6 h. ago Trio stole £3m Ming dynasty antiques from museum before plotting murder, court hears

They carried out a brazen museum heist before career criminal’s shooting, jurors told

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7 h. ago Murder plot accused stole Ming dynasty porcelain from Geneva museum, court told

Three men are accused of plotting to murder former cage fighter Paul Allen.

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67 h. ago Prison officer who called herself 'the Queen' faces jail after admitting 'intimate' relationship with inmate

Prison officer Katie Evans, 26, boasted about performing a sex act on an inmate and was told by a judge at Sheffield Crown Court that she will go to jail.

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3 d. ago Couple had 'habitual sex' with their pet dog after becoming obsessed with bestiality, court told

Graham Marshall encouraged Paige Reaney into having intercourse with Charlie, their pet pug, as it was part of a 'fantasy' that he had after watching someone have sex with a dog when he was younger.

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3 d. ago Man accused of stealing gold toilet ‘used it day before raid’, court told

The fully-functioning £4.75 million toilet was stolen in a raid in the early hours of September 14 2019.

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3 d. ago Little girl 'raped by uncle just before sixth birthday while mum watched,' court hears

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 27-year-old woman has told a court how she endured 14 years of sexual abuse by her own family which she says began when she was little more than a toddler

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3 d. ago Little girl 'raped by uncle just before sixth birthday while mum watched'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 27-year-old woman has told a court how she endured 14 years of sexual abuse by her own family which she says began when she was little more than a toddler

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4 d. ago Extreme body modification ring members should have sentences reduced, court told

The Court of Appeal were hearing the cases of Janus Atkin, David Carruthers, Ashley Williams from Newport, as well as three other men, who were all jailed for their roles in male castration, penis removal and other procedures - Warning this article includes detail of genital and limb mutilation

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4 d. ago Wife of Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson was 'resentful' of his work commitments before using court battle as extension of 'vindictive' divorce, jurors told

A jury has been urged to acquit TV auctioneer Charles Hanson after hearing defence claims that his wife, Rebecca, had used the criminal courts as an extension of her 'vindictive' divorce battle.

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4 d. ago Schoolboy who allegedly beat elderly dog walker to death sent 'laughing' emojis to friend after reading victim was fighting for his life in hospital, court told

The teenager is charged with the murder of Bhim Kohli, 80, who died 24 hours after he was allegedly punched and kicked repeatedly last September.

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4 d. ago London's One Hyde Park needs $44 million in repairs, UK court told

London's One Hyde Park needs $44 million in repairs, UK court told  Reuters UK

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4 d. ago Girl raped by uncle before sixth birthday while mum stood and watched, jury told

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The woman has told court she lived with her grandfather, grandmother, aunt, uncle and mother at the time and that she always shared a bed with her mother

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4 d. ago Celebrity osteopath who admitted voyeurism had camera and telescope in car

Torben Hersborg pleaded guilty to spying on female university students in December last year, the court was previously told.

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4 d. ago Life without parole for Nice church attacker who murdered three

Brahim Aouissaoui claimed the fatal stabbings at a church in southern French city were revenge on westernersA Tunisian man who fatally stabbed three people in a terrorist attack at a church in Nice, almost decapitating one victim, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in France.Brahim Aouissaoui, 25, had told the special court in Paris he had no recollection of the attack in October 2020. He later admitted he was taking revenge on “you [westerners] who kill Muslims every day”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Paedophile Scout master who spent nearly 30 years on the run in Thailand said he was living there under false identity 'because it was good place to sail'

Richard Burrows, 80, spent nearly three decades on the run in Thailand to escape child abuse charges and told Chester Crown Court it was a 'good place to sail'.

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5 d. ago Blenheim staff woken by breaking glass during gold toilet theft, court told

On Wednesday jurors sitting at Oxford Crown Court heard from the written statements of witnesses to the break-in.

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5 d. ago Schoolboy, 15, who 'beat elderly dog walker to death with slider' boasted his victim 'hit his head off a log' to friends after attack metres from home, court told

The teenager is charged with the murder of Bhim Kohli, 80, who died 24 hours after he was allegedly punched and kicked repeatedly in Leicester's Franklin Park last September.

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6 d. ago Boy, 15, 'let his anger out' by racially abusing and hitting elderly dog walker with slider when he beat him to death just metres from his home, court told

A girl, aged 13, filmed the 'pure violence' inflicted on 80 year-old Bhim Kohli and could be heard laughing in footage played in court on Monday.

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6 d. ago ‘Predatory’ Sex Education actor who sexually abused five people jailed

Alexander Westwood used his ‘minor celebrity status’ to abuse two of his five victims, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.

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6 d. ago Strictly’s Shirley Ballas increased security measures due to stalker, court told

Kyle Shaw, 37, pleaded guilty to stalking Ballas, 64, causing serious harm or distress, between August 31 2017 and November 29 2023.

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