UK Courts

Alleged Rogue Trader Breaks Down As He Tells Court Of Huge Losses

PA | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK

An alleged rogue trader accused of Britain's biggest fraud wept today as he told a jury he was trying to cover millions of pounds worth of losses incu...

Pc Walks Free After Two Racism Trials Return No Verdict

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.10.2012 | UK

A Metropolitan Police constable accused of racially abusing a suspect following last year's August riots has been discharged after a jury failed to re...

No Voting Rights, But What CAN You Do In Prison?

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK

The debate over whether or not prisoners should get the vote has hit the headlines, amid a political row over the topic. While David Cameron has ...

Nine Charged With Child Sex Offences In Rochdale

PA | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK

Nine men have been charged following an investigation into child sexual exploitation, police said. The charges relate to offences committed separat...

Ex-Scout Leader Jailed Over Child Porn Charges

PA | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK

A former scout leader has been jailed after nearly 100,000 indecent images of young boys were found on his computer. Peter Murphy, 46, of Southdown...

Oxford Street Stabbing Trial Begins

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK

A teenager was stabbed to death in the middle of Britain's busiest shopping street during the Boxing Day sales, a court heard on Tuesday. Seydou Di...

EDL Leader Behind Bars For Christmas

PA | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK

The leader of the English Defence League was remanded in custody until the New Year today accused of travelling to the United States last month using ...

Terror Trio Planned Bombs 'Bigger Than July 7'

Posted 02.11.2012 | UK

Three terrorist plotters led a plan to set off eight suicide bombs which could have been bigger than the July 7 London attacks, a court heard today. ...

Trenton Oldfield Deserves His Six Month Sentence

Bobby Friedman | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK
Bobby Friedman

The occasion is what counts - and an appreciation that if you don't provide enough of an deterrent, more and more people will start creating public dangers and destroying sporting events in the name of meaningless causes. Call this elitist if you will, but at least my name's not Trenton.

'Tough But Intelligent'

PA | Posted 21.10.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron will call for a new "tough but intelligent" approach to law and order tomorrow in a major speech to get him back on the front foot after...

Sian O'Callaghan Murderer Evades Justice Over Second Killing

PA | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK

Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell, who has admitted murdering nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan, has escaped justice over a second murder because of a pol...

Taxi Driver Admits Sian O'Callaghan Murder

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK

A taxi driver admitted on Friday that he murdered nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan. Father-of-three Christopher Halliwell, 48, of Ashbury Avenue, Swin...

Boat Race Protester Trenton Oldfield Jailed For Six Months

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK

A protester who disrupted this year's Boat Race by swimming into the path of the crews has been jailed for six months. Trenton Oldfield was also or...

Man Who Murdered Family Loses Latest Legal Challenge

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK

Jeremy Bamber has lost the first stage of his latest legal move over his convictions for murdering five relatives more than 25 years ago, the Judicial...

Christian B&B Owner Denies Beds To Gay And Unmarried Couples

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK

A Christian bed and breakfast owner who refused to allow a gay couple to share a room at her Berkshire hotel must pay more than £3,000 in compensatio...

Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Racist Abuse Case

PA | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK

A jury trying Metropolitan Police Constable Alex MacFarlane, who admitted calling a black suspect a "n*****", has been discharged after failing to rea...

'It Feels Like This Has Been The Mark Duggan Trial '

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK

A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the case of a man accused of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, whose fatal shooting by police sparked last year'...

Missing Mother And Four Kids Found Safe

PA | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK

A mother and her four children have been found safe and well after a judge ordered a nationwide search for them. The hunt for Jennifer Jones and Je...

Mother Who Disappeared With Her Four Children Found Safe And Well

PA | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK

Missing mother Jennifer Jones, who disappeared with her four children, has been found safe and well in the Gwent area of Wales, Dyfed-Powys police sai...

Judge 'Very Concerned' For Children 'Abducted' By Mother

PA | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK

A High Court judge has asked for public help finding four children "abducted" by their mother following a care dispute. Mr Justice Roderic Wood sai...

Hillsborough Police Officers Names To Be Given Up

Posted 16.10.2012 | UK

South Yorkshire Police will take just two weeks to give the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) the names and addresses of up to 1,000 off...

'There Is Racism At The Heart Of British Policy' Says Boyle

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK

Frankie Boyle has accused the Government of being responsible for bigoted views in Britain, saying "there is racism at the heart of British policy". ...

Smile! Abu Hamza's Mug Shot As He Arrives In The US

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK

Pictured for the first time in eight years, radical cleric Abu Hamza looks dazed as he stares into the camera for his American mug shot. The pictur...

Soldier Amongst 'Paedophile Parties' Gang Jailed Indefinitely

PA | Posted 15.10.2012 | UK

A soldier who was part of a sex abuse ring that held "paedophile parties" has been jailed indefinitely, Scotland Yard said. Simon Wyn-Davies, 38, f...

Comedian Denies Racist Accusation In Libel Case

PA | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK

Comedian Frankie Boyle has defended his right to use words such as "n*****" when "ridiculing" racism after suing a tabloid newspaper for libel damages...