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A man who lured an insurance salesman with a bogus business
deal then subjected him to a terrifying two hour torture ordeal
has been jailed for 10 years.
The ‘office’ boasted of by Atul Patel,

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For more than five years a Harold Hill schoolgirl kept to
herself the terrible secret that her step-father was indecently
assaulting her.
Mr Y, a British Telecom accounts employee, allegedly

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A spurned boyfriend’s plan to mete out revenge on a love
rival by recruiting three friends from Gloucester ended in
bloodshed, the Old Bailey heard today Tuesday.
But the one who was injured w

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A teenage armed bandit was brought to justice thanks to the
incredible bravery of a minicab driver, the Old Bailey heard
today Friday.
Mr Gabriel Akintunde, 42, refused to submit to the orders

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An armed bandit made a desperate leap from a moving car in a
bid to escape police, the Old Bailey heard.
But Terence Pewter’s acrobatics failed to shake off the squad

of police who had tai

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A retired docker died from asbestos poisoning
more than 20 years after being in contact with the lethal dust,
Southwark Coroner’s Court was told on Wednesday.
A verdict of death from industri

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A glass-throwing incident on the dance-floor at a night club was
followed by a savage hatchet attack, a court heard.
Roofer David Peake, 31, was rushed to hospital with a fractured
skull and m

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29/1/92
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A greedy cocaine trafficker who made over a million pounds
from his evil trade over a five year period – during which time
he even drew the dole – was jailed for 15 years today Wednesday.
And

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A young villain escaped from custody because he could not
bear to miss spending Christmas with his little girl, the Old
Bailey heard.
Thomas McLoughlin, 19, missed his two-year-old’s fi

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