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A man has denied attempting to murder an ex-Merchant Navy sailor in a "ferocious" attack that left him in intensive care for three weeks.
A Czech-born man could be thrown out of the UK - after a court heard he had two rape convictions.
A gang of three drug dealers have been jailed for their part in a multi-million pound heroin, cocaine and amphetamine supply ring.
An elderly man faces dying in prison after being jailed for 14 years - more than 30 years after a devastating string of sex attacks on a young girl.
A butcher turned conman paid for a lavish champagne lifestyle with money he defrauded from investors, a court heard.
Six people have gone on trial facing 19 charges of rape, sexual activity with a child, and causing child prostitution relating to a 14-year-old girl.
One of the women who ran a brothel called Pussycats has had her kitty reduced by thousands of pounds.
A fraudster who targeted dozens of victims in an online scam selling imaginary goods has been jailed.
A brave 'Good Samaritan' - who stood between an armed robber and his terrified victim - has won the praise of a judge.
A gang behind an internet fake goods scam pocketed more than £100,000 after trading in counterfeit Jimmy Choos and Ralph Lauren goods.
A vile sexual predator who subjected his victim to a terrifying knifepoint attack has been jailed after police used DNA technology to snare him.
A man who attacked his cousin with a metal pole, believing he had beaten up his son, has been sent to jail.
A convicted child sex predator has been locked up for assaulting a little girl after a string of previous victims.
A passenger was stopped by immigration officials after he tried to smuggle his wife into the country in a suitcase.
A feckless father accidentally sent his son to nursery with a "drug dealer's kit" containing class A drugs and knives instead of his packed lunch.
A heartless carer has been jailed for stealing £67,000 from an MS sufferer.
A bishop - known for his 'mass miracles crusade' - has been banned from driving after telling the arresting officer he would "go to hell".
A reckless driver who caused the death of a popular games shop manager while driving at 80mph in a 30mph zone has been jailed for four years.
A man caught in a prolonged dispute threatened to leave his neighbour 'six feet under' and told police he planned to burn down his home.
A school pupil sexually abused by a housemaster in the 1980s finally has justice after fearing his attacker had "gotten away with it".