Crime & Courts

  • 24 May 2013

    HUNDREDS of criminal cases could be stopped in their tracks over fears unauthorised police staff took DNA and fingerprint samples.

  • 24 May 2013

    A pair of thieves who stole a sculpture from a tourist attraction to sell it for scrap were unaware it was a famous bronze statue worth almost £100,000.

  • 24 May 2013

    A man who was sentenced to 20 months in prison after he was found with a haul of extreme pornography has had his jail term overturned after it was found the charge brought against him was not competent.