Two men who took part in 'a mob attack on a defenceless man'
were today refused leave by the Criminal Appeal Court
in London to appeal against their convictions for robbery and their
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Two immigrants suffered a major set-back in their efforts to
avoid deportation when the Court of Appeal today decided an issue
of "very considerable constitutional importance" against them.
The
A drunk learner driver who mowed down a police officer who
tried to arrest him after a high speed chase was warned by an Old
Bailey judge that he will probably go to jail.
PC Paul Verdin, 25,
A Birmingham man on to whose knife another man was pushed during a
nightclub fight had his prison sentence for manslaughter cut from five
-and-a-half years to four by the Criminal Appeal Court in Lo
A Bradford man who 'acted on impulse' in transporting goods
stolen by his son had his prison sentence cut from 30 months to 18 and
a pounds sterling 250 forfeiture order quashed by the Criminal Appe
Three young St. Helens men who stole goods worth pounds
sterling 1,660 from an unoccupied house were freed from custodial
sentences and ordered to perform community service by the Criminal
Appeal
Detectives today denied assaulting or making threats or
inducements to a key witness whose evidence convicted a Shepherds Bush
man alleged to have murdered a stallholder at the 1987 Notting Hill
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A Morecambe man who burgled golf clubhouses at Colne,
Accrington and Kendal and stole pounds sterling 486 had his 30-month
prison sentence upheld by the Criminal Appeal Court in London today.
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Accused corrupt insurance broker Henry Freeman admitted
telling police that Thurrock Council leader Mrs Ann Geaney leaked
information to him about council plans to privatise mortgages,
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A Greater Manchester man's three-year prison sentence for
cheque and credit card offences with which he obtained goods worth
pounds sterling 1,000 was 'fully deserved', the Criminal Appeal Court
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