A mum-of-six stole almost £50,000 to cover payday loans and buy clothes and food for her children, a court heard.

Every time his master called him, loyal Benny returned to his side, only to be kicked and punched again and again in front of disgusted shoppers.

A beast who raped two women and subjected them to degrading acts has been jailed for more than two decades.

A dad-of-three who kept a stungun for self-defence because he was haunted by the trauma of witnessing violent prison riots in the 80s has been jailed.

Two thugs who launched a vicious attack on four strangers in the street - breaking a man's jaw and a woman's nose - have been locked up.

A disgraced grammar school teacher has been jailed after admitting sexual activity with an infatuated teenager.

A conman builder branded "manipulative and dishonest" after swindling his girlfriend's cancer-stricken father out of £4,200 has been jailed.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife - who was found dead in a field after being reported missing - has been sworn in.

A drunk man who caused panic and sparked an armed police manhunt after being spotted with a pistol in a town centre has avoided jail.

A homeless woman who downed 15 cans of lager before shining a laser beam into police officers' eyes has been spared jail.

A prolific pervert has been convicted of dozens of sex attacks, robberies and assaults described by a judge as "a campaign of offending against women"

A man has gone on trial accused of bludgeoning and stabbing his wife to death and burying her body under the patio so he could move in with his lover.

A thug who repeatedly kicked a friend with steel-capped boots in a drunken attack has avoided a jail sentence.

A man is facing a possible life sentence after admitting to a double robbery earlier this year.

A man accused of raping a woman in the street on Christmas Day last year has appeared in court to deny the charge.

An 88-year-old driver will not stand trial after seriously injuring a pensioner on a zebra crossing.

A man has appeared in court to deny the murder of a construction worker, who was allegedly stabbed to death in a street attack.

Man accused of murder has produced new evidence in a pair of missing trainers he allegedly wore to kick a man who later died.

Three brothers smashed their way inside a flat and viciously attacked a man just five minutes after police responded to a call from the scared victim.

A steam train packed with passengers missed a car by barely a metre after a motorist jumped the lights at a level crossing.