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RAF Scampton (Callum Parke/PA)
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Councils drop proposed legal action over asylum seeker plans for RAF bases

The Home Office announced plans last year to accommodate asylum seekers at RAF Scampton and RAF Wethersfield.
By Callum Parke
30 May 2024
Former City banker Crispin Odey (Aaron Chown/PA)
Crime

Former banker Crispin Odey suing Financial Times for libel at High Court

The paper published allegations by several women against Mr Odey last year.
By Callum Parke
30 May 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Aaron Chown/PA)
Politics

No Rwanda deportations before General Election, government confirms

Mr Justice Chamberlain ordered the Cabinet Office and Home Office to tell the court of the earliest date they planned to start removals.
By Callum Parke
29 May 2024
Noel Clarke leaves the Royal Courts of Justice after a previous hearing in his libel claim (Lucy North/PA)
Crime

Noel Clarke’s libel claim set for trial next year, High Court told

Mr Clarke is suing Guardian News and Media over eight articles accusing him of sexual misconduct, which he denies.
By Callum Parke
23 May 2024
Lewis Edwards has lost a bid to have his sentence changed (South Wales Police/PA)
Crime

Paedophile police officer loses appeal against life sentence

Lewis Edwards groomed dozens of young girls on Snapchat and blackmailed many of his victims.
By Callum Parke
23 May 2024
Mayor of Portland Carralyn Parkes at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London in February (Victoria Jones/PA)
Crime

Dorset resident loses legal challenge over Bibby Stockholm barge

Carralyn Parkes claimed that the council should have used its powers over the mooring of the boat in Portland Harbour.
By Callum Parke
23 May 2024
Mr Gunn died after a fall at a Morrisons in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Crime

Morrisons loses appeal bid over staff member death

Matthew Gunn died aged 27 in October 2014.
By Callum Parke
22 May 2024
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Harry cannot use claims against Murdoch in NGN trial, judge rules

Mr Justice Fancourt said new allegations made by several individuals against Mr Murdoch added ‘nothing material’ to the case against the publisher

By Callum Parke
21 May 2024
Dr Craig Wright arriving at the Rolls Building in London during the trial earlier this year (Lucy North/PA)
Crime

Computer scientist ‘lied extensively’ in Bitcoin founder claim, judge rules

The judge previously said that there was ‘overwhelming’ evidence that Dr Craig Wright was not Satoshi Nakamoto.
By Callum Parke
20 May 2024
Ian Elliott, 71, was jailed for 18 years in February after admitting 43 offences (Sussex Police/PA)
Crime

Appeal Court increases sentence for man jailed for ‘campaign of rape’

Judges increased 71-year-old Ian Elliott’s sentence from 18 years to 27 years, while maintaining a five-year licence period.
By Callum Parke
16 May 2024
Trudi Warner at the Royal Courts of Justice in London last month (Lucy North/PA)
Crime

Solicitor General seeks approval to challenge ruling over climate protester

A judge ruled in April that the Solicitor General could not take legal action against Trudi Warner for her protest outside a Crown Court.
By Callum Parke
15 May 2024
Shane Byrne is a six-time British Superbikes champion (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Crime

British motorbike champion suing sport bodies over ‘catastrophic’ crash injuries

Shane Byrne has been unable to compete since the crash at a race track in Norfolk in 2018.
By Callum Parke
15 May 2024
Joey and Georgia Barton arriving at Wimbledon Magistrates Court in October 2022, when the case against him was paused (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Crime

Prosecutors ask judges to resume Joey Barton domestic abuse trial

Mr Barton previously denied assaulting his wife, Georgia, in June 2021, but the case was paused in 2022.
By Callum Parke
15 May 2024
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UK

Diana’s ex-chauffeur settles claim against BBC over Panorama interview

Stephen Davies was alleged to have leaked confidential information to Panorama as it tried to secure the 1995 interview with the princess

By Callum Parke
14 May 2024
(l to r) Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar were killed by Valdo Calocane (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)
Crime

Families call for Nottingham killer never to be released as sentencing bid fails

The mother of one victim of Valdo Calocane said the killer should become ‘the next Ian Brady or Fred West’ by never being freed.
By Callum Parke
14 May 2024
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Crime

Court refuses to change sentence of triple killer Valdo Calocane

Calocane fatally stabbed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in a spate of attacks in Nottingham last June.

By Callum Parke
14 May 2024
Valdo Calocane (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)
Crime

Judges to rule on whether Nottingham killer’s sentence was ‘unduly lenient’

Valdo Calocane fatally stabbed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in the early hours of June 13 last year.
By Callum Parke
14 May 2024
Shahid Mohammad was jailed on Thursday (HMRC/PA)
Crime

Fraudsters jailed after being found guilty in trial without a jury

The Court of Appeal ruled in January that the trial could continue after the jury was discharged following reports of tampering.
By Callum Parke
10 May 2024
Valdo Calocane (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)
Crime

Judges to rule on bid to change Nottingham killer’s sentence on Tuesday

Valdo Calocane was given an indefinite hospital order for killing Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar.
By Callum Parke
10 May 2024
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Crime

Jeremy Vine ‘labelled a nonce as part of sustained attack'

Mr Vine is suing the former footballer for several online posts, including where Mr Barton called him a ‘pedo defender’.

By Callum Parke
9 May 2024
The families of the victims outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday (Victoria Jones/PA)
Crime

Families of Calocane’s victims repeat inquiry calls amid bid to change sentence

The families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates said failings by several organisations contributed to their deaths.
By Callum Parke
8 May 2024
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