Court Update UK, 7th December

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. London priest who fled to Kosovo found guilty of abusing schoolboys

2. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, allegedly concocted a plan to kill Theresa May

Royal Courts of Justice:

1. Decision on Horton High Court challenge could take weeks

Canterbury Crown Court:

1. Armed gang raid Canterbury house filled with cannabis plants

2. Court hears Karl Lashley’s hand almost severed by Samurai sword in attack by Darren Selby in Herne Bay

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Woman had sex with underage boy and smoked cannabis with him

Stafford Crown Court:

1. Drug farmers who ran a ‘sophisticated’ cannabis farm in Hoar Cross raked in £350,000

2. Fall into gin glass ‘was possible’, Shrewsbury attempted murder trial told

Manchester Crown Court:

1. A disgruntled shopper’s new Stone Island jumper was missing something – what he did next landed him in court

2. Terrified mum ‘feared the worst’ after nine-year-old son was abducted by a local ‘eccentric’ for FIVE hours

York Crown Court:

1. Rapist snared by cold case DNA clue nearly 30 years after offence

2. Rapist awaits his fate – 30 years after offence in York

Southwark Crown Court:

1. Ex-aide to Michael Fallon accused of sexual assault

Birmingham Crown Court:

1. Top Birmingham grime star ‘Trilla’ admits drugs offences – Saphan ‘SafOne’ Robinson is cleared

2. Driver of stolen Skoda rammed police car in 80mph chase

Sheffield Crown Court:

1. Suspended sentence for man who drunkenly brandished kitchen knife at Sheffield doorman

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Nightmare neighbour from Bures jailed for swearing

2. Fitness instructor claims self defence after nightclub attack left Ipswich man with fractured skull

Isleworth Crown Court:

1. Pair jailed for stealing £25,000 worth of holidaymakers’ belongings

Warwick Crown Court:

1. Police name woman found stabbed to death in Coventry