6 h. ago Dine and dash thief scoffed £500 worth of food at three different restaurants

Lauren Halliday and her then-boyfriend targeted three different restaurants in Newcastle earlier this year and enjoyed fancy meals but left without paying their bill, a court heard

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11 h. ago Court hearing set Sunday on US efforts to deport some Guatemalan children

U.S. attempts to deport some Guatemalan children are on hold until at least Sunday afternoon

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13 h. ago Burglary gang took £46,000 worth of vapes in warehouse break

A court heard the group had been 'recruited by others' but did so 'willingly'

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31 h. ago Shirley Ballas admits she will 'never feel safe again' as she recounts the terrifying moment her stalker followed and confronted her 87

A stalker who made Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas' life hell over a terrifying six-year ordeal was spared jail earlier this year - after a court heard he believed she was his aunt. 

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58 h. ago Prolific predator faces 'lengthy' jail sentence after drugging and raping victims

Chao Xu, 33, of south-east London, who "preyed on unsuspecting women", has pleaded guilty to 24 sexual offences against at least 12 victims during a three year period, a court heard

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60 h. ago Boy, 15, bragged about being a 'Nazi' and planned to 'shoot up' his school

The court heard how a 50lb crossbow was bought for him by his mother

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60 h. ago Moment Chinese sex predator businessman is arrested as he admits rape and upskirting offences against six women

Chao Xu, 33, preyed on women at his office, at his riverside apartment and in the street, Woolwich crown court heard but it is feared that he has claimed hundreds more victims.

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61 h. ago Pensioner charged with child cruelty offences after boys fell ill at summer camp appears in court

Jon Ruben, 76, appeared at Leicester Crown Court for a brief hearing on Friday

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61 h. ago Trump urges judge to deny Lisa Cook’s appeal to remain at Fed

Federal court hears argument against US president’s firing of central bank governor

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62 h. ago Retired vet 'will face more charges' after he was accused of lacing summer camp boys' sweets with sedatives

Jon Ruben, 76, has been charged with child cruelty offences relating to three boys, but was not asked to enter any pleas during his brief 15-minute hearing at Leicester Crown Court this morning.

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64 h. ago ‘Nazi’ teenager amassed weapons stash and discussed school ‘shoot up’

The court heard how the teenager, who has autism, had developed an interest in mass attacks and expressed a desire to carry out copycat killings.

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64 h. ago Trial date set for man accused over ‘sweets laced with sedatives’ at summer camp

The court heard that Jon Ruben’s trial is expected to last four weeks.

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68 h. ago Trans Met Police special constable who raped and sexually assaulted child may have more victims

The offences took place between January 1 2018 and April 2, 2024, Amersham Crown Court heard

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3 d. ago Ice cream man 'attacked from behind' before being stabbed to death, court hears

Shazad Khan, 41, was brutally stabbed while working in his ice cream van in Wembley, north-west London, a court heard, and suffered 'catastrophic injuries' during the attack

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3 d. ago Beach returned to First Nation after 170 years following Canada legal battle

Stretch of Lake Huron shore was promised to Saugeens in 1854 treaty with Crown but wrongly omitted from mapA stretch of beach will be returned to a First Nation in Canada 170 years after it was mistakenly omitted from its reserve. The sandy sliver of land measures less than two miles long, but has nonetheless sparked an outsized battle, with a nearby resort town claiming the case sets a foreboding precedent for property rights in the country.Canada’s supreme court said on Thursday that it would not hear a challenge from the town of South Bruce Peninsula, which is contesting a lower court’s ruling that the Saugeen First Nation’s reserve was erroneously smaller than promised. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Met Police staffer, 26, 'took pictures of dead car crash victims and airdropped them to colleague', court hears

Luke Pearce, 26, was working at the police car pound in Perivale, west London at the time of the alleged offences on 16 July last year.

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4 d. ago Three men charged with kidnap and false imprisonment after 'incident with 11

Hamza Sharif, 35, and Sudak Ali, 27, both accused of the offences, had hearings scheduled for today at Birmingham Crown Court.

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4 d. ago Teenage girl felt 'absolutely sick' when London's Burning and Grange Hill star John Alford 'touched her after buying her and a friend alcohol', court hears

John Alford, 53, is said to have sexually assaulted both teenagers at a friend's house following a night at a pub. The actor denies the allegations and claims the girls were 'trying to exort money from him'.

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4 d. ago London's Burning's John Alford alleged victim had 'mental breakdown', court hears

London's Burning actor John Alford is accused of four counts of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl and two further counts relating to the 15-year-old of sexual assault and assault by penetration

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4 d. ago Alleged victim young enough to be my child, asylum seeker told police

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu ‘teaches sports’ in his home country Ethiopia, a court heard.

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