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Nurse who set off fire alarm to see colleague's breasts bounce as she ran down the corridor is facing end of his career
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Transgender activist Sarah Jane Baker appeared in court today and was remanded in custody at a men's prison. Baker allegedly told a crowd at the Trans+ Pride rally in Westminster: 'If you see a TERF, punch them in the f****** face.'
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Jurors in the Essex lorry deaths trial had to be issued a warning by the judge to ignore commentary from 'politicians and pundits' after Home Secretary Priti Patel tweeted in the middle of the trial that the tragedy had been caused by 'ruthless criminals.'
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Insulate Britain activist Louise Lancaster was jailed for five weeks for obstructing traffic in the City of London. Judge Silas Reid had also found the Grantchester based teacher guilty of contempt after she lectured the jury on climate change despite being warned not to do so.
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Sad to hear of the death of barrister Desmond de Silva at 78. His best anecdote - de Silva (to defendant) Now, your account... Defendant: Who are you calling a c*nt, you fat bastard?
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MP Claudia Webb has lost her appeal against harassment conviction
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England star Mason Mount was victim of party stalker who targeted two other Chelsea players
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20 years for alleyway rapist
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Chelsea season ticket holder who made 13 Nazi salutes at Spurs fans claimed he was just waving to his mates
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Former Manchester Labour councillor Carl Ollerhead, who said that males have a right to access women's and girls' toilets has been charged with indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 16
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The cabinet secretary's remarks were branded 'unhelpful to say the least, and a lot more could be said' by a leading QC on the case in court. Under the Contempt of Court Act, publishing comments which substantially risk prejudicing a jury once proceedings are active is unlawful
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Striking barrister Shauna Ritchie gives her reasons for striking outside the Old Bailey. 'The criminal justice system is crumbling as a lack of investment has brought the courts to its knees.'
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Teenager shouts 'Suck your Mum!’ at prosecutor as he is convicted of GBH.
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Blue star Lee Ryan did a 'Blazing Saddles' when he took the oath in court today and said: ' I swear by almighty God insert deity here.’ His barrister explained earlier that the singer 'struggles to grasp things'
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Soho gunman gets 26 years
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Council boss bought dildo with Grenfell Towers survivor's money
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Businessman Simon Dolan is trying to block the government enforcing new restrictions. His lawyer tells the High Court: Deaths are 2-3% of total, considerably lower than the flu. The gov prioritises only suppression of the virus. It has an obligation to weigh all harms.
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Illegal immigrant who swindled £60,000 hotel stay claiming he was living in Grenfell Tower has case adjourned for 'Grenfell Trauma' psychology report' - even though he has never lived there
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Non-appearance of a homeless man accused of begging. Prosecution insists on a warrant for his arrest. District judge Michael Snow replies: 'Are you sure you want me to issue a warrant for a non-imprisonable offence? Let's think of all the money we're wasting.'
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Rapist walks free after judge says 12-year old victim was ‘sexualised’
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Corrupt Lloyds Bank employee Simran Mann exposed elderly customers to losses worth nearly £1.5m by releasing their account details to a fraudster. She wept as she was jailed for 12 months.
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Grime star CBiz walks free from court after case that he ordered a machine gun murder in revenge over the theft of his jewellery falls apart
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Doctor who claimed £12,000 in housing benefit for a flat that didn’t even exist walked free from court after a judge said he did a ‘stupid and dishonest thing’. Nigerian Olubunmi Adeagbo-Sheikh, 41, made the sham claim while training to work as a medic in the UK.
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Chelsea fan who did Nazi salute 13 times in 15 minutes at Spurs fans claims he didn't know what it meant, and had never seen it done before.
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Captain Tom defacer remanded in custody
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Defendant explains to court that 'loooooool' means laughing harder than just 'lol'.
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Barrister: My client is suffering PTSD because his family were involved in the Grenfell fire. Judge: It's hard to see why someone suffering PTSD from a fire would go armed with petrol to set a fire through a letterbox.
