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One of Britain’s most incompetent bandits had his
wish granted by an Old Bailey judge when he was jailed for
a year.
Anthony Doyle, 54, has spent most of is life behind bars
and on July 1

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A man accused of subjecting a 14-year-old girl to a
night-long sex ordeal has been cleared after he told a jury
she seduced him.
Friends of Vernon Blackwood, 32, cheered in the Old Bailey
pu

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A Soho landlord has been found guilty today (Wed) by a
jury of living off the earnings of prostitutes who ‘operated’
out of two seedy vice dens.
Married man John Anthony, 57, used his ill-g

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A man accused of murdering an Aids sufferer after luring him
into a sado-masochistic game now faces a retrial after the jury
trying him became hopelessly deadlocked.
The jury were discharged f

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A man convicted of murder went on trial a second time for
the same crime today (Weds) because of a ‘mistake’ by an Old Bailey
judge.
Richard King, 28, was found guilty of the brutal murder

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A depressed Romeo wrote his suicide note on a Valentine’s
card to his lover, an inquest heard today (Wed).
He then hanged himself from his balcony for all the world
to see, Southwark Coroners

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A ruthless mugger was recognised by all his victims
because of the acid burns on his face, the Old Bailey heard.
Peter Graham, 27, suffered terrible disfigurement in
an acid attack several y

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Accused double murderer Benjamin Laing told police he was
forced to bury the bodies of Matthew and Alison Manwaring by a
terrorist organisation, the Old Bailey heard.
In an interview at Pent

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A ‘besotted’ husband who turned his wife into a human vegetable
after she confessed to having had three affairs has been jailed for
eight years by an Old Bailey judge.
Gurbachan Singh, 32, strang

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An ‘egocentric and domineering’ young aristocrat was
today (Monday) jailed for three years for trying to rob a
‘spy shop’ at gunpoint.
Tall and handsome Jasper Duncombe, 25 tomorrow, became
obs

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