The definition of forced marriage to be used will be in line with the offence under section 121 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. An arranged marriage is very different from a ...

UPDATE: On 18 October the pupil was given a life sentence at Exeter Crown Court, and ordered to serve a minimum of 12 years in prison. A private school pupil who left two of his housemates with ...

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A Sunderland doctor has been convicted of attempting to kill his mother’s partner, after injecting him with a toxin that ...

Three men have been imprisoned for raping four young girls in Plymouth in 2017. The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted ...

A paedophile who paid and instructed an adult in the Philippines to sexually abuse children as young as two years old has been jailed.

A man has become the first person to be sentenced in the West Midlands for riot following the summer widespread unrest across the UK. Simon Orr, 38, of Grazier Avenue, Tamworth, was sentenced today ...

A woman who admitted inciting racial hatred after using social media to post about setting fire to hotels housing asylum seekers following the Southport stabbings has been jailed for two years and ...

A woman who gave false information and lied about her qualifications when applying and interviewing for a job as a senior nurse at a Welsh neonatal unit has been jailed for fraud.

A former Olympic swimmer and trainee police officer, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Games, has been convicted of raping two teenage girls (Wednesday 16 October).

A romance fraudster who conned his victim into borrowing money and handing over her savings has been ordered to pay back over ...

Data relating to cases involving 'Joint Enterprise' prosecutions. “Joint enterprise”, or secondary liability, is a legal doctrine that applies where persons assist or encourage another to commit a ...