Crime & Courts Archive

Speeding drivers are being targeted in a nationwide crackdown by police.

Moors murderer Ian Brady's mental health advocate will not be charged over claims she failed to tell the police about a letter which may have revealed where one of his victims was buried, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

A SEX offender who raped two young sisters and sexually abused a disabled boy has been given a life sentence.

A struck-off lawyer is suing a Scottish aristocrat for £4.25 million following the theft and recovery of a Leonardo da Vinci painting stolen from a castle.

A MAN accused of trying to feed a ham roll to police horses was yesterday found guilty of breach of the peace.

A former police officer is facing criminal charges for allegedly selling details of separate cases involving John Terry's mother and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood to The Sun newspaper.

AN AMATEUR boxer who left his ex-girlfriend "a couple of blows from death" after beating her unconscious has been jailed for three years.

Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall, who is fighting historic sex offence allegations, said today he might have considered taking his own life had it not been for the support of his family.

A blood stain found in the bathroom of the flat where missing financial adviser Lynda Spence was allegedly held and tortured matched her DNA, a court was told yesterday.

THE man cleared of the World's End killings of two teenage girls decades ago has opposed moves for him to be put on trial for a second time.

A MAN has appeared in court accused of breaking a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

A neighbour of the grandmother of murdered schoolgirl Tia Sharp has been charged with wasting police time.

A goose-shooting guide who brought hunting parties to Scotland was involved in cross-border traffic in heroin, funnelling the Class A drug into Fife.

A MAN who admitted sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy in a supermarket toilet could face life in jail.