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Two Staffordshire bull terriers that killed alpacas have won a reprieve after a court ruled they should not be put down. Warning: Graphic image.
A wannabe teacher with a sick haul of 7,000 disgusting sex abuse images wormed his way into school placements to secretly take pictures of youngsters.
A door-to-door salesman who took advantage of a kindly 90-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer by stealing £2,000 has been spared jail.
A perverted former school lab technician who met a young boy on an internet chatroom before trying to entice him to his home for sex has been jailed.
Yobs behaved "like animals" when they launched a vicious attack on a family enjoying a ferry crossing - including punching a boy in the face.
Two teenage thugs who punched and kicked a stranger to the ground in a racist attack for standing up to them for throwing snowballs are behind bars.
A young woman has told how she was pushed down stairs by her best friend who grabbed her round the throat when they fell out.
Crafty chef Aaron Dunsby feigned surprise when his pal’s new Vauxhall Corsa vanished from outside his Margate home.
A homeless man caught naked in bed with the young daughter of a man who offered him shelter callously boasted: "There's nothing you can do about it."
A bungling burglar left a vital clue for police when he raided a charity shop where he was supposed to be working - his DNA on a balaclava.
A taxi driver faces a trial after denying causing the death of a 13-year-old rugby-loving schoolboy in a crash.
A feud between neighbours over a parking space led to a man being smashed over the head with a wheel brace to "teach him a lesson".
A driver with a staggering 54 penalty points is behind the wheel of his van legally - despite the law requiring motorists to be banned at 12 points.
A 37-year-old Margate man who sent a disgusting sex message to a teenager via Facebook has been spared jail.
A convicted fraudster given a second chance used it to steal from a frail 92-year-old charity shop volunteer.
Those were the chilling words issued by an ex-convict... as he vowed to make his ex-wife's life hell on release from prison.
A former ambassador has walked free from court - despite driving his car onto an unmanned rail crossing just seconds ahead of a train.
A man charged with knifing a 21-year-old woman in the back at a shop has been transferred to a mental hospital while psychiatric reports are prepared.
Yobs who hurled foul-mouthed racist taunts at an innocent stranger have been locked up.
An "arrogant and manipulative" Territorial Army soldier is starting a long jail sentence after raping a teenage girl because she touched his foot.
