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A crazed murderer with a Dirty Harry style Magnum gun played
Russian Roulette with a terrified mother, her six-year-old son and her
18-month-old toddler, the Old Bailey was told today Thursda

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A brave householder was praised by a crown court recorder
for grabbing a top burglar as he prowled his home in the dead
of night.
Prolific house raider Adam Campbell – though only 20 –
admitt

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A recession-hit builder who turned to armed robbery to solve his
‘desperate’ financial situation has been jailed for six years.
Father-of-two Patrick Cronin, 37, built up a successful firm
dur

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A pensioner was knocked to the ground and badly bruised when she
was caught in the middle of a violent row.
Steven Hughes, 29, a Hackney Council gardener, later maintained
that 75-year-old An

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A brutal rapist who dubbed himself ‘the devil’ has been jailed for
seven years for subjecting a friend to a savage Christmas Day sex
attack.
Jay Baddoo, 33, used violence and chilling thre

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An abused wife walked free from court after being convicted of
killing her husband.
Former nun Elizabeth Line, 29, stabbed her husband Ronald 17 times
after he drunkenly attacked her in the

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The inquest into the double murder of father and daughter,
Matthew and Alison Manwaring, was opened and formally adjourned
today (Wed) at Southwark Coroners Court.
Mile End-born bank clerk Al

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The father of up and coming snooker star – 16-year-old Ronnie
O’Sullivan – sat grim-faced in the dock at the Old Bailey charged
with murder listening to the former girlfriend of Charlie Kray
gi

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Seven men accused of being involved in a plot to cheat
philatelists in the deliberate misprinting of ‘rare’ stamps
were cleared today Tuesday.
They were acquitted on a judge’s direction who ac

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A City stockbroker was jailed for 18 months today Wednesday
for possessing a Heckler and Koch machine gun and ammunition.
Gun enthusiast Richard Chambers, 26 – whose ex-wife is a
City of London

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