A man who murdered his wife has admitted asking their son to dig up her remains in an elaborate attempt to convince police she was still alive.

A blind thief who was released from prison with nowhere to live went out stealing alcohol and food after spending his benefits on hotel costs.

A woman who fatally stabbed her partner in his flat has been jailed for life.

A man has been banned from owning animals for life after leaving his puppy severely dehydrated and malnourished while lying in her own urine.

A judge who inspired changes in the law around child abuse is retiring after a 50 year legal career.

​A young paedophile who was caught on camera abusing one of his two victims has been told by a judge he "destroyed childhoods and innocence".

A 34-year-old sex offender who was banned from using social media and the internet has been locked up for breaching a court order.

A drug-driving mum was so “out of it” on the school run that members of the public took her car keys and walked her children to class.

A prisoner with epilepsy was found dead in his cell despite staff seeing him lying prone on the floor during earlier checks.

A dad-of-two caused more than £2,000 of damage at a launderette when he smashed up washing machines and stole the coin boxes from inside.

A drug addict has been found guilty of murdering her partner by stabbing him in the back with a knife.

A Kent taxi driver secured £130,000 in loans from the government during the pandemic by falsley inflating his firms’ turnover.

An armed robber has been jailed for six years after targeting several businesses in the same day.

A man has appeared in court after a van driver reported being seriously assaulted by a passenger before being left by the roadside.

A man rifled through people’s cars later defecated in a police van and smeared it all over the vehicle’s cell as he was being taken into custody.

A prison has been ordered to improve after a damning report found officers did not complete roll checks on an “at risk” inmate found dead in his cell.

Two 17-year-old boys have been charged after vehicles were reported stolen from locations across Kent by two people dressed in dark tracksuits.

A murderer’s YouTube channel shows the moment she filmed where she hid her husband’s body while complaining he “is always travelling”.

A "hate-filled" woman who stabbed her "meek and frail" husband to death and then dumped his body in her garden has been found guilty of murder.

A 32-year-old has been jailed after he was seen “shaking” and “punching” a baby he was babysitting for a friend.