UK Courts

Hacking Trial Date Set For Coulson And Brooks

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK

David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson and ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will face trial over allegations linked to ph...

Justin Lee Collins Trial Begins

PA | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK

The trial of comedian Justin Lee Collins, who is accused of harassing his former girlfriend, is due to begin today. The 38-year-old denies putting ...

Police Raise £200,000 For Paralysed Six-Year-Old Girl Shot In Gang Feud

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK

A little girl left paralysed after being gunned down in a gang-related shooting now has nearly £200,000 to pay for her care, raised by detectives who...

Jailed For Life: Family Who Killed Pregnant Woman 'Possessed By Evil Spirit'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK

A husband and three members of his family have been jailed for life for murdering his pregnant wife in an apparent attempt to rid her of an evil spiri...

Man Faces Court Over House Fire That Killed Three

PA | Posted 22.09.2012 | UK

A man will appear in court on Saturday morning charged with three counts of murder following a fire that killed a grandmother, teenage mother and baby...

Teenager Charged With Kidnap, Sexual Assault Of Girl, 5

PA | Posted 22.09.2012 | UK

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with kidnap and sexual assault by detectives investigating an alleged assault on a five-year-old girl. The incid...

'State-Sponsored Nuclear Terrorism On The Streets Of London'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.09.2012 | UK

The poisoning of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko would be "state-sponsored nuclear terrorism on the streets of London" if it were proved foreign agen...

21/7 London Bombers, Whose Explosives Failed, Launch Appeal

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK

Four would-be bombers, who launched a failed plot to terrorise London days after the 7/7 attacks, are to launch a legal bid to overturn their convicti...

French Police Raid Closer Offices Over Topless Kate Pics

Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK

Police have raided the offices of the French magazine Closer, looking for details of the photographer who took the topless pictures of Duchess Kate, a...

Let's Face The Music And Dance!

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

"There may be trouble ahead, "But while there's music and moonlight (moonlight and music) and love and romance "Let's face the music and dance...

'Mark Duggan Handed Gun 15 Minutes Before He Was Shot'

PA | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

A handgun was passed to Mark Duggan just 15 minutes before he was shot dead by armed police, sparking the riots that blighted the country last August,...

French Court Bans Further Publication Of Kate Topless Photos

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

A French court has granted an injunction banning media from re-publishing topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge. Closer magazine in France, wh...

Nursery Closed After Death Of Three Year Old In Playground

PA | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

A nursery remained closed today following the death of a three-year-old girl who became entangled in a piece of equipment in a play area. The girl ...

Court Will Rule On Kate Topless Snaps Ban

PA | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

A French court is expected to later announce whether it will order a halt to further publication of topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge. ...

Aspiring Model Killed by Asylum Seeker 'Driving Wrong Way On Motorway'

PA | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK

A young woman killed after an asylum seeker allegedly drove the wrong way down a motorway was a university-educated aspiring model, her family has rev...

Innocent Electrician Tasered For Carrying A Screwdriver

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK

Electrician Chris Thomas walked into a shop with two screwdrivers in his pocket and sparked a drastic response - he was tasered by armed police. Mr...

Jury Sworn In For Mark Duggan 'Gun Case'

PA | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK

A jury has been chosen and sworn in the trial of a man accused of passing a gun to Mark Duggan, whose fatal shooting by police last year sparked the A...

Man Found Guilty Over 'Death To Soldiers' Facebook Jibe

PA | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK

A man who posted a message on Facebook following the deaths of six British troops which said "all soldiers should die and go to hell" has been found g...

Man In Court Over 'Death To Soldiers' Facebook Jibe

PA | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK

A man who posted a message on Facebook following the deaths of six British troops which said "all soldiers should die and go to hell" has told a court...

'Rogue Trader' With The 'Magic Touch'

Posted 14.09.2012 | UK

A City trader who gambled away £1.4 billion thought he had "the magic touch" but caused "chaos and disaster". Kweku Adoboli, 32, exceeded his trad...

MP Son In Court Over 'Legal Highs'

PA | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK

The son of a Labour MP who is alleged to have sold legal highs at a chain of shops will appear in court on Friday. Sean Ellman, 40, son of MP Louis...

MI6 Chief And Police Working Together On Spy Death Case

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK

Police investigating the death of a spy whose body was found in a holdall are in direct contact with the head of MI6, a senior officer has said. Th...

'Free Pussy Riot' Says Russia's PM

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

Russia's prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has called for the three jailed members of female punk band Pussy Riot to be freed. Medvedev said the pro...

Naked Rambler Locked Up (Again)

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

The man known as the Naked Rambler was jailed for five months for a breach of the peace on Thursday after he told a court he would not co-operate with...

Heist Foiled After Police Find Gold Ingots In Woman's Bra

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

An Essex woman stashed two gold bars from a £1 million Belgium heist in her bra, the Old Bailey heard on Thursday in a trial which will see two The O...