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A murderer who once gave a guard the slip as he took a pee during a day-release trip to an aquarium is back behind bars after “escaping” again.
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A paedophile litter picker who claimed in sexually explicit online chats with young girls to have been a youth worker has been jailed.
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A drug dealer involved in a "sophisticated and successful" operation was snared with 32kg of cocaine and 1kg of heroin.
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A pub boss has been acquitted of attempting to murder his wife after he told a jury he had accidentally stabbed her as he tripped over a dog toy.
Two asylum seekers caught on camera as they took part in an attack on police trying to stop them crossing the Channel have been jailed.
Three teenage boys were among a gang of 28 who targeted migrant foster children in a “vicious and violent” attack.
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A child rapist brought to justice after his fiancée found naked pictures of young girls on his phone has been handed a lengthy jail sentence.
The wife stabbed in the back by her pub landlord husband has denied lying in court and trying to take his money.
A man accused of choking a child after he was secretly caught on camera grasping them around the neck told police he was tickling them.
A jury has heard how a wife recalled the moment she was stabbed in the back and says her husband said he wanted to kill her.
A police raid on a commercial-scale cannabis farm needed firefighters to help break open reinforced doors where thousands of plants were hidden.
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A pub landlord accused of trying to murder his wife claims he accidentally stabbed her in the back after tripping over a dog toy.
Two men accused of people-smuggling crimes have appeared in court – days after the highest daily record of small boat crossings in 2023 was recorded.
An asylum seeker caught piloting a dinghy in the Channel after paying for his crossing with aid funding has now been jailed.
A jealous man who beat his love rival with a metal bike chain and bit his arm has been jailed for seven years.
A knifeman who slashed a man's face in revenge for punching a hole in a door has been jailed for almost seven years.
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A teenager found with an "extremely dangerous" combat knife in his trousers in a town centre park is now behind bars.
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A 35-year-old man has been remanded in custody after admitting assaulting his mum in her own home.
Two robbers threatened to “knock out” a pensioner before stealing £2,000 he had withdrawn from a bank minutes earlier.
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A man who offered to walk a woman home only to twice rape her is facing a lengthy jail term.
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