A criminal has been ordered to pay £60k in compensation to elderly and retired fraud victims who were targeted during the pandemic.

An inquest has opened into the death of an alleged murder victim who was stabbed twice with a kitchen knife.

A cowardly thug dragged his girlfriend along a Kent pier and threatened to throw her into the sea during a campaign of controlling abuse.

A mum-of-four who caused the death of a pensioner by dangerous driving after hitting him and “just driving off” has been jailed.

Part of a 146-room hotel will be used to temporarily deal with county and family court cases while its previous home fixes concrete problems.

A lawyer has been ordered to fork out more than £10,000 after a tribunal found he had deliberately lied about carrying out work while uninsured.

Two men have been charged with supplying class A drugs after police spotted a person behaving suspiciously in a town centre.

A huge backlog of civil court cases has meant some claims are taking up to three years to be heard.

A convicted sex offender used social media apps including TikTok to groom a child.

A mum accused of trying to cover up a fatal shooting has revealed details of her relationship with both the killer and victim.

A motorist has appeared in court accused of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a collision on a major road.

A 73-year-old pensioner who was banned from owning animals but found with neglected dogs, cats and a canary has avoided jail.

There are calls for a county councillor to stand down or have the whip removed after he was convicted of drink driving.

A police investigation into the supply of class A drugs has seen several hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cocaine seized.

A dog owner has been fined after breeding at least 10 litters of Pomeranian puppies in two years, and not taking care of them properly.

A dad-of-two on trial for murdering a child rapist said he "exploded" when the paedophile bragged about his past.

Two men are due to appear in court after police were called to a retail park following reports of suspicious behaviour.

A prominent politician has pleaded guilty to drink driving and having no insurance.

A 34-year-old driver who was spotted driving erratically on the motorway has avoided a prison sentence but lost his licence.

A murder trial has heard the victim had been convicted of indecent assault of an child in 1984.