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Nine 'Black Lives Matters' protesters in court over 'racist climate change' demo. None are black.
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Rebekah Vardy apologises in court documents for her description of Peter Andre's penis. She said: “Peter was tiny. The smallest trouser equipment I’ve ever seen. It was like a miniature chipolata.'
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Dolan's lawyer tells High Court: London in Tier 2 will cause considerable economic damage so I can’t stress how important this hearing is. It’s difficult to see any other litigation before the courts that has as serious consequences to the country as this one.
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Music producer Marcus Adepoju, who calls himself 'Menace to Society' is facing years in jail for attempting to shoot a man over a £3.50 drugs debt. He fired repeatedly through the man's window in Catford. Luckily he missed his target.
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A refugee is facing jail after he threatened to bomb the Home Office because officials did not process his paperwork quickly enough
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Matthew Smith, a former deputy head of Thomas’s Preparatory School - Prince George and Princess Charlotte's first school - has been jailed for 12 years after he paid a teenager £65,000 to abuse children in India and send him footage of the attacks.
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The terrorist emailed the Prime Minister's office threatening to 'wage jihad' in 2014. He was later given a job on the Crossrail project.
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A woman hid in the toilet of a Wetherspoon's pub and waited until staff had gone home to help herself to beer and sandwiches.
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A drunk C of E vicar screamed 'I'm from the Vatican, you're f*cked' as he brawled with police after nightclub binge of Biblical proportions.
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Transgender gang attack Tube passenger after he tells them they are not real women 'because you don't have fannies'
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Judge asks defendant if he has anything to say. 'Am I getting out bruv' says hooded defendant. 'I am not your bruv' replies judge.
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Barrister: 'My client had no idea these were cannabis plants' Judge: ‘What did he think the 138 plants were? Very exotic ferns?’
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Terrorist tells judge he is going to 'wage jihad', and shouts 'target the civilians' while he is being sentenced at the Old Bailey.
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Saudi millionaire cleared of raping teen after claiming he accidentally penetrated her when he slipped and fell
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Looks like that joke isn't funny any more. Here's the mug shot of TikTok prankster Bacari-Bronze O’Garro or ‘Mizzy’ who boasted the law was ‘weak’ - then got 18 weeks in jail
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A Barnet FC steward told the court he was 'terrified' when he was beaten with an inflatable shark: 'It was only my second football game'
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Ex champion boxer Glen McCrory said his prosecution ‘should never have happened’ as he is cleared of assaulting three waitresses by touching their arms. The jury found one person can touch another without it being sexual. He was also accused of being overly familiar with them by…
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Poisoned soup may have killed Russian whistleblower at his £3m estate in Surrey, court hears
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Joyrider kills two – cop chasing him has to stand trial, jury clear him in two hours
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Court could not find interpreter for Bangladeshi dole fraudster (who has lived in here since 1969) yesterday because of Eid. Case delayed for a day, Cost? £30k
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Accused burglar says to reporter, 'How sad must you be to come sit in other people's cases blood? You must be bored fam. Get a real job.' Reporter replies, 'Sad, bored and poor. But not guilty.'
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Jihadi nicknamed pipe bomb 'cake' in messages but his unwitting accomplice replied: 'cake? U mean the b o m b'
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Two illegal immigrants lived in a luxury hotel for eight months after falsely claiming they were victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, a court heard.
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Here's Rida Kazem showing off in his Range Rover and crashing at 110mph, killing his passenger
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Water gushing from within the Old Bailey main entrance is slowly seeping its way down towards the press room. Please send sturdy wood and two of every animal.
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Convicted machete murderer shouts at jury: 'No bruv, how can you find us all guilty bruv, tell me bruv, the fuck bruv, the fuck you think it's like bruv.' Judge interjects: 'I think you'll understand members of the jury, I see this quite often.'
