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Showjumper's father smuggled cocaine worth £4m

24 January 2018
Showjumper's father smuggled cocaine worth £4m

An international showjumper watched as her father was jailed for 17 years for smuggling cocaine worth £4 million into the country in a horsebox.

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Barman jailed after 'paedo-hunter' sting

23 January 2018
Barman jailed after 'paedo-hunter' sting

A barman caught by a vigilante group trying to meet a 14-year-old boy for sex has been jailed.

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Store manager stole thousands from Sainsbury's

23 January 2018
Store manager stole thousands from Sainsbury's

A supermarket manager has avoided jail after stealing thousands of pounds from his employer to "buy friends".

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High-speed police chase

23 January 2018
High-speed police chase

Police scrambled a helicopter and used thermal-imaging cameras to catch a dangerous driver after he avoided two stinger traps.

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Burglar jailed after strangling woman

21 January 2018
Burglar jailed after strangling woman

A court has heard how a 24-year-old entered a house and left a resident unconscious after she found him lying on her bed.

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Man who killed love rival with knife cleared of murder

19 January 2018
Man who killed love rival with knife cleared of murder

A man has been acquitted of murdering a love rival after hurling a knife at him through an open car window.

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Drunk chased construction workers with pick axe

18 January 2018
Drunk chased construction workers with pick axe

A drunk man staggered onto a construction site and threatened workers, before chasing them with a pick axe and smashing up machinery.

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Murder trial jury retires to consider verdict

18 January 2018
Murder trial jury retires to consider verdict

Defence barrister tells trial 'He’s not some sort of champion knife-thrower.'

'I was aiming at the car'

17 January 2018
'I was aiming at the car'

The man accused of murdering a love rival by throwing a knife five metres through a car window has said he didn't want to hurt his victim.

Man denies killing grandfather at harbour

17 January 2018
Man denies killing grandfather at harbour

A man will stand trial after pleading not guilty to the manslaughter of a grandfather found dead at a harbour.

Serial shoplifter back in jail after 278th conviction

17 January 2018
Serial shoplifter back in jail after 278th conviction

A one-woman crimewave who admits she enjoys shoplifting has again been jailed after notching up her 278th conviction.

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'I just remember him throwing the knife'

16 January 2018
'I just remember him throwing the knife'

The ex-lover of a man killed with a single knife wound has told jurors in a murder trial of the final moments of his life.

'You are going to get your throats cut'

15 January 2018
'You are going to get your throats cut'

A father armed himself with a baseball bat and called on pals to help take revenge on a neighbour.

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Man 'murdered rival by throwing knife through car window'

15 January 2018
Man 'murdered rival by throwing knife through car window'

A man murdered his love rival by throwing a knife through the open window of his car, severing an artery in his victim's leg, a trial has heard.

Charmer who plundered family's life savings jailed

12 January 2018
Charmer who plundered family's life savings jailed

A heartless charmer tricked a kindly family into caring for him by pretending to have cancer - before plundering their life savings.

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Thug robbed wheelchair-bound woman

12 January 2018
Thug robbed wheelchair-bound woman

A man who targeted a wheelchair-bound woman, robbing her handbag, phone and credit cards, has been locked up.

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Mum brutally beaten with metal bar on doorstep

11 January 2018
Mum brutally beaten with metal bar on doorstep

A mother-of-three who answered the door while putting her children to bed was savagely beaten with a metal bar in a "troubling and bizarre" attack.

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Man blew £1 million payout

11 January 2018
Man blew £1 million payout

A construction worker who lost a leg in a workplace accident has blown most of his compensation on drink and drugs, a court heard.

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Sex attacker jailed for 10-year campaign of rapes

09 January 2018
Sex attacker jailed for 10-year campaign of rapes

A sex attacker who "poses a significant risk" to others has been given a 28-year sentence after a decade of rapes.

'It's quite pretty!'

04 January 2018
'It's quite pretty!'

A firestarter sent a picture of a £40,000 inferno she started with the words "it's quite pretty!".

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