The crown court backlog in England and Wales has hit a new record high as a minister warned it could rise to 100,000 in four ...

The backlog in the Crown Courts stood at 74,651 at the end of December 2024, up from 73,172 at the end of September and ...

Investment into the criminal justice system could help free thousands of victims, witnesses and defendants from limbo as new ...

A prison governor began a relationship with a drug dealer who gave her a £12,000 Mercedes car paid for in drugs after she ...

A man has been returned for trial to Derry Crown Court charged with making indecent images of a child. William Putt (27) of ...

Nottingham Crown Court has been sent into partial shutdown over a reported gas leak. Some cases have been halted and ...

Five men, including one from near the Leicestershire border, have appeared in court charged with murder. The charges relate ...

Liam McElvaney and two boys, aged 15 and 17, will appear at Teesside Crown Court in April charged with attempted murder ...

A man described as 'playing a significant role as a middle man' in a drugs operation has been jailed at Derry Crown Court.

The former Man City midfielder, 42, said he was 'disappointed' after being found guilty of assault following a two-day trial ...

A female plane passenger has told a court how she awoke mid-air to find the man sitting next to her sexually assaulting her.

A DANGEROUS offender has been handed a lengthy prison sentence after a catalogue of sexual crimes committed against young children. Reuben Swansborough, of Garden Village in Saltney, appeared at Mold ...