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A woman has told a court she thought of staying alive for her children as she fought off a brutal rapist in an alleyway.
A convicted killer who used others to threaten key witnesses at his trial has had his sentence increased.
A man has denied raping a woman in an alleyway after she was separated from friends on a night out.
Intimate examinations carried out by an ambulance volunteer should only have been done in hospital, jurors in a sex assaults trial have heard.
A judge has taken the extraordinary step of absolving police of blame if a woman is attacked... after she refused to give evidence against her lover.
A convicted killer is behind bars after committing "abhorrent" sex offences on a girl of five by telling her it was a game of "cowboys and cowgirls".
A thieving postal worker found with almost 40 missing mobile phones at his home has been locked up for three months.
A firebug who started a blaze in his own flat, leaving his neighbour trapped in a smoke-filled room, has been locked up for four years.
Police found more than 116 condoms, lingerie and baby oil in a vice raid on a flat in a residential area.
A St John Ambulance member sexually assaulted women while carrying out an "assessment" and treating patients, jurors have been told.
A bookmaker has told how he thought he would be killed when two thugs attacked him and his wife in their home over claims of a £2,000 debt.
A husband and wife have been locked up after buying luxury items and taking expensive holidays with almost £360,000 stolen from a construction firm.
A sex pest has been jailed for nearly nine years after swearing his young abuse victim to secrecy.
A robber who terrified staff with an imitation gun in a raid on a betting shop has been warned he faces a "substantial" prison sentence.
A motorcyclist who caused a pedestrian's death on a crossing through careless driving could be put behind bars.
A former Grenadier Guard who served his country in Northern Ireland downloaded thousands of images of child abuse, including the worst possible kind.
A dangerous driver has said he wishes he could turn back the clock after a motorcyclist was left with serious injuries in a crash.
Four raiders who smashed their way into the plush country home of the wealthy founder of Costcutter have been jailed for more than 40 years.
A bare-chested thug chased down a man as he tried to escape a brutal attack because of the colour of his skin before continuing the assault.
A music teacher is facing prison after admitting groping a 14-year-old girl's breasts and bottom while she was at his house for lessons.
