A father-of-two died after a shooting sparked by "bad blood" between two families, murder trial jurors have been told.

A foster mother has had three children removed from her care after falling for a man online without realising he was a convicted sex offender.

A woman who stole more than £35,000 from her dementia suffering father has been jailed.

A convicted killer who used others to threaten key witnesses at his trial has had his sentence increased.

Jurors have today taken just two hours to convict a second man of the manslaughter of a rough sleeper - after his friend admitted the same charge.

A man has denied raping a woman in an alleyway after she was separated from friends on a night out.

Intimate examinations carried out by an ambulance volunteer should only have been done in hospital, jurors in a sex assaults trial have heard.

A judge has taken the extraordinary step of absolving police of blame if a woman is attacked... after she refused to give evidence against her lover.

An award-winning council CCTV operator hid sick fantasies of abducting and raping a schoolgirl.

A teenager 'scooped up' a petrol station manager onto the bonnet of his car as he fled without paying, a court's heard.

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of raping a woman.

A woman who spent thousands of pounds on clothes, restaurants and holidays by raiding her sick father's bank account has been locked up.

A con artist has been jailed after luring clients with the promise of meeting top footballers and Formula 1 stars in a bid to feed his gambling habit.

A homeless man has today admitted the manslaughter of a rough sleeper in a dramatic courtroom twist as his co-accused remains on trial.

Two members of a gang that brought thousands of pounds of fake coins into Kent for a huge casino scam have been sentenced.

A convicted killer is behind bars after committing "abhorrent" sex offences on a girl of five by telling her it was a game of "cowboys and cowgirls".

A Dover man pleaded guilty to drink driving after being stopped on the A256 in December last year.

A Romanian lorry driver was sentenced yesterday after attempting to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of cocaine into the country.

A thieving postal worker found with almost 40 missing mobile phones at his home has been locked up for three months.

A man once jailed for killing his long-term partner has been spared prison after admitting stealing hundreds of pounds from a charity shop.