Court Update UK, December 8

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. ‘Barbaric and wicked beyond belief’: Police brand Victoria Park rapist ‘dangerous’

2. ‘People wouldn’t have thought I was a killer if I’d been better looking’, says the man falsely accused of 1992 Rachel Nickell murder

Royal Courts of Justice:

1. Caspian Pizza in Worcester can keep its name after legal battle

2. Crime lord Terry Adams pays £730,000 to avoid prison – after claiming he was too poor

Isleworth Crown Court:

1. Somali refugee, 24, who worked at Heathrow Airport’s Caffè Nero is jailed for nine years after his ‘animalistic’ bid to rape a drunken 22-year-old student while she lay passed out on his bed

2. Pair jailed for stealing luggage from Heathrow holidaymakers#

Manchester Crown Court:

1. Manhunt underway after gunman convicted with attempted murder flees prison

2. Teenager locked up for stabbing bouncer outside The Grill on New York Street restaurant

3. Furious online shopper’s bizarre reaction to buying Stone Island jumper with no logo ends up in court

Truro Crown Court:

1. Judge warns Bradley Elliot never to raise a fist again after he broke random man’s jaw on night out

2. ‘Serial thief’ who conned women out of £68,000 is jailed

Sheffield Crown Court:

1. Four sentenced for £10,000 raid on Mexborough shop

Winchester Crown Court:

1. Sergeant In Parachute Sabotage Case Denied Permission To Return To South Africa

2. Guy Hedger murder accused refused to tell police his whereabouts, court hears

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Attackers who left victim, 50, hospitalised for four months jailed after GBH trial

2. Heartbroken mother slept on the floor next to her daughter’s coffin after she was killed by a drunk driver who ploughed into her at 104mph after downing nine pints

Warwick Crown Court:

1. Man accused of trying to kill Wolvey car salesman dies in prison

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Grandad had conversations about child sex abuse with fellow pervert

2. Sex offender Nicholas Henshall to spend Christmas behind bars

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. Bus driver in court accused of knocking over teenager on Newcastle’s West Road

2. Doctor who denies sex assault in bar tells court: ‘Why would I do something ridiculous like that?’