Court Update UK, October 5

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. Dean Pascal-Modeste murder trial: Barking music producer ‘caught in middle of gang war’

2. Lawyer cleared over grandfather’s death at zebra crossing

3. Lawyer walks free from court after killing 91-year-old granddad with car in Wanstead High Street crash

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Needham Market pair failed to pay £420,000 in taxes – court

2. The new acid laws are a start – but they don’t go far enough, says attack survivor Adele Bellis

Wood Green Crown Court:

1. Muswell Hill knifeman, Kyal Moore, jailed for 12 months at Wood Green Crown Court for slashing victims in Muswell Hill Broadway

Warwick Crown Court:

1. Neighbour who tried to stop Audi theft was knocked down

2. Boozy crook so drunk he couldn’t remember robbing bank

Truro Crown Court:

1. Jail sentence cut for Shropshire web predator who preyed on 13-year-old girl

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Woman who hit reveller over head with vodka bottle in Leeds bar avoids jail

2. Devastating images show horrific injuries suffered by frail pensioner after falling 30ft from care home window

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Violet-Grace’s killer had just TEN DAYS added to sentence after prison selfies

2. Murdered Vikki Hull ‘would have been best mum ever’

3. Murderer who strangled mum of his new-born child to death gets life in jail

Sheffield Crown Court:

1. Three handed jail sentences for attacking students outside Sheffield nightclub

2. Pair jailed for life for murdering man in his South Yorkshire home

Southwark Crown Court:

1. Tesco staff under pressure to hit financial targets, fraud trial hears

2. Tesco whistleblower warned top bosses about accounting practices, fraud trial hears

Birmingham Crown Court:

1. Lydia Wilkinson left ‘a shell’ of her former self after mum and brother murdered by Aaron Barley

2. Fraudster caught out after trying to make £100k insurance claim

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. Keiran Adey was ‘threatening murder’ days before alleged killing of Mark Shaw, witness says

2. Mark Shaw murder trial RECAP: Witness tells court Adey ‘kicked’ and ‘choked’ Mark