2 h. ago Teenager stabbed schoolboy 11 times at Merseyside bus stop then knifed his girlfriend in the chest as she tried to help, court hears

A 15-year-old boy is alleged to have conducted the 'premeditated' attack in retaliation to a previous incident, in which his friend was struck with a metal pole.

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3 h. ago Former teacher at Eton College found guilty of sexually abusing a pupil

Reading Crown Court heard how former Russian teacher Jacob Leland abused his relationship with pupils and members of staff

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4 h. ago Teen 'stabbed schoolboy, 15, at bus stop 11 times and knifed girlfriend in chest'

A teenager - aged 14 at the time - stabbed a 15-year-old boy and knifed a 14-year-old girl on April 30, Liverpool Crown Court heard

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4 h. ago Former Eton College teacher who performed sex act on pupil found guilty

Reading Crown Court heard Jacob Leland, a former Eton teacher, sexually abused a student while he worked there between September 2010 and August 2012

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4 h. ago DNA test confirmed alleged stalker was not Madeleine McCann, court hears

Investigating officer says he went against procedure to test Julia Wandelt, accused of campaign of harassment against McCann familyAn alleged stalker’s claim to be Madeleine McCann was ruled out after a DNA test proved conclusively she was not the missing girl, police have revealed in court.Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of a campaign of harassment against the family of Madeleine, who went missing from Praia da Luz in Portugal in 2007 at the age of three. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Gardener left 'traumatised' after finding colleague crushed by quadbike in field, court hears

Nicholas James Miles told the court: 'I could see the quad bike turned over, and I was hoping he would be stood next to it... I was shouting for him'

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9 h. ago Tommy Robinson ‘discriminated against’ at Channel Tunnel by police, court told

The verdict will not be given until November because Robinson will be in Israel, the court heard.

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10 h. ago Gardener crushed by quad bike at £2.5m estate as he sprayed weedkiller was not given safety gear or training by couple employing him, court hears

Defence chief Nicholas Prest, 71, and his wife Anthea, 70, are accused of failing to prepare gardener Paul Marsden to carry out his tasks before he was crushed to death whilst working at their property.

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11 h. ago Man accused of Ian Watkins murder refuses to attend court hearing

Rashid Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth have been charged with the murder of former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins after he died at HMP Wakefield

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11 h. ago Asylum seeker 'followed migrant hotel employee home and stabbed her to death with a screwdriver on deserted train platform as she screamed', court hears

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, allegedly launched a 'vicious and frenzied attack' on Rhiannon Whyte as she commuted home from the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall.

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12 h. ago Black residents worry new Louisiana congressional district could be lost in Supreme Court case

Black residents in a newly created Louisiana congressional district fear they could lose their representation under a case being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

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12 h. ago One of paedo rocker Ian Watkins' murder accused refuses to attend court hearing

Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court this morning charged with the disgraced Lostprophets frontman's murder behind bars - but Gedel refused

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12 h. ago Sudanese asylum seeker 'laughed and danced' after stabbing migrant hotel worker to death, court hears

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, allegedly launched a 'vicious and frenzied attack' on Rhiannon Whyte as she commuted home from the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall.

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12 h. ago Man, 69, clobbers his neighbour, 83, after she complained about his Mustang's exhaust fumes going into her garden in King Charles' Poundbury village, court hears

Sekhar Sootarsing, 69, 'clobbered' 83-year-old Ingrid Wright-Holmes after she and her husband Christopher went to speak to him about the noisy engine of his Ford Mustang, jurors were told.

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16 h. ago Sick OAP paedo teacher who gave kids 'the happy pipe' during lewd sauna sessions jailed

Rodney Neville Watkins, 76, was found guilty of 14 charges of indecently dealing with a child under 14 after a court heard details of his sickening crimes against four young boys

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26 h. ago Domestic abuse commissioner criticises antiquated views in family court hearings

Research found evidence of abuse within 73% of hearings and in 87% of the case files they reviewed.

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28 h. ago Owner of two XL Bully dogs that savaged a father to death was 'dismissive' when concerns were raised over hounds, court hears

James Trimble-Pettit, 31, has admitted being the owner of two XL bully dogs which were out of control when they attacked Ian Price, 52, in Stonall, near Sutton Coldfield in September 2023.

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28 h. ago Tragedy as mum, 34, and baby die after home birth as chilling warning 'not passed on'

Jennifer Cahill's husband Rob said his wife’s medical notes never stated that her choice to have a home birth was 'out of guidance', a court heard

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29 h. ago 'I'm a 70% DNA match for missing Maddie, you can't dispute the facts,' woman accused of stalking Kate McCann says in messages played to court

Julia Wandelt told Kate McCann: 'You are my mother, it's science no one can deny it', a court heard yesterday. She added: 'I am not a scammer, I am your daughter'.

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30 h. ago Owners of luxury £2.5m estate failed to properly train man crushed by quadbike, court hears

Nicholas Prest, 71, and his wife Anthea, 70, deny being to blame for the death of a groundsman

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