An Old Bailey judge has directed a jury to find a man accused
of raping his teenage stepdaughter not guilty owing to lack of
evidence.
The Nigerian girl, now 19, said her stepfather, 52, had
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
A Merthyr Tydfil machine operator who stole parts worth pounds
sterling 5,000 from the Hoover factory where he worked had his prison
sentence cut from 15 months to nine by the Criminal Appeal Court
A Nottingham driver who swung a three-foot dog chain in a
'vicious attack' on two youths was today (tues) refused leave by the
Criminal Appeal Court in London to appeal against his 18-month prison
A Dumfries plasterer who crushed a man's leg with his car in
Lancashire after the victim punched his girlfriend had his 12-month
prison sentence and two-year driving ban upheld by the Criminal Appea
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,
Television presenter Trevor Ward has started a High Court
action for alleged libel after an article in Time Out magazine.
Mr Ward, of 604 High Road, Leytonstone, London E11, is
claiming dama
A sexually frustrated husband who admitted 'losing control'
and molesting a four-year-old girl has walked free from the Old
Bailey.
'Simple and hard-working' lorry driver George Burrows, 38
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
Ca
A 38-year-old Barnet man's three year prison sentence for
indecently assaulting a girl between the ages of 13 and 15
was upheld by the Criminal Appeal Court in London today.
Brian Thomas of Berk
