4 h. ago Victim of evil Fornethy 'House of Horrors' teacher spared jail welcomes Crown's sentence appeal

Patricia Robertson, 77, avoided jail last month after she was convicted of tomenting girls as young as six at the facility in Angus between 1969 and 1984.

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6 h. ago Female Mercedes driver, 27, who killed couple in crash while hurrying to a beauty salon and orphaned their toddler child is spared jail

Laila Barnard-Wigley was driving a black Mercedes GLA in torrential rain when her car crossed onto the wrong side of the road and collided with a Peugeot.

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15 h. ago Man who secretly filmed intimate encounter using smart glasses spared jail

David Williams, 47, sent a woman the explicit video he had filmed without the woman's consent after they had a sexual encounter at The Park Royal Hotel in Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire

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16 h. ago Shamed rugby star Stuart Hogg splits from 'world's sexiest jockey' girlfriend who gave birth to their child weeks after he was spared jail for domestic abuse of estranged wife

Former jockey Leonna Mayor had been in a relationship with the 33-year-old former Scotland captain and they had a son called Teddy in February last year.

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37 h. ago Female prison officer who became pregnant with inmate's baby after starting a relationship with him while he was on overnight release is spared jail

Sarah Barnett, 33, who worked as a member of operational support staff at HMP Sudbury in Derbys, spent two nights with Scott Taylor after he was temporarily freed from the Category D prison.

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44 h. ago David Coote spared jail after schoolboy video found on laptop

The former Premier League referee previously admitted making an indecent image of a child.

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44 h. ago Disgraced Premier League referee spared jail over indecent schoolboy video

David Coote trembled in the dock as he was sentenced but he will not go to prison

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45 h. ago Disgraced Premier League referee David Coote is spared a jail sentence despite police finding a sexual video of a 15

At Nottingham Crown Court Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant KC delivered the sentence after deciding he was at low-risk of reoffending and had taken steps towards rehabiliation

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3 d. ago "I will kill you": Jealous boyfriend, 21, threatened to stab woman to death during a petty tiff

Jealous Mitchell Pilsbury, 21, wielded a blade at his ex-girlfriend but he's been spared jail to look after his sick grandmother

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4 d. ago RAF airman who injured five people in horror smash after he fell asleep at the wheel is spared jail

Corporal Gabriel Cousins was said to be tired after a night celebrating a promotion and watching an England football match.

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9 d. ago Office clerk caught spying on workmates using the toilet is spared jail after he blamed his lurid behaviour on staff 'bullying'

An office clerk caught spying on workmates using the toilet has been spared jail after he blamed his lurid behaviour on being a victim of staff 'bullying'.

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3 w. ago Burglar who stole builders' tools told by judge 'watch YouTube not porn' as he is spared prison

Recorder Samantha Presland made the unusual recommendation as she spared the tool thief a jail sentence

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4 w. ago Man caught with sickening haul of 100,000 child abuse images spared jail because of his 'generally good character'

A pensioner caught with more than 100,000 child abuse images has been spared a jail sentence because of his 'generally good character'.

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4 w. ago Mother who killed her sons, six and eight, in school run crash after she messaged partner saying 'my tyre is going flat again' is spared jail

Eight-year-old Louie Ellis and Mason Ellis, aged six, died after the Vauxhall Astra driven by Amy Sheppard, 29, collided head-on with an Audi in October 2023 at Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire.

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4 w. ago Mum who killed her two sons in collision as she drove them home from school with under

Eight-year-old Louie Ellis and Mason Ellis, aged six, died after the Vauxhall Astra driven by Amy Sheppard, 29, collided head-on with an Audi in October 2023 at Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire.

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4 w. ago Mum who killed two sons in collision as she drove them home from school with under

Eight-year-old Louie Ellis and Mason Ellis, aged six, died after the Vauxhall Astra driven by Amy Sheppard, 29, collided head-on with an Audi in October 2023 at Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire.

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