Court Update UK

Court Update UK, July 19

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):
  1. Hospital order for ‘stressed’ daughter who killed mum
  2. Downing Street freerunner, 22, who mowed down and killed a 53-year-old builder while speeding in his sports car is spared jail after claiming he suffers ‘survivors guilt’
  3. Wang Yam trial: court of appeal hears from new witnesses over murder
Royal Courts of Justice:
  1. Wonder of mobile internet means I can deal with cases on the move, top family court judge says
  2. Is is time to change the law on suicide
  3. Squatting makes the world a better place – get behind it
Leeds Crown Court:
  1. Thug made jaw break threat to ex girlfriend after release from prison
Inner London Crown Court:
  1. ‘Nurse raided drugs intended for sick children’, court hears
  2. Sarah Reed inquest: Should cell death inmate have been moved sooner?
Wood Green Crown Court:
  1. Sanchez Edwards charged with robbery of 92-year-old widow in Hoxton
  2. Boy, 16, denies carrying out six acid attacks in Shoreditch and Islington
Sheffield Crown Court:
  1. South Yorkshire Police helicopter sex film trial begins
  2. South Yorkshire Police officer to stand trial over Sheffield crash that left man with spinal injuries
  3. Teenager in court over bus station “arson attack”
High Court Glasgow:
  1. Man admits to being accomplice to attempted raids on north-east banks
  2. “I’ll see you when I get out” — Chilling threat as St Andrews man who murdered his sister is given 17-year minimum jail term
Southwark Crown Court:
  1. Forest Gate bus driver carried out sex attack on woman while working on route 25 from Ilford
  2. Teens plead guilty to 103 crimes on mopeds in less than three weeks across central London
  3. Barclays-Qatar trial scheduled for January 2019
Manchester Crown Court:
  1. Greater Manchester Police chase down Deane Road and Moor Lane in Bolton
  2. ‘People screamed when man with a machete walked into our pub’
  3. BMW thief leads police on terrifying high-speed chase before smashing into car carrying young children
Bristol Crown Court:
  1. Armed gang who shot man in the leg during Bristol burglary have jail terms increased
  2. Man raped woman twice in her Bristol home after binge-drinking lager and wine
  3. Hunt is on for new home for marble legacy
Cardiff Crown Court:
  1. Teenager ‘unleashed frenzied knife attack’ on three friends outside pub, court told
  2. Timeline: Key events in the Lynette White murder case
Edinburgh Sheriff Court:
  1. Ex-soldier jailed over ammunition in garage
  2. Prisoner who fled from court security in Edinburgh arrested by cops
  3.  First FAI of its kind to probe deaths of four motorsport fans at separate rallies in Inverness and Berwickshire
Canterbury Crown Court:
  1. A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ramsgate father Michael ‘Archie’ Ward
Lewes Crown Court:
  1. Dangerous driver Nathan Limbachia jailed for hit and run on A23
  2. Jury to consider verdict in Lewes prison drug trial
Lincoln Crown Court:
  1. Spalding man Shaun Smith threatened to kill neighbour he had been jailed for attacking
  2. Heroin addict stole medicines from elderly neighbour after she suffers fall
  3. Former officer given life sentence for child sex offences
Cambridge Crown Court:
  1. Anger after CCTV camera removed just before alleged Cambridge murder and gang fight
  2. Jailed: Arlesey drug dealer who grew cannabis at Shangri-La Farm on edge of Stevenage

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