Court Update UK, 14th March

Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court):

1. Father subjects daughter to FGM twice to ‘punish her,’ Old Bailey hears

2. Parsons Green bombing accused Ahmed Hassan ‘wanted to be a fugitive’

3. Camden stabbings: 17-year-old charged with two counts of murder after London’s ‘bloodiest night since New Year’

Leeds Crown Court:

1. ‘Predatory’ man jailed for kidnapping and raping woman in Leeds

2. Sex offender who abused eight-year-old given 30-year jail term

York Crown Court:

1. Cocaine dealer Brian James Casey is jailed

Ipswich Crown Court:

1. Ipswich man denies asking schoolgirl to touch him indecently in return for choc ice, court hears

Sheffield Crown Court:

1. South Yorkshire man sentenced to unpaid work for altercation that led to victim losing a tooth

2. Doncaster man jailed over burglary while occupants were on holiday

Warwick Crown Court:

1. Pc acted bravely and thoughtfully when threatened by woman with suspected HIV-infected syringe in Leamington

2. The Coventry University gun gangsters facing years in prison

Mold Crown Court:

1. Psychiatrists disagree over murder accused’s mental state when he stabbed ex

2. Blackmailer threatened woman over return of ring and chased her son with a knife

Newcastle Crown Court:

1. Woman ‘scared’ to be alone in her own home after being targeted by burglars TWICE in a month

2. Body in burning car jurors are told what murder accused pair said in police interviews

Manchester Crown Court:

1. Boyfriend of girl, 17, jailed for buying ecstasy tablet that killed her

2. The ‘Record of the Week’ rapper who used Uber to get a Smith and Wesson delivered to the car park of Tesco in Burnage

Liverpool Crown Court:

1. Boyfriend jailed after handing teenager ecstasy tablet which killed her

2. “Fast and Furious-style” gang who blew up cash machines across UK lose their appeal

3. Teen knifed schoolboy in the back in “cowardly” attack in front of horrified girlfriend