25 h. ago Mum and dad sold drugs from a van with their child sat next to them

A judge told the couple that they clearly had not been thinking about the impact on other families nor on the wider community when they started supplying drugs

Events

60 h. ago Zuckerberg and Meta officers settle claim they lost company billions by violating privacy laws

Shareholders sued Zuckerberg and others in hopes of holding them liable for fines and legal costs that Meta paidMark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8bn for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy, a lawyer for the shareholders told a Delaware judge on Thursday.The parties did not disclose details of the settlement and defense lawyers did not address the judge, Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware court of chancery. McCormick adjourned the trial just as it was to enter its second day and she congratulated the parties. Continue reading...

Society

4 d. ago Skoda worker stole £22k then quaffed champagne on fancy flights to Italy, New York and Dubai

A judge told Emma Fairbanks she had committed 'pre-meditated, sophisticated, determined dishonesty'

Economics

7 d. ago Judge tells woman to leave boyfriend with 118 convictions after joint robbery spree

The judge told Sharon Deen she needed to leave Wayne Green as both were sentenced after robbing a Lloyds Pharmacy together in the West Midlands

Events

8 d. ago Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself at trial

The suspect in President Trump’s second assassination attempt told a federal judge he wanted to fire his court-appointed defense team

Politics

1 week ago Cocaine dealer who lived the high life and flashed the cash now realises he made a mistake

A judge told the 26-year-old dealer: 'You were a businessman flashing the cash around, cash earned from the misery of others'

Economics

1 week ago This Morning star's mistaken identity case as she was 'pushed' out of hotel guests' sight

Sian Welby has told how she thinks she was quickly judged when she arrived at a five-star London hotel

Politics

2 w. ago 'You wanted to ensure he was utterly at your mercy': Everything the judge told murderer John Belfield as he jailed him for life

John Belfield was jailed for life for the murder of Thomas Campbell

Events

2 w. ago Violent Prestwick sex predator who repeatedly preyed on young girls is jailed

Judge John McCormick told the rapist what he had done was "devastating and life changing".

Events

2 w. ago Look at Wimbledon without human line judges and tell me this: do you really want life to be perfect? | Hugh Muir

They say say tech instead of people on court is progress, and perhaps it is. But society has hard calls to make: sometimes perfect is not worth havingIt’s the perfect Wimbledon. The sun is out, the Brits are firing and as for the scoring, that too will be somewhat perfect, this being the first Wimbledon since the tournament told the line judges, long the arbiters of accuracy, that after 148 years, their services will no longer be required.Arguments, unpredictability and, as the cameras zoom in to the line judge whose eyesight judgment prompts a participant explosion, buttock-clenching awkwardness in close-up: goodbye to all that. Hello, AI and sharp-eyed robots, analysing in real time 18 lots of footage.Hugh Muir is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Man, 92, jailed for 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol

Ryland Headley sentenced to minimum of 20 years after what is thought to be oldest cold case solved in modern English policing historyA 92-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years after being convicted of the rape and murder of a woman in Bristol 58 years ago.The sentencing judge, Mr Justice Sweeting, told Ryland Headley that he would spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Louisa Dunne at her home in 1967. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Turkish hotel shames British mother who smashed up hotel room after drunkenly celebrating her boyfriend's new veneers by publishing 'full list and pictures of damage she caused'

The cleaner was held in a cell for days, questioned without a lawyer, and then hauled before a judge who told her she could not leave the country until she paid the £15,000 in damages.

Events

3 w. ago Sat in his kitchen, he had no idea his vile past was finally about to catch up with him

Christopher Oates is now in jail

Politics

3 w. ago Everything the judge told Christopher Oates before jailing him for 13 years

Christopher Oates pleaded guilty to a raft of child sex offences

Events

3 w. ago Tice calls for justice watchdog to act when petitioners say sentences too harsh

‘Even noble, experienced, wise judges can get things wrong,’ Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice told the Commons.

Politics

3 w. ago After weeks of bombshell testimony, Diddy closes his sex trafficking trial by telling the judge he did an ‘excellent job’

The music mogul declined to testify after ‘thoroughly’ discussing decision with his lawyers, he told the judge

Events