27 h. ago ‘Fresh evidence’ double murderer Hazel Stewart had mental illness, court told

Hazel Stewart is serving a minimum 18 years behind bars for the killing of Constable Trevor Buchanan, 32, and Howell’s 31-year-old wife Lesley Howell.

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30 h. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten's partner Mark Gordon ends evidence early in baby manslaughter trial

Mark Gordon told the court ‘I’m finished with my testimony’ as he returned to the Old Bailey witness box

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44 h. ago DC museum shooter Elias Rodriguez told he could face death penalty as he appears in court

Elias Rodriguez, 31, appeared in federal court in Washington DC.

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47 h. ago Kid Cudi testifies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs broke into his home at sex

Scott Mescudi said his Porsche was set on fire with a molotov cocktail on day nine of Combs’s trial in New YorkScott Mescudi, known as the rapper Kid Cudi testified on Thursday in the federal racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging that Combs broke into his home in 2011 after discovering that he was dating Combs’s on-again, off-again girlfriend singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, and told the court how a molotov cocktail was thrown at his car a few weeks later.Combs, 55, faces charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was arrested in September, and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Teenager was in tears after alleged rape by Heaven security guard, court told

Morenikeji Adewole, 47, from Dartford, Kent, denies rape and is on trial at Southwark Crown Court.

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52 h. ago Murder accused Richard Satchwell was ‘controlling and obsessive’, court told

Tina Satchwell’s half sister told the Central Criminal Court that Satchwell always wanted to know where his wife was and who she spoke to.

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54 h. ago Officer who used spray on amputee, 92, did not see he was disabled, court told

Pc Stephen Smith is accused of using excessive force on Donald Burgess during an incident at a care home in East Sussex in June 2022.

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54 h. ago Supreme Court gender: Government told to 'stop dragging its feet' on self

Scottish ministers have been told to implement the interim guidance from the EHRC urgently.

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55 h. ago Chagos Islands deal can still be done on Thursday despite injunction, court told

Mr Justice Goose granted an injunction at 2.25am against the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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2 d. ago Drugs and guns found in raid on Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Miami home, court told

Homeland security agent Gerard Gannon testifies about federal raid on Miami Beach property in March last yearThe federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs entered its eighth day of testimony in New York on Wednesday, with a homeland security agent resuming testimony about the federal raid of Combs’s Miami property last year.Combs, 55, is facing charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was arrested in September and has pleaded not guilty. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Tina Satchwell’s cousin never saw her be ‘violent or aggressive’, court told

Sarah Howard also said she thought it ‘strange’ that her cousin’s husband Richard Satchwell had offered her a chest freezer after she disappeared.

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3 d. ago Chris Brown freed on bail after UK arrest over alleged 2023 London bottle attack

American R&B artist told to lodge £5m in bail which will allow UK Breezy Bowl XX tour dates to go aheadThe R&B singer Chris Brown has been freed on bail after he was arrested in the UK and later charged over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago. Judge Tony Baumgartner, at Southwark crown court in London, told the American singer, 36, that his bail conditions would allow him to continue his scheduled world tour, which includes dates in the UK in June and July.Brown was told he must lodge a £5m security fee with the court, which is a financial guarantee to ensure a defendant returns to court and may be forfeited if they do not. Brown was told to pay £4m to the court immediately, with a further £1m due in seven days. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The drugs Jay Slater had in his system when he died are revealed at inquest as court is told he 'wanted to sell £10k watch' hours before death

The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, died in June last year in Tenerife from traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height, according to a post-mortem.

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4 d. ago Usher dragged into Diddy scandal as court is told how he was present when horrific incident unfolded

In testimony from Dawn Richards, a former member of girl group Danity Kane that was signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records label, the court heard that Usher was at a fateful dinner in 2010.

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4 d. ago Claim about Adams in BBC programme ‘probably’ not rules breach – media expert

A court was told that the programme was not ‘unfair or unjust’.

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4 d. ago Vietnamese man caught in drug bust tells judge he 'just can't return' to homeland

Tu Ba Bien told the court his 'life would be in danger' if he were sent back after police raided a property and uncovered his crimes

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4 d. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs threatened to kill singer if she told anyone she witnessed beating, court hears

Dawn Richard says she saw Sean 'Diddy' Combs beat his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, with a frying pan in his home recording studio in 2009

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4 d. ago Cassie Ventura’s former best friend testifies how Diddy paid her $30K to stay silent about abuse

Model Kerry Morgan was best friends with Cassie Ventura for 17 years until ‘her boyfriend assaulted me,’ she told the court Monday

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5 d. ago Mum CLEARED of causing deaths of two young men in Oldham fatal crash

Natalie Read wept as she was told she was free to leave court

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7 d. ago Everyone agreed Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he murdered six people at Bondi Junction. Until his psychiatrist didn’t

The third week of a coronial inquest into the death of Cauchi and the six people he killed gave the fullest picture of his illness yetGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne point that has never been in dispute over the course of the coronial inquest into a mass stabbing in Sydney last year was that schizophrenic man Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he wielded a 30cm Ka-Bar knife, attacking 16 people and killing six.The expert psychiatric evidence was “clear and unanimous” about Cauchi, 40, being “floridly psychotic” on 13 April 2024, the senior counsel assisting, Dr Peggy Dwyer SC, told the New South Wales coroner’s court in her opening remarks almost three weeks ago.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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