2 h. ago Rail bosses given ‘criminal offence’ warning over fare dodger prosecutions

The use of lay prosecutors in court cases with passengers accused of not buying the correct ticket is not legal, firms were told.

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6 h. ago Repair Shop star Jay Blades appears in court charged with two counts of rape

BBC star Jay Blades appeared at Telford Magistrates Court this morning charged with two counts of rape.

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50 h. ago Man accused of stabbing rugby star, 27, and his father, 58, to death is now in a wheelchair, court hears

Brendan McMillan, 27, and his father Terry, 58, were allegedly murdered by Hassan Cevik, 31, at the Trademark Homes in Bermondsey on July 28.

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50 h. ago Labour councillor Ricky Jones urged crowd to 'cut the throats' of far

The councillor for Dartford has appeared in court today accused of encouraging violent disorder after taking part in a counter-protest in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, on August 7 last year.

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51 h. ago Labour councillor Ricky Jones urged crowd to cut the throats of 'disgusting Nazi fascists' in 'the heat of the moment', court hears

The councillor for Dartford has appeared in court today accused of encouraging violent disorder after taking part in a counter-protest in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, on August 7 last year.

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3 d. ago Liam Gallagher shows support for brother Paul after he was charged with rape and 'offers him a bed in his £4million mansion and a seat on his private jet'

Liam Gallagher has shown the strength of his brotherly bond by opening his £4million home to Paul Gallagher, his rape-accused sibling, just weeks before his court appearance.

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4 d. ago Court service accused of IT bug 'cover up' after malfunction made evidence go missing

An internal report leaked to the BBC found the body took several years to react to the malfunction.

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4 d. ago Top US diplomat in Brazil summoned to foreign ministry over Bolsonaro trial comments

US embassy in Brazil made social media post accusing high court judge of persecuting former president, who is now on trial for alleged coup attemptBrazil’s foreign ministry has summoned the US chargé d’affaires after the embassy posted comments about the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate.On Thursday, the embassy published a social media post in Portuguese criticising supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the cases against Bolsonaro, who is on trial over an alleged coup attempt. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Shop worker fleeced Spar out of £34,000 with stolen scratch cards

The court heard how when staff put the accusations to Odin Parry in June last year he denied involvement, but when staff then showed him the footage they’d collected he responded: 'Well I can’t deny it now can I?'

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5 d. ago Comedian and Big Brother star Hardeep Singh Kohli 'groped woman's buttocks at BBC studios, indecently assaulted another at hotel and tried to put his tongue in third victim's mouth'

Comedian and ex-Big Brother contestant Hardeep Singh Kohli has appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting three women.

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5 d. ago Comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli in court accused of sex attacks on three women

Kohli is claimed to have indecently assaulted the first woman at BBC Studios in Glasgow's Pacific Quay.

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6 d. ago Man, 22, living in asylum seeker hotel appears in court accused of sexually assaulting a woman

Tadi Alemeyeha, 22, pleaded not guilty to the offence, allegedly committed earlier this month, during the brief hearing at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Man, 21, appears in court over murder of Saudi Arabian student, 20, found suffering 'deep stab wound to the neck' while on Cambridge placement

Chas Corrigan, 21, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court today accused of murdering 20-year-old Mohammed Algasim and the possession of a knife in a public place.

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7 d. ago Pakistani asylum seeker appears in court accused of raping eight

It is alleged that Kamran Khan, 43, raped the child twice between September 2024 and July 2025 before forcing her to watch a third person engage in sexual activity.

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8 d. ago Repair Shop star Jay Blades, 55, appears in court accused of controlling and coercive behaviour against his ex

The television presenter appeared via video link at Worcester Crown Court during a brief administration hearing over the charge of coercively controlling Lisa-Marie Zbozen.

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8 d. ago BBC star Jay Blades appears in court after separate rape charges emerge

The presenter appeared in court accused of controlling or coercive behaviour towards his estranged wife.

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8 d. ago Thomas Partey arrives in court as former Arsenal star accused of rape

Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey has been accused of two counts of rape against one women and three counts against another woman. A third woman has accused him of sexual assault. He denies all the charges

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1 week ago Man in court accused of lacing sweets with sedatives before summer camp children fell ill

Jon Ruben, 76, remanded in custody in connection with the incident at Stathern Lodge in LeicestershireA man has been remanded in custody charged with child cruelty offences after children became unwell at a summer camp in Leicestershire.Jon Ruben, 76, appeared in Leicester magistrates court after being charged with three counts of wilfully assaulting, ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning or exposing children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering or injury to health, where he was told he would be remanded in custody and appear at Leicester crown court on Friday 29 August. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Suspect accused of assassinating gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons in court wait

Michael Riley's extradition hearing has been rearranged.

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3 w. ago Slave descendants still fighting for Georgia court to hear discrimination claims from 2023

Black landowners from a tiny island community founded by freed slaves are back in a Georgia court fighting to move ahead with a lawsuit accusing local officials of race discrimination

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