2 h. ago Pop star Will Young hit with fine after being caught driving while using his mobile phone

The pop star, 46, who found fame after winning the first ever Pop Idol in 2002, pleaded guilty at Salisbury Magistrates' Court on September 30.

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14 h. ago Mother 'murdered' her son, five, and tried to kill herself after 'challenges of caring for him' made her depressed, court hears

Claire Button, 35, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her child Lincoln Brookes at their family home, but denies murdering him.

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22 h. ago Emmerdale icon avoids jail after pleading guilty to two charges

Emmerdale actress Lesley Dunlop appeared in court last week as she faced two driving charges and was hit with a fine and points on her licence

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22 h. ago Mum jailed after admitting to manslaughter of daughter, 2, found dead in pond

Mum Alice Mackey pleaded guilty to the manslaughter after her two-year-old daughter went missing from her home in Bordon, Hampshire before being found in a pond

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22 h. ago Man who called himself 'Kardashian of Cheshire' jailed for conning millionaires

Jack Watkin, 26, was on trial facing six counts of fraud, worth almost £200,000, when he changed his mind and pleaded guilty on day two.

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24 h. ago Emmerdale icon avoids jail after pleading guilty to two charges after soap exit

ITV Emmerdale actress Lesley Dunlop, who played Brenda Walker on the ITV soap before she exited earlier this year, is facing two driving offences in court

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3 d. ago Rail firm fined £1m over death of woman who stuck her head out train window

Great Western Railway (GWR) has been fined £1 million and ordered to pay more than £78,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law

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3 d. ago Woman who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years

Sophie Roske pleaded guilty in April to attempted assassination and faced potential sentence of life in prisonA California resident who admitted trying to assassinate the US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to eight years and one month in federal prison.Sophie Roske, who was charged under her birth name Nicholas Roske but now uses female pronouns, was sentenced at a hearing before US district judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Attempted assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sentenced to more than eight years in prison

Sophie Roske pleaded guilty to the assassination attempt in April

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3 d. ago California resident who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years

Sophie Roske pleaded guilty in April to attempted assassination and faced potential sentence of life in prisonA California resident who admitted trying to assassinate the US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to eight years and one month in federal prison.Sophie Roske, who was charged under her birth name Nicholas Roske but now uses female pronouns, was sentenced at a hearing before US district judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Former Australian police officer pleads not guilty to killing his ex

A former police officer in Australia's New South Wales state has pleaded not guilty to murder in the killings of his ex-boyfriend and the man's partner

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4 d. ago Australian accused of Afghanistan war crime pleads not guilty but trial held until at least 2027

A prosecutor has told a court an Australian soldier charged with a war crime in Afghanistan won't stand trial until at least 2027

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4 d. ago Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a child

The Gateway Church founder resigned last June after admitting to inappropriate sexual behavior with a ‘young lady’ in the 1980s

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4 d. ago Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges

Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister

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4 d. ago EFL assistant referee who 'preyed' on teenage girls using Snapchat before sexually abusing them is jailed for 13 years

English Football League assistant referee Gareth Viccars, 47, of Shackleton Place, Oldbrook, Milton Keynes, previously pleaded guilty to 16 counts of child sex offences.

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4 d. ago Man pleads guilty to throwing Molotov cocktail at deputies during LA immigration protest

A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to throwing a Molotov cocktail at Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies during protests against immigration raids across the region last spring

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5 d. ago Teacher, 25, breaks down after 'making out' with boy, 11, and sending 33,000 messages

Maddison Bergmann, 25, allegedly exchanged more than 33,000 text messages with the boy while she worked as a fifth-grade teacher and is now due to be sentenced in December

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5 d. ago Female teacher bawls uncontrollably in court after admitting to sexually abusing boy aged 11

A 24-year-old soon-to-be married fifth-grade teacher pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in her class in court and now faces up to 18 years in prison.

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5 d. ago Rapper who joined Trump at rally jailed for five years for attempted murder

Sheff G, who took stage with Trump in the Bronx last year, pleaded guilty on three countsA New York City rapper who joined Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after he admitted he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn.Sheff G, whose legal name is Michael Williams, also must serve five years of supervised release once he is freed, under the terms of the sentence imposed on Wednesday. He had agreed to the prison term after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this year. He pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder and a conspiracy charge. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago New York rapper who joined Trump at campaign rally sentenced to 5 years for attempted murder

A New York City rapper who joined then-former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges

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