A paranoid schizophrenic who battered his father to death had been given home leave from a psychiatric unit despite being assessed as a danger weeks before the killing... more
The judge in the Baby P case was facing fresh controversy after it emerged that he cut the sentence handed to the child's mother in defiance of official guidelines... more
The Attorney General is to review the sentences handed out to three people convicted over the death of Baby P and decide if they were “unduly lenient”... more
A teenager suffering from paranoid schizophrenia brought on by years of cannabis abuse fatally stabbed a 17-year-old boy "out of the blue", a court heard... more
The father of innocent teenage gun victim Michael Dosunmu spoke of his pain and grief as his son's killers were each jailed for a minimum of 30 years... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports