Court Update UK, November 30

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. Travellers cleared of killing cousin with plasterer’s whisk at service station

2. Woman who pushed police officer onto railway line in Ealing could be spared jail, Old Bailey hears

3. Teenagers guilty of Walthamstow street ambush murder

Royal Courts of Justice:

1. Accused hacker Lauri Love’s extradition appeal begins

2. Fight for Horton hospital goes to High Court again next week

Truro Crown Court:

1. Thug Colin Lowndes who held knife to partner in Hayle masterminded ‘Britain’s biggest-ever speeding ticket scam’

Cardiff Crown Court:

1. A drug dealer from Barry caught with an ounce of cocaine and £5,000 in cash will spend 40 months in prison

2. A remorseless burglar with an ‘astonishing’ criminal record has now racked up 120 offences

Manchester Crown Court:

1. Man appears in court accused of conspiring to fly cannabis, Spice, and phones into Strangeways Prison

2. Pathologist reveals that Catherine Davies’ shoe box baby’s stomach was empty when he died

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Jail for Sudbourne man who “wanted to be shot” by police

2. Lowestoft man ‘hit passenger with beer bottle’ driving home from party

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. Burglar jailed for raid on deaf woman’s home

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Two Widnes “accomplished fraudsters” jailed after claiming yet more victims

2. Woman agreed to have £35k of super-strength skunk cannabis posted to her home from Spain

3. Desperate dad who hired gunman to scare “yobs who threatened his family” jailed for seven years as shooting caught on camera

York Crown Crown Court:

1. Verdict in Ampleforth College junior school trial

2. Family tell of ‘terrible impact’ of Rob’s death

Norwich Crown Court:

1. Joe Storey, killer of Norwich woman Kerri McAuley, has appeal bid dismissed

2. Norwich care worker denies ill-treating elderly residents at Thorpe Road home

High Court Glasgow:

1. Man attempted to murder love rival in machete attack

2. ‘She went up like an inferno’ Women tells trial how ex-partner set fire to his mum and shouted ‘die’