65 m. ago Thug who attacked fellow passenger on station platform jailed for three years

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that Peter Daniels had just assaulted his own girlfriend and a man went to speak to her.

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3 h. ago Coatbridge McDonalds customer ended up on car bonnet after incident

Airdrie Sheriff Court heard Michael Renicks drove away with the man clinging on "Indiana Jones-style".

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3 h. ago ‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross

Patterson also tells triple murder trial she’s ‘puzzled’ clinic she says she had an appointment for a gastric bypass with offers no such surgeryWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson says she is “puzzled” that a clinic in which she said she had an appointment for a gastric bypass offers no such surgery, and denies lying about making herself vomit in the hours immediately after the beef wellington lunch, a court has heard.In her sixth day in the witness box, Patterson was repeatedly asked under cross-examination by prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC whether she was lying about the deadly lunch and other parts of her evidence before her triple-murder trial. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Hainault 'sword killer' slashed stranger in throat before smiling, court hears

Marcus Arduini Monzo is accused of murdering 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin and attempting to kill four others during a 20-minute sword rampage in Hainault, London last April

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20 h. ago Boy, two, was placed on the child protection register month before 'he was murdered by his grandparents while his mother was upstairs', court hears

Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, are on trial accused of murder, causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child - which they deny.

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21 h. ago Diddy trial live: Hear chilling voice notes mogul sent 'victim' after she denied twisted 'freak off'

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs's trial for sex trafficking and racketeering is entering its fifth week on Monday in New York City after the court heard chilling voice notes from the rapper.

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22 h. ago Alleged sword attacker ‘smiled’ after slashing man in the neck, court hears

A victim said he feared he would die after being hit by a van and attacked with a samurai sword.

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25 h. ago Cambridge University professor, 64, accused of deliberately flunking IQ and memory tests in bid for £1million NHS compensation claim

Dr Mohamed Atef Hakmi scored a 'very bad' 84 on a pre-trial IQ test as part of the case - putting him well below the UK average, despite continuing to teach at Cambridge, a London's High Court heard.

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41 h. ago Albanian drug dealer who illegally sneaked back into Britain weeks after being deported succeeds in remaining in the UK by judge

Stiljano Ziu has been allowed to stay in the UK despite the asylum court hearing he committed a 'flagrant' breach of immigration laws, having already been deported from the country once.

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66 h. ago He lied to his girlfriend that his mum had died and he needed thousands of pounds for the funeral

Andrew New's mum was very much alive, a court heard

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3 d. ago Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong hit with new charges

Wong accused of conspiracy in move rights groups condemn as ‘outrageous’ attempt to keep influential dissident imprisonedJailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been hit with further national security charges, a move rights groups said showed the Hong Kong government was trying to keep dissidents behind bars for as long as possible.Wong, a well-known activist who has been in jail for more than four years either awaiting trial or serving sentences, is accused of conspiracy to collude with a foreign country. He appeared in court on Friday to hear the charge and did not apply for bail. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Supreme Court to hear Alabama appeal in push to execute intellectually disabled man

The inmate killed a man by beating him to death with a hammer and saw.

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3 d. ago Supreme Court will hear Alabama appeal in bid to execute man found to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled

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3 d. ago Bride's brother used car 'as weapon' to murder Good Samaritan before stabbing the groom when family feud exploded after wedding, court hears

Hassan Jhangur, 25, hit five people including Chris Marriott with his Seat Ibiza in Sheffield when he arrived at his sister's wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the two families.

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4 d. ago Trial date set for men charged over fires at properties linked to Keir Starmer

One of the accused refused to leave his cell for the hearing, High Court justice says

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4 d. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson did not tell anyone about realisation foraged mushrooms may have been in lunch meal, court hears

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow livePatterson denies telling ex-partner she had important medical news she wanted advice onRogers says Simon gave evidence that on 16 July 2023 – two weeks prior to the lunch – Patterson approached him after a church service and said she had some important medical news she wanted advice on and how to break it to the children. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Thug who broke partner’s jaw ‘appalled’ by tuna tin attacks in prison

Stephen Batey, 45, was jailed for 27 months after he attacked his girlfriend by striking her in the jaw when she confronted him about cheating claims, a court has heard.

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4 d. ago Arson gang hired to burn down warehouse linked to Ukraine did not get paid by Russia as the attack was not up to Wagner Group's 'standards', court hears

Russia refused to pay arsonists who carried out a £1million attack in the UK because the blaze wasn't up to the Wagner Group's 'standards', a court has heard.

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4 d. ago Miss Universe GB finalist 'had bite marks, could hardly speak and could not stand up on her own' after ex attacked her and threatened to kill her and her boyfriend, court hears

Model Chloe Othen, 34, was attacked at her ex-boyfriend's £1.5milliom Knightsbridge home on October 15, 2022, after being invited over by text.

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4 d. ago Gang followed Greek tourist from nightclub before stabbing, court hears

Antonis Antoniadis, 26, was allegedly followed and attacked on a doorstep in New Cross on July 7 last year

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