An elderly star of stage and screen left devastated when her third husband died killed herself with a drug overdose, a court heard.
The body of Monica Purbeck, 70, was discovered by her friend Lad
A bungling armed robber has been locked up for launching two raids on a saturday afternoon - after forgetting that post offices are not even open then.
The bad day at the office continued when Ian
A disturbed Falklands veteran tortured a terrified woman in her home and tried to gouge her eyes after claiming he was a member of the local neighbourhood watch, the Old Bailey heard today.(thurs)
A police detective accused of stealing from a sick childrens' charity today (fri) blamed the pressure of dealing with local paedophiles for accounting errors.
Det Con Barry Cornwall, 34, is said to
A charity volunteer was today (Friday) described as one of the most 'mean minded' men to come before the courts after stealing from Remembrance Day collection tins.
David Tucker helped himself to t
A woman accused of the murder of her adoptive daughter explained the injuries to a policewoman as 'a demon leaving her body' after learning of her death in hospital, the Old Bailey heard today.(mon)
Two drug dealers from Hampshire are facing lengthy jail sentences for smuggling nearly 1.5 million worth of cannabis into Britain.
Steven Walsh, 28, and pal Paul Price were members of a gang who ar
(Copy filed today F23clerk.ob. I have not included end of Sumer's interviews or mobile telephone evidence here because you would end up with a novel. Phone evidence shows SIMON WOODER is clearly ISAA
A barrister needed little convincing of the sharply honed edge of a blade when he cut himself showing an 'unusual' knife to a judge.
Wrapping his injured finger with a handkerchief, Richard Hayden
A vicious Rolex thief who slashed a rival with a knife and tried to murder him with a meat cleaver just three days later was jailed for 16 years at the Old Bailey today.(Tue)
Pablo Stubbs, 23, was
