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Cleared driver, 82, tells of 'seven months of hell'

20.10.11
An 82-YEAR-OLD businessman cleared of driving his car into a schoolgirl and carrying her away on the bonnet told today of his "seven months of hell". ... more

Thief killed father-of-three with his own van

16.09.11
A career car thief who killed a delivery driver with his own vehicle wept as he was jailed for seven years... more

Joyride girl's last text to boy: 'If I die, you were the one'

16.09.11
A teenage girl sent a text to her boyfriend saying 'if I die, you were the one' moments before she was killed when her best friend ploughed a stolen car into a telegraph pole... more

Joyride girl's last text to boy: 'If I die, you were the one'

16.09.11
Teenage girl sent a text to her boyfriend saying 'if I die, you were the one' moments before she was killed when her best friend ploughed a stolen car into a telegraph pole... more

Nine years for takeaway robber

15.09.11
A man who attacked two takeaway delivery drivers in a week is been jailed for nine years for robbery, grievous bodily harm and owning a dangerous dog ... more

Wedding scam lawyer jailed for loan fraud

12.08.11
A solicitor jailed for Britain's biggest fake wedding racket will remain in prison even longer after he was found guilty of a £323,000 mortgage fraud... more

Man, 20, in court over London Pc shooting

22.07.11
Man appears in court in connection with the shooting of an unarmed police officer in London ... more

Postman stole toys to fund his cocaine habit

13.06.11
A postman has been spared jail after he stole £2,000 worth of Christmas presents, including toys, to fund his cocaine habit... more

Postie faces jail after Christmas package thefts

23.05.11
A postman is facing jail after stealing 100 valuable parcels - that were destined to end up as Christmas morning gifts... more

Jury out in trial of British businessman accused of fake drugs scam

06.04.11
Jury resumes deliberations in the case of five men allegedly embroiled in the most serious fake medicine scam ever seen in the European Union ... more

Killer driver who ran red light jailed

25.11.10
Rail safety officer is jailed for six years for killing a man after speeding through a red light in his Nissan sports car... more

£52,000 bill for benefits cheat

13.10.10
Woman who falsely claimed more than £52,000 in benefits while hiding £50,000 of savings has been ordered to repay it all... more

Jailed: burglars who bragged of crimes on the internet

06.09.10
Gang of teenage burglars who dubbed themselves the Night Crawlers and posted raps on YouTube boasting of their crimes start jail sentences ... more

Locked up: gang who stole cars from drives while victims slept

18.08.10
Gang who stole top-of-the-range cars from victims’ drives while they were asleep are jailed... more

Victoria Beckham link to drug smugglers jailed for 91 years

02.08.10
A drug smuggling gang is jailed for a total of 91 years after bringing more than £4 million of cocaine through Heathrow ... more

Angry judge throws out black cab rapist’s appeal in 10 minutes

15.06.10
Taxi rapist John Worboys was accused of making a mockery of the criminal justice system as his appeal against his sex crimes conviction was thrown out in 10 minutes... more

Traffickers jailed for London sex slave trade

24.03.10
Two men who trafficked young women into Britain and forced them to work at a Belsize Park brothel have each been jailed for eight years... more

National Theatre technician in £9,000 benefits fraud given suspended jail sentence

08.03.10
Man who worked at the National Theatre while fraudulently claiming more than £9,000 in benefits has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence... more

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

17.11.09
Fraudster who impersonated bank staff to steal more than £8million and blamed his 17th century 'alter-ego' has been jailed for nine years... more

£1m family home used as skunk factory

03.04.09
A £1 million family home has been revealed as a sophisticated factory for growing super-strength skunk cannabis... more

‘Cabbie in sex attacks case plied me with champagne’

26.01.09
An alleged victim of a cab driver who is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting young female passengers told a court today how he kissed her in the back of his cab after giving her champagne... more

‘Taxi driver told me I was lovely and offered me a pill’

23.01.09
A woman told a court that she found two buttons were missing from her coat the morning after she was driven home by a taxi driver who plied her with champagne... more

Thames water faces huge fine over spill that killed 10,000 fish

09.12.08
Thames Water is facing an unlimited fine after more than 10,000 fish died when staff spilled industrial-strength bleach into the river Wandle... more

Jail for driving instructor who sat tests for 10 students

23.09.08
A driving instructor who posed as his pupils to take their tests for them has been jailed for eight months... more

Train gang locked up for robberies

09.09.08
Three members of a south London gang were beginning sentences for robbing teenagers in so-called steaming attacks... more

Asylum gang made £200,000 in crash scam

10.07.08
A gang of asylum seekers made £200,000 by faking insurance claims for car crashes... more


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