Court Update UK

Court Update UK, August 25

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):
  1. Track bike cyclists claim they are victims of ‘witch hunt’ in online forums after trial over death of pedestrian
  2. Illegal immigrant murdered man in Hyde Park after Home Office repeatedly failed to deport him
Royal Courts of Justice:
  1. Peel Energy had until Friday to lodge appeal over plans for Scout Moor wind turbines
Leeds Crown Court:
  1. People smuggler from Leeds sentenced to six years in jail
Manchester Crown Court:
  1. Manchester airport pipe bomb smuggler jailed for 18 years
  2. Strangler robberies: man jailed
  3. Police officers appear in court accused of having role in drug dealing
York Crown Court:
  1. Ex-Army officer snared by weekly’s underage sex sting is spared jail
  2. Fraudsters who targeted York shops jailed – with 6 years for man who also smuggled people
  3. People smuggler from Leeds sentenced to six years in jail
Lincoln Crown Court:
  1. ‘Dangerous’ drug-dealer Tasered by police after resisting officers in a stop and search in Skegness
  2. ‘I’m scared’ – man carrying knife jailed after calling cops
  3. ‘The man who killed my son must go to jail’: Grieving mum urges judge to put careless driver behind bars
Liverpool Crown Court:
  1. Gun seized after Merseyside shooting “most criminally used firearm in Britain”
  2. Bank robber pretended to have gun – but it was actually a STONE
  3. Shocking dashcam footage shows destruction caused by drunken pensioner
Southwark Crown Court:
  1. ‘Attention-seeking liar’, 25, who falsely accused 15 men of rape and sexual assault causing one innocent man to spend two years in prison is jailed for 10 years
  2. Viscount who was jailed over Gina Miller threats drops his appeal
  3. Mortgage fraudster jailed after £1.25m con
Newcastle Crown Court:
  1. Newcastle city centre bar manager avoids jail after pocketing £37,000 from nightclub
  2. Girl, 13, ‘fought off Newcastle sex attacker by BITING his tongue when he ripped off her top after grooming gang lured her to seedy sex den’
  3. The alleged victims’ stories: Six girls say they were targeted by sex exploitation accused
Bristol Crown Court:
  1. Shopper guilty of theft and refund scam involving £245 Chanel face cream at Cribbs Causeway
  2. Bristol dog walker armed with claw hammer tried to rob couple who said ‘hello’
Edinburgh Sheriff Court:
  1. Wall which killed Keane Wallis-Bennett ‘inherently unstable’, inquiry rules
Birmingham Crown Court:
  1. Nurse supplied drugs to vulnerable pensioner while working at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  2. Three Allianz employees sentenced for bribery offences
  3. Waste firm employees jailed for 40 months after flytipping
Cardiff Crown Court:
  1. Star Wars fan on trial for allegedly punching man during screening
  2. Drug dealer jailed after police sniffer dog found cannabis buried in a toy egg in his garden
Lewes Crown Court:
  1. Police officer arrested in Romford jailed for trying to frame colleague with drugs
  2. ‘Jealous’ cop jailed for seven years after planting drugs on lover and posting sexy pic of her online
Canterbury Crown Court:
  1. Man jailed after asking judge ‘who are you to tell me what to do?’
  2. Nathan Schwingen jailed for dangerous driving in Broadstairs
Mold Crown Court:
  1. Driver launches foul-mouthed rant at judge as he’s jailed for ramming police car in dangerous chase
Norwich Crown Court:
  1. A “predatory and calculating” paedophile from Thetford has been jailed for 18 years
  2. Man jailed for 18 years for rape and child abuse offences
Ipswich Crown Court:
  1. Ipswich attempted rape ‘predators’ jailed for 12 years
  2. Lorry driver set to face prison for crash which killed Kesgrave father Colin Fisk on A140
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