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Jurors shown jihadi group chat that goes: 'u on ur JSA ting today?' 'Nah its just wednesday.' 'Allah protect you from employment.'
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Romanian labourer who stripped a grandmother naked before battering her to death with a wooden club embedded with nails now admits raping her. Valentin Lazar, 23, murdered Maria Rawlings, 45, after following her from the EL3 double decker in Romford on May 3, 2021.
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Terrorist tells judge who extended his sentence to a minimum of 21 years 'Already I serve for years. I have family that are waiting.' Judge tells him: 'I have another case waiting. Is there anything, briefly, you wish to add to what you just said?'
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Solicitor defending a drug dealer caught with cannabis and cocaine: 'Since he's been in this country since 2018, he has always worked – albeit illegally.'
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Barrister: 'This defendant understands the seriousness of the offences.' Judge: 'I'm not surprised. She is doing an MSc in Criminology.'
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TikTok practical joker Mizzy boasted the law was ‘weak’ as he ignored a criminal behaviour order to continue his career as a prankster. But he failed to see the funny side this afternoon as he was locked up for 18 weeks...
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When a probation officer told him Islam was 'peaceful and respectful', he replied: 'No. It is a religion of war.'
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Man dressed as Heineken bottle wanted by police on Barry Island for stealing two pizzas
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Defendant asked why drugs were allegedly found 'in her private parts' and how they got there snaps back: 'Because I put them there to conceal them because you're not supposed to have class A drugs on the streets on London, obviously.'
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Grenfell Tower 'fraudster' was given £1.7k in cash and a new iphone after she appeared to be traumatised and 'teary.' After ten days at the Holland Park Hilton she suddenly became happier and started touting a designer handbag and a new hairstyle
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In what must be a first, Woolwich Crown Court has just been shown a video during a terror trial of WWE legend Rick Flair shouting 'wooooo'
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Grenfell Tower 'fraudster' had the social worker assigned to her sacked when she could not get her the smartphone she wanted from the survivor's fund, court hears
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Here's Bermondsey Bloodbath’ murderer Joshua Jacques, who killed four members of the same family. He had been smoking pot since he was 12 and a psychiatrist told the court he had 'serious mental illness which recurs in the context of cannabis use’
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Man who emerged naked from Premier Inn cupboard with fire extinguisher up his bum has curfew pushed back so he can catch the Megabus home
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Accused Grenfell Tower Joyce Msokeri is appearing in court in a wheelchair - although she has no medical condition to justify it, court is told
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Collins, described as a 'wombat thick old cunt', drove his own distinctive white Mercedes to the scene allowing police to crack the case
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Judge accidentally calls fugitive Italian wine fraudster 'Mr Mozzarella' instead of Mr Mazzarello
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Magistrate asks what defendant's previous court appearance was for. Defendant explains from the dock: 'I assaulted someone with a Paddington Bear'
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Here's Iman Qari Abassi, who ran over and killed a man who was lying in the road - then continued on to a prayer service at his mosque. After the incident his dashcam recorded him shouting in Urdu ‘Sister f****r, child of a pimp, your mother’s p***y' and 'gandoo' (a sodomised…
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Grenfell Tower fraudster said she lived at number 583 but there were only 206 flats in the block
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Whitty attacker sang 'I'm #WestHam till I die' as he was led to the cells to serve eight weeks in jail
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Bent immigration judge faces jail for £2m legal aid fraud
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Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe asks court not to allow her address in Islington to be published when she appears before magistrates accused of harassment. Her request not to sit in the dock is also refused
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Grenfell Tower fraudster spent £9,746.76 on food and drinks after he was put up in a luxury Marble Arch hotel for a year. Bill for room was £43,710
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I wish I was a court reporter in Worcester...
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Member of an armed robbery gang shouts 'Black lives don't matter' as he is jailed for life
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Rapper J Hus granted bail while he awaits knife trial
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