Court Update UK, July 31

Old Bailey Insight (Central Criminal Court):

1. Guilty: man who hacked celebrity bodyguard to death with machete over scooter

2. Ricky Hayden killing: Pair acquitted of murder after bouncer stabbed to death outside home

3. Criminals serving longer terms after complaints over sentences

Royal Courts of Justice:

1. No retrial for ex-police boss over fraud probe into Tory MP

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Leeds florist cultivated cannabis farm

2. Call for transparency over Yorkshire councils’ £13bn PFI contracts

Bristol Crown Court:

1. Judge says jailing mentally ill Bristol burglar who cannot be given treatment is ‘very wrong’

2. Dangerous driver flips car on to its roof after police forced to stop chasing him

Manchester Crown Court:

1. Man accused of hiding pipe bomb in hand luggage at Manchester Airport

Mold Crown Court:

1. ‘You could have killed him’ – Stab attack drunk is jailed for two years

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Jail for ‘high-risk’ child molester who abducted two young girls

2. Gang who attacked white Christians cannot explain “senseless and mindless violence”

3. Jailed in July: the Sefton and West Lancs criminals locked up this month

Birmingham Crown Court:

1. Jailed cowboy builder ‘takes up plastering course’ inside!

2. Watch: Serial burglar ploughs into queuing traffic in botched getaway

3. Jail term CUT for mother who stamped toddler daughter to death

Snaresbrook Crown Court:

1. Man charged after acid attack in Bethnal Green leaves two with ‘life-changing’ injuries

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. Dad’s anger after driving conviction mix-up between DVLA and court leads to ban

Edinburgh Sheriff Court:

1. Suspect held after man dies in alleged attack at house in Edinburgh following major probe by cops

2. Richard Mackie threatened to ‘carve up’ his girlfriend during row in Musselburgh

Canterbury Crown Court:

1. Court reporter wins bid to name parents who neglected baby

Southwark Crown Court:

1. Crossrail trio fined £1m for safety breaches

Stafford Crown Court:

1. Wealth adviser bought illegal stun guns to protect himself from jealous dog show rivals, court hears

2. Criminals serving longer terms after complaints over sentences

Warwick Crown Court:

1. Moped rider who groped women jailed

2. Mechanic part of major car-ringing operation sentenced

3. Man with ‘idiosyncratic world view’ had 143 cannabis plants growing at Rugby home

Lewes Crown Court:

1. Wanted robber being hunted in Brighton

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Braintree man convicted of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl

2. Paedophile Gary Collins from Colchester jailed for 12 years after asking judge for “merciful” sentence

3. Locked up in July: The criminals jailed for Cambridgeshire offences