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A distraught mother was arrested when her devious ex-partner falsely claimed she had stabbed him with a kitchen knife.
A man is facing life behind bars after today being convicted of murdering his partner's son - as it emerged he was already a convicted killer.
A sex beast has been locked up for nine years after locking a teenage girl in a bedroom, putting a pillow over her head and raping her.
A jury was today due to consider its verdict after a man suffered fatal stab wounds on New Year's Day.
A sex offender - cleared of an unsolved murder - is behind bars after breaching the terms of his licence.
A 21-year-old man who bombarded boys with texts before travelling from Newcastle to meet them was a convicted paedophile, a court heard.
A man who denies murdering his partner's son has told jurors he didn't even realise he had been stabbed when trouble erupted early on New Year's Day.
A 17-year-old drug addict has today been locked up for seven years after being convicted of the manslaughter of a young dad stabbed in the street.
A 17-year-old boy has today been found guilty of the manslaughter of a young dad stabbed in the street - while another teenager was acquitted.
A young sex offender has been detained under the Mental Health Act after repeatedly vowing to take revenge on his victims.
A taxi driver faces sentence after indecently touching a girl in his cab and suggesting customers paid their fares with 'sexual favours'.
A man's appeared in court charged with causing the death of a long-serving councillor while over the drink-drive limit.
Two teenagers accused of murdering a father of two and wounding another man on New Year's Day face new alternative charges.
A lawyer for a predatory paedophile who breached a court ruling has criticised a "draconian" order for him to be detained in hospital indefinitely.
A girl has told a court she was groped and asked personal questions by a taxi driver, who hinted she could pay for her fare with 'sexual favours'.
A grandmother has been banned from driving after killing a woman by reversing over her at speed in Bluewater's car park.
A boy, 17, has claimed he must have caused the knife wound that led to a dad-of-two's death on New Year's Day.
A drug dealer has been acquitted of aiming a handgun at two police officers who "genuinely and honestly" believed they would be shot.
The weapon used to penetrate the thigh of a father-of-two severed an artery that led to his death, a pathologist has told a murder trial.
A financial adviser who submitted fraudulent policy applications for fake clients to obtain thousands of pounds in commission has been locked up.