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A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a body was discovered in a block of flats.
A teenager who caused the death of a lorry driver when he tried to kill himself by crashing his car into his truck has walked free from court.
A violent thug left his partner needing emergency surgery for a collapsed lung and torn spleen after a brutal attack - because he was in a "bad mood".
A prison worker has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate and communicating with him on a smuggled mobile phone.
A chiropractor used a hidden camera to film female patients and touched them inappropriately.
A thug bludgeoned a man with a baseball bat in a ferocious attack, which broke every bone in his face and left the floor and walls covered in blood.
A man who abducted a teenage care home runaway, plied her with alcohol until she was "hideously drunk" and took her to a hotel has been sentenced.
A violent woman who bottled a stranger on a train in front of his young children has been jailed.
A driver was caught out by his own dashcam footage - crashing into another car after taking depression medication.
A paedophile travelled 140 miles to Medway because he thought he was meeting a mum who was willing to arrange for him to abuse her young daughter.
A man suffered a 4cm stab wound in the chest after a doorstep confrontation.
A 38-year-old care assistant has been sent to prison for nine months for cruelty to elderly dementia sufferers in a residential home.
A trial date has been set for a man accused of murder after human remains were found in a tent.
Two brothers who condemned trafficked people to a life of misery have each been jailed for six years.
A drunk who fractured another man's cheekbone in an unprovoked attack has walked free - after turning to religion.
A violent thug stabbed a man in the back with a pair of scissors at a barbecue just after being released from prison, and punched a woman unconscious.
Three burglars have been jailed after they raided a village post office and newsagents and stole £3,000 worth of cigarettes.
A callous mother-of-three offered help to a vulnerable disabled woman at her home and then stole her purse to get money for drugs.
A man who worked for an NHS partnership has been jailed after stealing almost £7,000 form a charity for mental health patients.
A driver hit speeds of more than 100mph as he tore down the hard shoulder of a motorway to escape police in his mum's disability car.