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Former mayor guilty of dangerous driving

04 November 2022
Former mayor guilty of dangerous driving

A former mayor has been convicted of dangerous driving and banned from getting behind the wheel after losing his temper at a Covid test drive-in.

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Former mayor accused of driving at Covid nurse

03 November 2022
Former mayor accused of driving at Covid nurse

A former mayor has been accused of deliberately driving at a nurse and injuring her leg after losing his temper at a drive-in Covid-19 test centre.

Masked burglar who raided newsagent's jailed

02 November 2022
Masked burglar who raided newsagent's jailed

A masked man who helped raid a newsagents for £6,800 of cigarettes before an 11-mile police chase has been jailed.

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Wrong-way driver cleared of injuring lecturer

01 November 2022
Wrong-way driver cleared of injuring lecturer

A chef who drove the wrong way up a one-way street has been cleared of injuring a man in a crash who later died in hospital after catching Covid.

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Watch gunman weave through traffic at 130mph

01 November 2022
Watch gunman weave through traffic at 130mph

Dramatic footage shows the 35-mile high speed chase a gunman led police on before he was caught and jailed.

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Fears 'super court' not big enough for murder trial

28 October 2022
Fears 'super court' not big enough for murder trial

Thirteen suspects accused of stabbing a man to death may have to have their trial split, with two separate juries sitting.

Boy, 16, jailed after stabbing teenager in park

27 October 2022
Boy, 16, jailed after stabbing teenager in park

A teenager is behind bars after he admitted stabbing a boy in broad daylight in a town park.

Gardener who bit and headbutted PCs 'was trying to protect girlfriend'

24 October 2022
Gardener who bit and headbutted PCs 'was trying to protect girlfriend'

A thug was jailed after scratching a police office's eye and biting another in an 'almost inexplicable' attack in a town centre car park.

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Thugs spared prison after spree led to £12k damage to KFC

21 October 2022
Thugs spared prison after spree led to £12k damage to KFC

Two teenagers who claimed to be strangers teamed up for an "alcohol-fuelled evening of loutish and thuggish behaviour", a court heard.

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Teenagers walk free as manslaughter trial dropped

20 October 2022
Teenagers walk free as manslaughter trial dropped

Four teenagers accused of involvement in the death of Dale Simmons, who fell from a cliff, have walked free from court.

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Three jailed after 2,300 cannabis plants found in club

20 October 2022
Three jailed after 2,300 cannabis plants found in club

Three men have been handed prison sentences after police found a cannabis factory in a boarded up nightclub.

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Man appears in court on Peru murder charge

19 October 2022
Man appears in court on Peru murder charge

A man has appeared in court charged with murdering his girlfriend in Peru.

Former prison officer had child with killer inmate

17 October 2022
Former prison officer had child with killer inmate

A prison officer has been sentenced after having sexual relations with a convicted murderer in his cell.

Drug-driver caught behind wheel nine times despite ban

01 October 2022
Drug-driver caught behind wheel nine times despite ban

A driver who has never held a valid licence has been jailed and banned from getting behind the wheel again after a police chase ended in a crash.

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Charity volunteer helped lover accused of attempted murder

27 September 2022
Charity volunteer helped lover accused of attempted murder

A charity shop volunteer helped her lover facing an attempted murder charge by threatening to spread sexual allegations about prosecution witnesses.

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Boy, 16, denies murder

22 September 2022
Boy, 16, denies murder

A 16-year-old boy has appeared before a judge to deny murder after a man was stabbed to death.

Carer laughed at and filmed dying patient

21 September 2022
Carer laughed at and filmed dying patient

A care worker took a video of a dying patient “robbing him of his dignity”.

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Man in court after pub attack victim's death

21 September 2022
Man in court after pub attack victim's death

A teenager will face trial next year after a father died following an incident outside a town centre pub.

New judge to be portrayed in BBC drama

20 September 2022
New judge to be portrayed in BBC drama

A newly-appointed crown court judge is to be portrayed on television over his part in a trial concerning a killer church warden.

'He never stood a chance'

12 September 2022
'He never stood a chance'

A speeding motorist has been convicted of causing the death of a pensioner whose car hit her stranded vehicle after it had crashed on a motorway.

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