Court Update UK, August 11

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. Three jailed over fatal stabbing at university in row over ‘dirty look’

2. Trial of Liverpool IS suspect abandoned

3. Stratford man, 19, charged with murder of fatally stabbed Joshua Bwalya

4. ‘All white women are good for one thing’: Chilling outburst of member of 18-strong Asian sex gang – including a white woman – who groomed vulnerable girls as young as 13 with M-Cat before raping them

Royal Courts of Justice:

1. Three big stories beyond Brexit: Macron’s latest headache

2. Daily Mail pays out £5k to Oxford grad for publishing naked calendar photos without permission

3. Dali’s exhumation marks new chapter in ongoing inheritance dispute

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Victim’s hand left ‘hanging off’ after machete attack by drug dealer, Leeds Crown Court told

2. Drugs accused in court charged over threats made to woman

3. Thug bit ex partner and attacked her with a butter knife and hammer

Brighton Crown Court:

1. Rogue car dealers have thousands confiscated to be returned to victims

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Wirral family denies making bogus holiday sickness claims

2. Paedophile who raped and sexually abused three boys is jailed for 18 years

3. Merseyside rowing coach accused of sexual offences against teenage girl

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. Police boss ‘would have wished’ police supergrass XY had not been needed in abuse scandal

2. How 17-year-old white girl nicknamed ‘Chucky’ became key recruit of one of Britain’s biggest ever Asian sex gangs who lured innocent schoolgirls from the streets to become their victims

3. 25 taxi drivers lose licences as part of Operation Sanctuary sex exploitation investigation

Bristol Crown Court:

1. Whitchurch man could be banned from talking to women

2. Bath man Toby Symonds acquitted of rape and unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl

3. JAILED: Shamed crown prosecutor stole £5,500 from CPS to pay off son’s debts

Birmingham Crown Court:

1. Ryan Passey murder: Teenager accused of Chicago’s killing could face trial in January

2. Arsonist started £500k ‘revenge’ blaze at Birmingham wholesale market – where he had worked for 45 years

3. Pictured: The car which killer driver dismantled in cover-up bid after mowing down a grandma

Glasgow Crown Court:

1. Man beat up his ex-wife outside sheriff court

2. Man who bombarded 999 with calls demanding an ambulance found lying drunk in bed

Lewes Crown Court:

1. Police search for key witness after tyre fitter charged with kidnapping woman

Cardiff Crown Court:

1. Nurse described as ‘serial groper’ found guilty of sexually assaulting women

2. “Sip tests” to stop acid attacks at Welsh courts

3. People entering courts asked to sip water to prove it isn’t acid following Government order

Southwark Crown Court:

1. Fraudster caught with an ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of credit card skimming devices that could have netted him £4.5m a year is jailed for more than four years

2. Bam Ferrovial Kier fined over £1 million for construction mishaps

3. Gambling addict accountant who stole £350,000 walks free after judge says she’s not made of the ‘stuff’ for prison

Lincoln Crown Court:

1. Man in court over driving charge

Cambridge Crown Court:

1. Norfolk man dies five days after ‘malicious and brutal attack’ with a club hammer, court hears as murder trial opens at Cambridge Crown Court

2. Man who photographed young girl and also had more than 4,000 indecent images of children walks free from court

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Blaxhall farm worker denies involvement in Rope Walk attempted rape, court hears

2. Suffolk nightmare neighbour to be assessed by psychiatrist before sentencing

Norwich Crown Court:

1. Lucy Barham denies causing death of “bright and fun loving” 21-year-old Christopher Fuller by dangerous driving

Mold Crown Court:

1. Denbigh chip shop worker jailed for underage sex plot

York Crown Court:

1. Man pleads guilty to making threatening social media posts

2. “She was funny, happy, very outdoorsy” – Harrogate Police pay tribute to ‘dear friend’ Carol

Aylesbury Crown Court:

1. Man sentenced for burglary theft and fraud at Aylesbury Crown Court

2. HMP Aylesbury officer jailed over sex texts to inmate