An top Old Bailey judge expressed his 'surprise' when a jury
acquitted a schizophrenic, who had stopped taking his medication,
of terrorising police officers with a fake gun.
And the verdict me
The alleged inside man in a 'double identity' pnds stlg
340,000 bank fraud has told the Old Bailey he has been framed
by one of the perpetrators.
Bank worker David House, 25, said he had no
A get-tough judge warned today (Thurs) that public confidence
in Britain's justice system was being threatened by inadequate
sentences for crimes.
Judge Gerald Butler QC spoke out as he jail
A muscle bound thug who battered his slightly built neighbour
with a lump of wood as he lay in bed was today (mon) jailed for
three years.
Stephen Shire, 30, in a rage over an unpaid pnds st
A chartered accountant accused of 'rubber-stamping' misleading
financial references for a crook was cleared of dishonesty on the
direction of the judge today (Wed).
Peter Bruff, 56, was said
A schoolboy whose playground scuffles with another pupil
triggered the senseless murder of their headmaster Philip
Lawrence, told a jury he never in fact witnessed the slaying.
The 15-year-ol
A vicious thug on home leave from prison subjected a young
woman to a terrifying sex attack while walking her home, the Old
Bailey heard today (Thurs).
Campbell Boateng, 27, offered to escort th
A gunman who went on the rampage at a police station only
to be stunned into submission by the arrival of a bad-mouthed
off-duty inspector was sent to a mental hospital today (Fri).
Insp Sala
A lorry driver involved in smuggling a load of illegal Asian
immigrants into Britain was jailed for two years today (thurs).
Resident's in the quiet north London cul de sac had looked on
in a
A car salesman who tried to drag a woman from an Ealing
street to indecently assault her, was jailed for three years
by an Old Bailey judge today (Friday).
David Harris fled when the 27-year-
