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A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head at close range by an alcoholic, who said he felt "intimidated and hounded" by a gang of youths.
A father who brandished a knife and hurled racist abuse at a supermarket security guard in front of two of his young children has been locked up.
A prolific burglar, wearing a black and white stripey jumper and no shoes, deliberately woke his victim to tell him his house had been broken into.
A man and woman have denied murdering a pensioner whose decomposing body was found at his home.
A former football coach raped one boy and molested four others in offences dating back almost 40 years.
A nightclub doormen who joined three colleagues in viciously beating two men with weapons after chasing them in cars has been jailed for 10 years.
A former ambulance driver told his young victim he would be sent to prison if he told anyone about his crimes.
A pensioner has walked free from court despite wrongly fitting a boiler which killed his neighbour.
Two people had to be taken to hospital after a "drunken gatecrasher" ran amok in a stranger's house.
A man has been cleared of causing the death of his friend who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning after he fitted a dangerous boiler at her chalet.
A paedophile is behind bars after a distressed girl he molested revealed his crime to her mother.
A neighbour who fitted a boiler he bought on eBay despite having no qualifications 'warned her it was unsafe'... hours before her death.
A thug who launched a "sustained" knife attack on a man as a horrified mum and two children looked on has been locked up for attempted murder.
A driver who left three people fighting for their lives after a crash on Christmas Day has been jailed for more than two years.
A dad who fired ball-bearings at a family using a catapult in a residential street has been locked up.
A drunken father tried to rob a petrol station armed with a fire extinguisher just three days after being released from prison.
A man caught with an arsenal of weapons faces being locked up in a mental hospital after being found guilty of ordering his wife to murder her family.
A defendant accused of murder after a man was dragged along for 100 yards in an alleged hit-and-run has now been charged with dealing heroin.
A court has heard how a 20-year-old's dreams of joining the fire service or military have been ruined by a motorist who had been drinking.
A teenager who almost caused a “catastrophic” train crash after concrete was piled on a railway line has been locked up for six months.