25 h. ago Decision to pull cops from duty over Tallia Storm photo 'sparked fury among colleagues'

The decision to permanently withdraw Mr Jones and Mr Tunnock sent "shockwaves" through the force, a tribunal has heard.

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31 h. ago Seven men who groomed vulnerable girls in Rochdale guilty of multiple sex offences

Jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts for 50 offences committed by the men between 2001 and 2006Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been found guilty of multiple sex offences.A long-running trial in Manchester heard that the men subjected the girls to years of misery and expected them to have sex with them “whenever and wherever they wanted”. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Father played with his phone as police quizzed him over baby's brain injuries, murder trial hears

Thomas Holford, now 24, is accused of killing Everleigh Stroud following an incident at a home in Ramsgate, Kent on April 21, 2021.

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2 d. ago Diddy wrote ‘love letters’ to Cassie Ventura while high with girlfriend ‘Jane’, trial told

The rapper also reportedly called Ventura ‘one of his greatest loves’, jury in sex trafficking trial heard

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3 d. ago Erin Patterson denies foraging death cap mushrooms hours before buying food dehydrator, murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells Victorian supreme court that she thought beef wellingtons were ‘the perfect dish’ for dried mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has denied leading health officials on a “wild goose chase”, and that she foraged death cap mushrooms two hours before buying a food dehydrator, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning four lunch guests with beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, on 29 July 2023. Continue reading...

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5 d. 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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5 d. ago Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatmentThe UK government’s decades-long efforts to keep details of its intelligence agencies’ involvement in the CIA’s notorious post-9/11 torture programme hidden will face an “unprecedented” challenge this week as two cases are brought before a secretive court.The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT), which has been investigating claims the UK’s intelligence agencies were complicit in their mistreatment. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Creepy' surgeon charged with groping six female colleagues flicked admin worker's nipple after spotting her piercing, court hears

Dr Amal Bose, 55, allegedly squeezed the administrative worker's breasts and said 'I'm just looking for a pen' when she handed him a leaving card to sign, a jury was told.

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1 week ago Murder trial hears how delivery driver tried to save life of father allegedly stabbed with broken cider bottle

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the incident on Cwm Road close to Dyfatty junction but Joshua Norman could not be saved

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1 week ago Respected surgeon groped the breasts and bottoms of female colleagues and pulled down a ward sister's top, trial hears

Dr Amal Bose, 55, allegedly pulled down a ward sister's top, exposing her bra and breasts, and told her: 'I thought that is where you put my cup of tea.'

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1 week ago After weeks of silence, Erin Patterson begins to tell her side of the story to deadly mushroom lunch trial

Accused triple murderer gives emotional testimony as she faces questions on beef wellington lunch that killed threeErin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hearsErin Patterson had been in the witness box for 142 minutes, a window to her right showing the rain falling outside in regional Victoria, when her barrister Colin Mandy SC said: “I’m going to ask you some questions now about mushrooms”.Patterson had already spoken to the court about her children and her family, her hefty inheritances, her relationship with her estranged husband, Simon, and their slow and gradual decoupling, in her evidence on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Erin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells jury she was never diagnosed with ovarian cancer and feels ‘ashamed’ of Facebook messages she wrote about her familyWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court that the majority of the mushrooms in a beef wellington dish served in her Leongatha home came from a local supermarket, but says she also accepts the dish contained death caps.Patterson also said in evidence that she wishes she never said to her Facebook friends in a private group chat “this family I swear to fucking god” in relation to her in-laws, saying she felt ashamed but hoped that sharing her frustrations would mean she had a “big cheer squad” for her problems. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Blind man stabbed flatmate in heart with kitchen knife during 'argument', jury told as murder trial opens

James Murray died after Scott Thomson plunged a kitchen knife eight centimetres into his heart, jurors heard

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1 week ago France charges 25 suspects in cryptocurrency abduction cases

Six minors among those charged after spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions of leading crypto figuresTwenty-five people, including six minors, were charged in Paris over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions of top figures in France’s cryptocurrency world, prosecutors said on Saturday.“Eighteen people have been placed in pre-trial detention, three have requested a deferred hearing, and four have been placed under judicial supervision,” the Paris public prosecutor’s office said, adding that the suspects were aged between 16 and 23. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Liverpool parade crash suspect Paul Doyle accused in court of ‘using vehicle as a weapon’

Paul Doyle set to attend plea hearing in August and given provisional trial date in November

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2 w. ago Harrowing bombshells in case of missing girl, 6, 'sold for eyes and skin' by mum

Heartrending details have emerged in the trial of Racquel 'Kelly' Smith, who was convicted of trafficking her own six-year-old daughter, Joshlin Smith, in a case that has shocked and sickened people across the world

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2 w. ago Russell Brand arrives at court to enter plea on rape and sexual assault charges

Russell Brand has arrived at Southwark Crown Court today for a plea and trial preparation hearing after he was charged with rape and sexual assault earlier this year

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2 w. ago Russell Brand arrives at court as he enters plea for rape and sexual assault charges

Former comedian and actor Russell Brand has arrived at Southwark Crown Court as he enters his plea and trial preparation hearing for his rape and sexual assault charges

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2 w. ago Prosecuting man for burning Qur’an ‘reintroducing blasphemy law’, court told

Hamit Coskun, 50, held burning text outside Turkish consulate London, Westminster magistrates court heardProsecuting a man for burning the Qur’an is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial has heard.Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “fuck Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Qur’an is burning” as he held aloft the burning Islamic text outside the Turkish consulate in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, on 13 February, Westminster magistrates court heard. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Prosecuting man for burning Qur’an ‘reintroducing blasphemy law’, UK court told

Hamit Coskun, 50, held burning text outside Turkish consulate London, Westminster magistrates court heardProsecuting a man for burning the Qur’an is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial has heard.Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “fuck Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Qur’an is burning” as he held aloft the burning Islamic text outside the Turkish consulate in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, on 13 February, Westminster magistrates court heard. Continue reading...

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