An “evil and controlling” man who strangled his wife and set fire to her body has been jailed for life. Plasterer Thomas Peter, 50, rammed a flannel into Karen Peter’s
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A man who spent the night with a 12-year-old girl who he thought was 19 has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Carl Hodgson, 28, invited the child to his flat
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A family court judge has come under fire from two senior judges over the way she handled a hearing centred on the care of two children. Lord Justice Peter Jackson
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A former youth football manager described by a sheriff as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” has been jailed for four years for abusing boys. Frank Cairney, 83, was found guilty
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A man concerned about the way his mentally-ill mother is being looked after in hospital is embroiled in litigation in a specialist court after a judge imposed limits on what
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Child witnesses of domestic abuse should be included in a planned law to boost the use of pre-recorded evidence from vulnerable people in criminal trials, MSPs have said. Opposition parties
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A single mother in north London has lost a High Court discrimination claim against a housing association which prioritises Orthodox Jews. The mother-of-four, known only as Z, claimed that the
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Murdered Belfast community worker Ian Ogle died with “unparalleled bravery” while protecting those he thought were in danger, his funeral has heard. The 45-year-old died after he was attacked and
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Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a review of the decision to grant an absolute discharge to a student found guilty of sexual assault. A statement from
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The mother of a three-year-old girl has become the first to be found guilty of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK, after a failed bid to “shut up” her
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