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Greedy lawyers blamed as 'cash for crash' scams boom

10.10.11
A senior Scotland Yard officer has warned motorists to beware of 'cash for crash' insurance scams fuelled by 'greedy no-win, no-fee' solicitors... more

UK kick-boxing champion foils armed robbery

18.02.11
Gang of armed robbers got a double shock when they ambushed security guard Mark Elliott and a colleague as they made a cash delivery to a petrol station... more

Violent car thief mowed down police and public

13.01.11
Man who stole two cars and drove them into pedestrians and police during a three-day crime spree has been jailed for at least six years... more

'Gang-rape' asylum seeker jailed for £250,000 benefits fraud

10.01.11
An asylum seeker who claimed she had been gang-raped in Somalia was jailed for swindling more than £250,000 in a 'professionally planned' benefit scam... more

Gang jailed for six-week robbery spree

22.12.10
Three men are jailed for a total of 23 years over a string of armed robberies across north London... more

Child sex gang who tried to sell girls in Knightsbridge hotel face jail

14.09.10
Four members of a child prostitution ring face jail for trying to sell the virginity of young girls to wealthy Arab businessmen for up to £150,000... more

Policeman jailed for seven years over jewellery raid plot

16.08.10
A corrupt policeman who helped plot a jewellery shop robbery is sentenced to seven years in jail... more

Facing jail, the refugee who lied about kidnap to get a bigger house

16.07.10
Mother of five faces jail after trying to get a bigger house by making up a story that she had been kidnapped... more

Family worth £1m jailed after claiming £170,000 in benefits

30.06.10
A family who owned properties worth more than £1 million and drove BMWs and Porsches are jailed for fraudulently claiming £170,000 in housing benefits ... more

Four years in jail for transsexual ‘countess’ who conned council out of £197,000

19.03.10
Transsexual and self-styled 'countess' has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for conning a council out of hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits... more

Ex-cabbie who made millions from pyramid scam faces jail

10.03.10
Former taxi driver who reinvented himself as an investment guru faces jail for conning clients out of millions of pounds... more

Benefits investigator helped wife pocket £31,000 in handouts

03.11.09
Benefits fraud investigator has been jailed for 27 months after helping his wife pocket £31,000 in state handouts... more

Police target teen girlfriends who hide guns for gangsters

30.09.09
Teenage girls as young as 14 are carrying guns for criminals in a new trend in London's gang culture... more

Model who gave prisoner phone is spared jail

13.08.09
Harrods sales assistant who admitted smuggling a mobile phone to her criminal boyfriend as he sat in a dock wept as she was spared jail... more

'Kerb crash GP's acquittal is irrelevant to loss of our son'

05.08.09
Parents of a baby boy crushed to death by a GP's car spoke of their grief today after the doctor walked free from court... more

Anguish of an accuser as convicted rapist walks free

21.05.09
Last week a convicted rapist from south London was freed for the second time. A mother who accused him of one attack describes her despair at the legal system... more

Boy George gets 15 months jail for handcuffing male model to bedpost

16.01.09
Boy George was jailed for 15 months by after handcuffing a male escort to a bedroom wall and beating him with a metal chain... more

Jailed: benefit cheat who faked breast cancer

02.06.08
A mother who fraudulently claimed more than £50,000 in benefits then pretended to have breast cancer to evade justice has been jailed for 15 months... more


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