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Man who strangled wife while having nightmare, walks free

Husband who strangled his wife in his sleep walked free from court when the prosecution dropped the charges

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Boy, 16, 'tried to kill teenagers for looking at him in wrong way'

16-year-old tried to stab a student and his friend to death because he did not like the way they looked at him, the Old Bailey hears

Couple take battle of the paint pots to High Court

A professional couple whose relationship got so bad they debated the ownership of empty paint pots are heading for an expensive court fight.

Bully, 13, who chased girl to death

A girl who was 13 when she drove a vicar's adopted daughter to jump to her death from a third-floor window has been convicted of manslaughter

Conniving and manipulative abuser who enjoyed the suffering of others

Hatice Can is a classic example of an abused child who grows up to become an abuser

Girl rescued from slums of Rio fell into a rootless life

Rescued by her adoptive family from the ghettos of Rio de Janeiro, teenager Rosimeiri Boxall seemed destined to have a comfortable life ahead of her in south London

Fraudster who stole £8m from banks blamed his 400-year-old alter-ego

Fraudster who impersonated bank staff to steal more than £8million and blamed his 17th century 'alter-ego' has been jailed for nine years

Teenage knife killer named

A teenage thug who stabbed a 15-year-old boy through the heart at an anti-knife event was locked up for a minimum of 17 years at the Old Bailey today.

'Lying predator' jailed for trying to poison pregnant lover's baby

Hospital consultant who poisoned his lover’s drinks in a failed attempt to make her miscarry was branded a 'liar, cheat and predator' as he was jailed for six years

Officer pretended to set Iraqi alight, says soldier

Only soldier convicted over the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa accuses an officer of abusing a prisoner

Tycoon with ‘hidden’ £400 million avoids jail in bitter divorce wrangle

Property tycoon avoids imprisonment for failing to disclose to his estranged wife where his 'missing' £400 million fortune has gone

20 years for stalker who shot woman dead in front of daughters

Jealous stalker who shot a mother dead with a bolt gun in front of her daughters was jailed for life at the Old Bailey

Father's agonising decision: You can let my baby die

Father weeps as he drops his legal fight to keep severely disabled one-year-old son alive

Carnival bus death driver jailed

NEW: Exhausted minibus driver who killed two young women and left three pedestrians seriously injured after she nodded off at the wheel was jailed for five years

£3,000-a-night casino card sharp is jailed

NEW: One of the world's most notorious casino cheats has been jailed for a three-year fraud spree across Britain

Thugs murdered teenage girl and grandmother over £15 debt

Two thugs were convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering a teenage girl and her grandmother in a fire they started over a £15 debt

MEP faces jail after admitting expenses scam

An MEP faces prison after dramatically changing his plea mid-trial to admit cheating the taxpayer over his expenses

Mother challenges ‘outrageous’ council snooping over school place

Council which used legislation aimed at terrorists to spy on a family to find out if they lived in a school catchment area was accused of being 'ludicrous and outrageous'

Unemployed man throttles mother of pregnant girlfriend

An unemployed man who strangled the millionaire mother of his pregnant girlfriend was convicted this afternoon after being bugged praying to God for forgiveness

Widow, 81, 'was stabbed to death in bed by her cleaner'

AN elderly widow was stabbed and slashed to death in her bed by her cleaning lady, the Old Bailey heard today.

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