Court Update UK, July 11

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. Romanian man shot dead in armed drugs den raid after less than 48 hours in the UK, court hears

2. Man wrongly accused of Rachel Nickell murder ‘has spent all of £706,000 payout’

3. £200,000 bill for former Glastonbury mayor Edward James who conned thousands in Ponzi scheme

4. Perverts facing jail for setting up child porn chat room on dark web

5. ‘Prison is the most comic place in the world’: Former Brixton Prison inmate reflects on time behind bars

Royal Courts of Justice:

1. Patrick Mahoney speaks outside The Royal Courts of Justice

2. Charlie Gard’s parents given 48 hours to produce new evidence for treatment

3. Man runs in front of London bus in middle of live BBC TV broadcast as passers-by watch in horror

4. London High Court rejects bid to halt British arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Warwick Crown Court:

1. Rugby man charged with robbery

2. Castle Bromwich high-speed chase driver avoids jail

3. Rugby woman told to sort out childcare arrangements by judge ahead of potential prison term

4. Rugby man charged with robbery after pensioner attack

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Drug dealer undergoing chemotherapy spared immediate jail term as an ‘act of mercy’ by judge

2. Bury St Edmunds care home worker accused of slapping dementia patient

3. Carer accused of slapping woman with dementia and bending her hand back

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Leeds victims of rogue roofer in court to see him jailed

2. Halloween ride-out that caused ‘mayhem’ in Leeds was for charity, organiser claims

3. Drunk Leeds siege dad freed children in exchange for lager and crisps

Cambridge Crown Court:

1. Peterborough woman pretended to be sick to trick her way into house and steal cash and cards, court told

2. Author Helen Bailey’s murderer fiancé Ian Stewart back in court

Southwark Crown Court:

1. £200,000 bill for former Glastonbury mayor Edward James who conned thousands in Ponzi scheme

2. Adam Simmonds trial: PCC ‘thought information was in public domain’

Snaresbrook Crown Court:

1. Shoreditch mini-cab driver jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping women

Winchester Crown Court:

1. Andi Leigh Edwards, of Scott Road charged with murder to appear at Winchester Crown Court

Manchester Crown Court:

1. Teen driver jailed for Manchester hit-and-run death

2. Man ‘stabbed friend to death then celebrated with a McDonald’s’

Norwich Crown Court:

1. Thieves’ Gumtree ad leads Norwich man back to his stolen bike

2. Daniel Parsons, who is wanted on recall to prison, is believed to be in Norfolk

3. Man jailed after admitting assault and firearms offences

Cardiff Crown Court:

1. Dale Pike jailed over Gareth Pugh’s golf lake death

2. Brothers found guilty of attempted murder following ‘ferocious’ knife attack

3. Nadine Aburas’ family say her murder was their ‘worst nightmare’

Edinburgh Sheriff Court:

1. Appeal after prisoner escapes from Edinburgh Sheriff Court

2. Warning to public after man escapes from court

High Court Glasgow:

1. Killer admits two violent attacks in Edinburgh

2. Brothers-in-law unload 160 boxes of “dog food” at Glasgow pet grooming salon only to discover they’d been sent delivery which had contained £6million drugs haul

3. Phillip Harkins loses fight against US extradition

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Man high on Spice torched his car and turned himself into a human fireball

2. Cross-dressing Jehovah’s Witness raped and molested girl while making her wear adult women’s clothes

Lincoln Crown Court:

1. Tractor driver who caused death of Boston DJ could face jail

2. Jailed Lincolnshire businessman to sell home to repay tax fraud debt or face another 12 months behind bars

3. Banned motorist drove at 90mph in frantic police chase starting in Lincolnshire town

Birmingham Crown Court:

1. Homeless man raped Good Samaritan who had offered him a place to stay

2. Woman charged over Chelmsley Wood car stab death

3. Sex offender in gorilla mask attacked Selly Oak students during four-month reign of terror, court told

Mold Crown Court:

1. Detective whose investigations saw Noel Jones jailed for Janet Commins killing gives evidence at trial of Steven Hough