A drunken father tried to rob a petrol station armed with a fire extinguisher just three days after being released from prison.

A man caught with an arsenal of weapons faces being locked up in a mental hospital after being found guilty of ordering his wife to murder her family.

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A defendant accused of murder after a man was dragged along for 100 yards in an alleged hit-and-run has now been charged with dealing heroin.

A young mum has had to abandon her modelling career after being scarred in a vicious glassing.

Two lorry drivers have been jailed for their part in a £500,000 alcohol smuggling ring after being rumbled by HMRC

Two brothers arrested in Kent after a woman was seriously injured in an acid attack have appeared in court.

A woman has been found not guilty of causing the death of a motorcyclist in an accident which also left a child with severe brain injuries.

Two men accused of being part of a multimillion pound jewellery heist at Hatton Garden have denied having any involvement.

A family erupted into violence - wielding a machete, hammer, and baseball bat - and leaving two victims with fractured skulls.

This gambling addict fleeced his dementia-suffering mother out of £90k - then blew it all on the roulette wheel.

A man with mental health issues who stabbed his housemate twice in a drunken attack, leaving him with a collapsed lung, has been jailed.

A children's entertainer bombarded his ex with threatening texts and calls after finding out he wasn't father to the child he had raised.

A thief who burgled a cricket club was arrested after stopping at the scene of the crime for a glass of orange squash.

A teen who struck two fellow pupils with a mallet was let down by health professionals, a court's heard.

A woman has denied murder after a 69-year-old man was found in a flat.

Police are continuing to search for a violent prisoner who escaped from a Kent courthouse nearly a week ago.

An 88-year-old man with dementia has been told he will stand trial for dangerous driving after he knocked down a pensioner on a zebra crossing.

A Maidstone family are desperately trying to save a family dog, which Kent Police is trying to destroy.

The family of a proud pensioner who died just three weeks after being conned by a burglar believe the stress of the break-in contributed to her death.