An apprentice has been sentenced for his part in a racist attack on guests at a party he gatecrashed.

A cocaine user has been banned from the roads and faces losing his £27,000 job after being spotted picking up drugs.

A man has been charged in connection with an investigation into a series of thefts and burglaries across two counties.

Here are just some of the criminals including fly-tippers, rapists, murderers and thieves who committed crimes and spent Christmas behind bars.

A 25-year-old man who converted a blank firing gun into a deadly weapon before trying to use it has been sentenced.

The victim of a knife attack whose face was slashed in a row over drugs in prison says he hopes his attacker “learns from his mistakes”.

A thief raided a petrol station with three unknown associates and stole more than £460 of goods - including engine oil and shopping baskets.

A drug user who stole medication from the chemist she worked at was only found out when she crashed her car.

A 32-year-old woman who repeatedly stole from town centre stores has been banned from them for two years.

A bomb hoax caller triggered a massive police reaction after telling a 999 operator he planted explosives under a bench.

An aggressive drinker who kicked a police officer in the groin has been spared prison so she can seek help for her boozing.

A husband and wife who repeatedly stole cosmetics and beauty products from a store have been told they face time behind bars if they reoffend.

A ‘petulant and spiteful’ man with one leg had to be dragged from his burning flat after setting it on fire in a revenge attack.

The trial of a 24-year-old man accused of attempted murder has been delayed again.

A man left the mother of his child "unrecognisable" from a ferocious beating after knocking out six of her teeth and breaking her jaw.

A father and son who were part of an organised crime group supplying vast amounts of cocaine have been jailed.

A teenager is facing jail for an ammonia attack in which two men were left seriously injured.

A man’s belated admission to raping a young girl and sexually abusing a drunk teenager has been dismissed as ‘entirely self-serving’ by a judge.

A yob involved in a brutal gang attack that left a student with life-changing brain damage has once again been spared jail for a violent assault.

SECAmb says it has reacted to criticisms by a coroner following careless driving by an ambulance driver that caused the death of a paramedic.