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A 60-year-old paedophile who identifies as a five-year-old girl has been spared jail after kissing two children on the lips.
An abusive bully’s ex-partner confronted him in court after he subjected her to a 12-hour ordeal.
A 58-year-old man is expected to be locked up in a secure mental unit after a jury ruled he killed his wife - who he claimed was 'Lucifer'.
A man who brutally attacked his ex-wife in a failed attempt to kill her has been jailed for more than 30 years.
A serving councillor will stand trial charged with historic sex crimes allegedly committed while he taught at a prestigious school.
A woman called British Transport Police 15 times and kicked officers in the shins just a few days after her release from prison.
A con artist involved in a £1m scam says he will have to fix his Porsche to pay back £6,000 ordered by a judge.
A thug who stalked and beat a young woman in an unprovoked attack before fleeing to Romania has been extradited.
Defence barristers will be working to rule from today and refusing to cover - work known as 'returns' - for colleagues at Kent's crown courts.
A removal firm owner has gone to prison after sending a former lover a stream of Bible verses - in defiance of a court order.
Two robbers lured a gold dealer from a Morrisons car park to an estate before running off with blood-stained £20 notes shouting "we got what we want".
A man who slashed the neck of a rival in a busy town centre after a row over a woman has been cleared of trying to murder him.
A roofer who sexually assaulted his Tinder date while she was drunk refused to begin his prison term until he had kissed his girlfriend goodbye.
A prisoner has been sent to a psychiatric hospital after taking a teenage inmate hostage and biting part of his ear off – because he was bored.
A security expert who projected a respectable facade online was leading a secret life as a child rapist.
A woman will go on trial accused of killing a man by driving dangerously after he died while crossing the road.
A child rapist has been jailed for 15 years and branded dangerous by a judge.
A company administrator stole £70,000 from a small firm and left it struggling financially to fund her partner's gambling addiction.
The mum of a boy who was knocked out and stamped on has criticised his attacker's sentence after he walked free due to Covid court delays.
A 17-year-old who carried out a 'vicious and brutal' attack on a disabled schoolgirl stabbing her 'at least 99 times' has had his life-sentence cut.
