Court Update UK, August 30

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. This week 30 years ago: Suspect ‘brutally beaten by policeman’ in Islington Green

2. Mother cries ‘I lost my baby’ as she admits killing daughter in crash

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Holme Wood man gets seven years in jail for attack on woman after party

2. Two acquitted of trying to murder hairdresser in his Lindley salon

3. Prisoner’s evidence at inquest after Leeds dad’s sports car crash death

Lincoln Crown Court:

1. Former Diocese of Lincoln clergyman admits abuse charges

2. A disgrace to the church – man admits horrific abuse of three young girls

3. Man appears in court charged with escaping from police while in handcuffs

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Rogue builder ripped off OAPS and blew cash on holidays

2. Dog tore flesh from boy’s thigh in front of his horrified mum

3. Thug exposed himself to schoolgirl then choked her unconscious and robbed her

Bristol Crown Court:

1. RECAP: Man accused of possessing knife outside The Forum in Bath appears at crown court

2. Bristol man charged with murder of mum-of-two stabbed in St Paul’s has trial date

3. Swindon man on trial accused of assault, rape and making threats to kill

Lewes Crown Court:

1. “Wolf in sheep’s clothing” ex-Ipswich town pastor from Kesgrave jailed for attacking woman in Brighton

2. Pastor grabbed lone women around the throa

Cardiff Crown Court:

1. Newport man Kyle Enos admits dark web fentanyl drug deals

2. An engaged would-be soldier was caught with videos of toddlers and babies being raped and sexually abused

3. Furious girlfriend, 20, set fire to her partner’s home after he tried to dump her on Valentine’s Day

Birmingham Crown Court:

1. Redditch man jailed after Birmingham wholesale market fire

2. Banned driver jailed for 115mph Birmingham pursuit

3. Stockton man admits knife offences after ‘machete’ incident at department store

Truro Crown Court:

1. Student, 16, who almost died in a horrific drug-fuelled crash vows to fight for justice as reckless driver who mowed him down is SPARED jail

Warwick Crown Court:

1. Studley burglar smeared face with ketchup to trick way into elderly couple’s home

2. Jail for Studley man Taj Ramzan, of Station Road, who smothered his face in ketchup during burglary, pretending to be hurt

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. “Wolf in sheep’s clothing” ex-Ipswich town pastor from Kesgrave jailed for attacking woman in Brighton

2. Stowmarket cannabis grower and dealer caught in drug raid faces crown court sentencing

3. Two companies and two men appear in court over death of Ipswich employee at Newmarket roadworks

Southwark Crown Court:

1. ‘Get up. This is not a court of religion’: Judge blasts Muslim convert who refuses to stand as he faces charges of promoting sharia law in Oxford Street

2. You stand up in my court, judge tells sharia convert

3. Rolf Harris in bid to discredit victims and overturn sexual assault convictions

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. Sex exploitation trial: Girl, then 15, tells how she felt pressure to have sex with two defendants

2. Dealer jailed for plying vulnerable girls with drugs at sex grooming gang parties claims they were organised by a police informant who was paid £10,000

Edinburgh Sheriff Court:

1. Arrest over Edinburgh hit-and-run involving boy, 10

2. Senior rally official tells inquiry he would have stopped stage

Mold Crown Court:

1. Mortgage adviser who bankrolled cocaine operation is jailed

2. Family of woman killed at bike race in court to see organisers face charges over her death

Isleworth Crown Court:

1. Taxi driver, 27, ‘bombarded Jemima Khan with more than 400 messages and repeatedly threatened to turn up at her home in year-long campaign of harassment’