A former Co-operative bank director and local councillor was jailed today after previously admitting defrauding a vulnerable friend. Paul Flowers, 74, abused his power, withdrawing cash and paying for ...

A police officer has been sentenced for causing the death of a moped rider by careless driving following a fatal collision. PC Ian Brotherton, 32, of the Metropolitan Police, was driving a marked ...

Following a successful appeal on 27 February, Amesbury's 10-week prison sentence was suspended for two years. He was also ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work, undertake a 12-month alcohol ...

HMCPSI recommendation: The CPS should use the findings from this inspection of IQA to consider, develop and implement a new approach to how it assesses casework quality. A crucial aspect of any new ...

A former Olympic swimmer and trainee police officer, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Games, has been jailed at Plymouth Crown Court for raping two teenage girls. He has also been ...

Six people who exploited Vietnamese workers who had been smuggled into the UK for forced labour on cannabis farms have been convicted (Monday 24 February).

Two men have been convicted of sexual offences against two girls more than 20 years ago. The two victims in this case were aged just 14 and 15 when the offending began, and both were living in the ...

“Nicholas Prosper has been convicted of the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, and two younger siblings, Kyle and Giselle Prosper, on 13 September last year. “In a chilling act of violence, Prosper ...

Mike Amesbury, 55, MP for Runcorn and Helsby, had been drinking when he attacked the man around 2am on 26 October 2024 at a taxi rank in Frodsham town centre. The victim approached Amesbury to ...

Natalie Mackenzie, District Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West said: “This was a planned and targeted attack against one of the country’s busiest airports which could have caused significant ...

A mother who drowned her two young children at their home has been convicted of their murders. Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, murdered two-year-old Elijah Thomas and five-year-old Marley Thomas in ...