4 h. ago Barristers win right to go without wigs in court after campaigners branded the hairpieces 'culturally insensitive'

Revised guidance from The Bar Council now allows lawyers to ditch their wigs for criminal cases if it is 'uncomfortable, or impractical'.

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18 h. ago Crowds demand death penalty for Algerian woman 'who raped, tortured and murdered 12

Dahbia Benkired, 27, is currently facing life imprisonment after allegedly luring schoolgirl Lola Daviet into her apartment on October 14, 2022, before sexually assaulting and killing her.

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18 h. ago Chris Brown makes surprise appearance in London for court hearing over alleged bottle attack at nightclub

Brown (pictured outside court in May), 36, earlier this year denied attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm over what prosecutors say was an 'unprovoked attack' with a bottle in 2023.

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20 h. ago Jackie Kennedy’s grandson slams Trump for ‘pouring concrete’ all over former First Lady’s garden

Jack Schlossberg slammed the president for seeing the world in ‘black and white’ and urged voters to ‘stop’ Trump before the midterms

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36 h. ago Arsonist hired by Wagner Group to torch UK warehouse storing kit for Ukraine was 'easy meat' for his Russian recruiters, court hears

Dylan Earl, 21, admitted planning the arson attack on industrial units in Leyton, east London, on March 20 last year. He was hired by the Wagner Group to carry out the attack

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36 h. ago Just Stop Oil protester who 'blasted orange powder at Stonehenge' said protest was supposed to appear 'spectacular', court hears

Rajan Naidu, 74, said that the canisters used to blast an orange powder were the same used in the Hindu festival of colour.

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42 h. ago Female prison officer charged accused of having illicit relationship with male inmate is set to appear in court

Sarah Barnett, 31, who has since left the Prison Service to start working as a beauty therapist is expected to deny the charges when she faces a plea hearing next month.

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45 h. ago French girl Lola, 12, who was 'raped and murdered by Algerian woman' begged 'please don't hurt me' before she was brutally killed, court hears

Dahbia Benkired, 27, an Algerian migrant living in France , allegedly lured schoolgirl Lola Daviet, 12, into her apartment on October 14, 2022, before sexually assaulting and killing her.

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48 h. ago Queensland STOPS transgender kids accessing puberty blockers

The first Australian state to deny puberty blockers for young transgender patients stands accused of stoking "Trump-style hate" after becoming embroiled in a landmark court battle.

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60 h. ago Wealthy landowner, 71, 'thought he knew better and ignored instruction manual' of quad bike that killed gardener on £2.5m estate, court hears

Defence company boss husband Nicholas Prest, 71, and his wife, former English National Ballet dancer Anthea, 70, are accused of failing to give adequate safety gear or training to their staff.

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3 d. ago 'Bomb hoaxer', 44, sent US Embassy into lockdown after 'planting fake IED device', court hears

Daniel Parmenter, 44, allegedly left a fake IED near to the embassy in Nine Elms on November 22 last year.

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4 d. ago Asian grooming gang in Rochdale that 'humiliated and degraded' vulnerable schoolgirls saw them as 'easy prey', court told

Alleged ringleader Tahir Rashid, 54, is said to have abused two teenagers and also to have raped a girl, 12, in the late 1980s. The prosecution said two alleged victims were friends in Rochdale.

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4 d. ago Just Stop Oil protestors 'armed with fire extinguishers' ignored pleas to 'stop' as they sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder, court hears

Three Just Stop Oil activists went to Stonehenge 'armed with fire extinguishers' which they used to spray the ancient monument with an orange powder, Salisbury Crown Court heard today.

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7 d. ago TikTok killer who murdered mother's toyboy lover in 100mph crash should have sentence reduced, court hears

Mahek Bukhari was jailed for a minimum of 31 years in September 2023 after she recruited 'followers' to 'jump' Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin before their deaths in February 2022.

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7 d. ago WASPI says 'it means so much' as DWP compensation fund reaches landmark amount

The WASPI campaign will take on the DWP in court later this year

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8 d. ago Man 'deliberately assaulted' by Kevin Spacey told the actor 'no, this is not right', court documents claim

A man is suing Oscar-winning actor Mr Spacey for damages over claims he suffered 'pain and suffering' and 'anxiety and distress' due to being sexually assaulted.

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8 d. ago Woman, 33, 'raped on Brighton beach' by three men including failed asylum seeker and 'immigration offender' living at Home Office asylum hotel, court hears

Magistrates were told three men - Abdulla Ahmadi, 25, an Iranian national from Crewe; and Egyptian nationals Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 25 - were arrested soon after.

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8 d. ago Gregg Wallace 'is not entitled to damages' after he claimed BBC had caused him 'distress and harassment' following his sacking, High Court told

Former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace, 60, is suing the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution Limited after he was sacked in July.

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8 d. ago Criminology student, 24, who brought £200,000 of cannabis into Britain in exchange for free holiday to Thailand walks free from court

Kertania Odususi, 24, traveled to Edinburgh Airport from Thailand with huge amounts of of the drug stuffed into two suitcases in March last year.

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8 d. ago Man charged with murdering sex worker and raping another while on bail 'for eight Tube attacks on women' refuses to appear in court

Simon Levy (pictured), 40, is accused of carrying out attacks on multiple women which culminated in the murder of sex worker Sheryl Wilkins, 39, on August 24.

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