24 m. ago Crown courts at ‘breaking point’ as backlog reaches new record high

Almost 77,000 crown court cases were waiting to be heard in March, figures show

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9 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 38

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s second alleged incriminating conduct - lying about where the dried mushrooms used in the beef wellingtons.The prosecution has labelled certain conduct as incriminating, meaning it is an implied admission of guilt, the court has heard. The defence has argued there are other innocent explanations for the conduct the prosecution relies on Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Three men 'who raped teenager in Rotherham' told her 'this is what white girls are for', court hears

Prosecutor Andrew Bailey told Sheffield Crown Court today the girl, now in her late 30s, was raped by Hussain, Kessur Ajaib and Mohammed Makhmood between 1999 and 2002.

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16 h. ago Prisoner who stabbed child killer Roy Whiting told nurses he did it to get taken off the wing, court hears

Andrew Light, 45, complained he 'disliked being among nonces' on D-Wing of HMP Wakefield.

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17 h. ago Trump administration sues Maryland federal judges over order blocking removal of immigrants

The Trump administration is suing federal judges in Maryland over an order that blocks the immediate removal of any detained immigrant who requests a court hearing

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24 h. ago Trial of High Court claims against Andrew Tate brought forward to next summer

Tate’s barristers told an earlier court hearing that there was ‘total denial of wrongdoing’.

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24 h. ago Wannabe YouTuber seen grinning after 'stabbing wife to death’ in Bradford street

Habibur Masum was spotted with a huge smile on his face after allegedly stabbing his wife Kulsuma Akter in the street in Bradford in front of their seven-month-old boy, a court heard

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25 h. ago Wishaw mum caught with £12,000 worth of cocaine avoids jail term

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that messages on her phones suggested Lyndsey Paton had been involved in drug dealing for more than a year.

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29 h. ago Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

Brazil's Supreme Court had a historic moment on Tuesday when it heard a confrontation between an army colonel and general, both disgraced for their involvement in an alleged coup plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in office

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35 h. ago Prison guard shot dead in 'revenge' for exposing officer's illicit relationship, court hears

Two men, Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary, are on trial at Preston Crown Court accused of the murder of Lenny Scott, 33, who was shot dead outside a gym last year

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37 h. ago Whisky boss wished his wife dead when he didn't like the birthday present she gave him, court hears

Christopher Leggat allegedly told his wife Cara 'I hope you die in your sleep' because of the 'childish and ridiculous' TikTok water bottle she had gifted him.

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38 h. ago Former prison guard was shot dead outside gym after he exposed a convict and female officer's illicit relationship, court hears

Lenny Scott, who was the father of twins, was shot six times outside a gym on February 8 last year by a gunman dressed in a hi-vis jacket.

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38 h. ago Former prison officer 'gunned down in revenge plot after exposing behind bars fling between inmate and colleague', court hears

The two men on trial deny the murder of Lenny Scott who was shot six times

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43 h. ago Inmate told child killer Roy Whiting 'that was for Sarah Payne' as he stabbed him with 6in wooden shank in his jail cell, court hears

A prison guard believed Andrew Light, 45, was 'killing him' as he attacked Whiting, 66, with the wooden blade in HMP Wakefield.

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45 h. ago Woman knifed her film director sister to death in Camden flat before she was found with victim's diamond Rolex, court hears

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in her flat stabbed eight times by her sister, Nancy Pexton, 69, who was later found with her diamond Rolex watch, a court heard today. 

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45 h. ago Woman knifed her film director sister to death by stabbing her eight times in Camden flat before she made off with her diamond Rolex watch, court hears

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in her flat stabbed eight times by her sister, Nancy Pexton, 69, who was later found with her diamond Rolex watch, a court heard today. 

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46 h. ago Film director, 69, discovered murdered in her Camden flat was stabbed eight times by her sister whose diamond Rolex watch was found in her bag when she was arrested, court hears

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in her flat stabbed eight times by her sister, Nancy Pexton, 69, who was later found with her diamond Rolex watch, a court heard today. 

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54 h. ago Woman with ties to a cultlike group to appear in court after border agent's killing

A woman connected to a cultlike group who is charged in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is due in federal court for a hearing

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64 h. ago 'Fraudster' posed as a millionaire on social media to scam rich friends and relatives out of £420,000 of designer Hermes handbags, court hears

Jack Watkin, 26, allegedly promised his victims a share of the profits if they loaned him cash to buy and sell expensive Hermes bags.

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66 h. ago Man defrauded people out of thousands for ‘designer handbags’, court hears

Jack Watkin, 26, is standing trial at Chester Crown Court.

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