Court Update UK, December 14

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. Prison officer facing inquiry after Pentonville murder trial witness `exposed´

2. Men convicted after two teenagers stabbed within one hour in south London in suspected gang attack

3. Lawyer denies downloading child porn as he is not attracted to black people

Royal Courts of Justice:

1. A truck driver has won an appeal after claiming he was ‘unaware’ the haul of beer he was carrying was illegal

2. Imperial College fined £70,000 after scientist suffocated in lab

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Boy, 15, ADMITS causing deaths of five people in Leeds car crash

2. Sinead Wooding death: Husband ‘was domestic abuser’

Inner Crown Court:

1. Brixton flat deposit fraud man found guilty, but is not in court

Stafford Crown Court:

1. Halfway House murder trial: Owner was stabbed nearly 50 times at diner near Shrewsbury

2. Shewsbury soldier cleared of attempting to murder wife but guilty of wounding her

York Crown Court:

1. Heroin dealer is jailed for four years

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. ‘Dangerous’ rapist who attacked Newcastle woman in her own home has sentence increased

2. Transgender South Shields woman cleared of raping a man

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Shopkeeper who sold £100k worth of illegal tobacco in Ipswich escapes prison term

2. Glemsford man denies charge of making indecent imagery

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Robber who threatened to slit woman’s throat jailed because she scratched his face

2. Terrified pregnant woman suffers miscarriage after chilling encounter with burglar

Cardiff Crown Court:

1. Police want to speak to this man after alleged kidnapping in Cardiff

2. Cardiff mosque tutor’s child abuse jail sentence cut