage.”

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8 d. ago Addict stabbed to death while trying to 'tax' drug dealers, murder trial told

Michael McCann died in June last year

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9 d. ago Shopkeeper accused of rape denies 'making up story', Rochdale sex abuse trial told

Mushtaq Ahmed continued to give evidence

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2 w. ago Woman ‘scared and nervous’ after millionaire’s sexual advances, trial told

Kevin Booth denies directing sexual communication to a woman without her consent at his home in the Highlands.

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2 w. ago Woman ‘scared and nervous’ after man’s sexual advances, trial told

Kevin Booth denies directing sexual communication to a woman without her consent at his home in the Highlands.

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2 w. ago 'Skin cancer stopped me in my tracks but new vaccine drive is a beacon of hope'

Labour health minister Karin Smyth told The Mirror that a new skin cancer vaccine trial is a 'beacon of hope' as the NHS rolled out fast-tracking for acute patients

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4 w. ago Trial of former Russian minister ‘not about Vladimir Putin’, jurors told

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is facing seven counts of circumventing sanctions in the UK.

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4 w. ago Boy’s actions ‘appalling’ but he is ‘not a murderer’, trial jury told

A teenage boy accused of attacking an 80-year-old man as he walked his dog did not intend to kill him, his barrister has told a murder trial jury.

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last month French ministers condemn threats to judges in Marine Le Pen case

Senior figures also reject claim verdict against Le Pen on embezzlement charges was ‘political and partisan’French ministers have condemned threats against the judges who convicted the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and banned her from public office for five years – threatening her 2027 presidential run – and rejected accusations the verdict was “political and partisan”.France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, told the Assemblée nationale the trial judges had his “unconditional support” after they found Le Pen guilty of embezzlement charges, throwing France into political chaos. Continue reading...

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