Court Update UK, December 15

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. Top barrister stars in grime video after defending rapper at Old Bailey

2. Pentonville murder: Investigation after witness cover blown

Leeds Crown Court:

1. Serial burglar Christopher Collins back in court … yet again

2. Former scout leader in court accused of abusing young boys

Stafford Crown Court:

1. Jailed: ‘Dangerous’ soldier who left wife fighting for life after attack in Shrewsbury

2. Man, 45, pleads not guilty to being involved in Hoar Cross cannabis farm

Manchester Crown Court:

1. Drama student, 19, at Eastenders and Corrie stars’ former school who was accused of raping an undergraduate in his room following a drunken freshers night-out is cleared – after jury hears the woman was ‘over-exaggerating’=

2. Third person remanded over murders of four children in house fire

Sheffield Crown Court:

1. Pervert jailed for sexually abusing young girls in South Yorkshire and across country

2. Man (46) sent to Crown Court on sex charges

Warwick Crown Court:

1. BMW driver jailed for causing head-on crash with ‘suicidal’ overtaking

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Felixstowe man James Heathcote cleared of rape

2. Man who drove car at neighbour set to be sentenced in new year

Lincoln Crown Court:

1. Lincoln man spared jailed after Grantham bomb prank

2. Motorist avoids jail after admitting causing death of Hemingby man

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Man remanded on nightclub stabbing murder charge

2. MP left anxious by knifeman who threatened to “Jo Cox her” when his benefits were cut

3. The bizarre case of the bald man who fell asleep in a pub toilet with a wig and a trilby hat

Norwich Crown Court:

1. HMP Norwich inmate denies trying to kill prison officers

2. Morrisons murder trial: John Monk breaks down in court during trial into murder of Nick Rogers in Wymondham Morrisons