A chemistry teacher in the UK who sent a schoolgirl indecent photographs of himself with his private parts covered by emojis has been jailed for 15 months.

A convicted sex offender who raped and strangled a nurse in England before setting fire to her house has been given a whole life sentence.

A homeless man accused of murdering a woman and her 13-year-old son in England has been remanded in custody by magistrates.

A builder has been found guilty of killing his ex-partner in 1981 after his DNA was found on an anonymous letter blaming another man for the killing.

A 101-year-old paedophile has been jailed in England for 13 years for committing a string of sex offences against young children in the 1970s and 1980s.

Police investigating the disappearance of a young mother in 1991 are carrying out searches of woodland after receiving "credible" new information.

Up to 30% of the population may sleepwalk at least once in a lifetime and in the US, it’s increasingly being used as a defence in criminal trials, writes Rita de Brun

USA: A long-time inmate who was recently released from prison pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing a bank in Wyoming and asked a judge to impose the maximum sentence, saying going back to prison would be like going home.

A middle-aged fantasist raped and murdered a drunk young woman in what a judge labelled a “crime of utter depravity” after luring his victim back to his squalid home.

An ex-bookkeeper accused of raping and murdering a barmaid has told a jury his “over-eagerness” to satisfy her in bed caused her death.

An ex-bookkeeper accused of raping and murdering a barmaid has told a jury "over-eagerness" to satisfy his victim in bed caused her death.

A former bookkeeper, 52, accused of raping and murdering a barmaid has told a court he had not realised his alleged victim might be dead, despite being “cuddled up to her”.

A 41-year-old man jailed in England for attempting to murder his pregnant partner after repeatedly stabbing her in the street had been forced to choose between his Muslim mother's faith and the "love of his life".

A woman accused of stabbing her ex-husband after sex, chased him into the street before battering him with a heavy frying pan, a court in England has heard.

A "devious, manipulative and selfish" young mother will serve at least 24 years behind bars in England after brutally stamping her toddler daughter to death in the child's bedroom.

More than a dozen members of an organised crime gang are due to be sentenced after plotting to steal rhino horn and Chinese artefacts worth up to €71m in a series of museum raids.

A woman who took her toddler son to Syria to join Islamic State (IS) has been jailed for six years.

ENGLAND: A judge has handed nine-month jail sentences to two prisoners who starred in a three-minute rap video recorded behind bars on an illegally held mobile phone.

Audacious Dutch smugglers may have sneaked up to £1.6bn (€2.3bn) worth of cocaine and heroin into the UK using “a fleet” of fake ambulances, a court heard.

One of two brothers accused of murdering a Costco marketing manager bought chloroform on the internet a fortnight before she died, a jury has heard.

An airline steward who tried to smuggle fake passports by hiding them in a pair of specially adapted underpants has been jailed for five years.

Former Premier League striker Delroy Facey has been convicted of conspiring to bribe players in a match-fixing plot.

A man appeared in court today charged with the murder of a five-month-old baby girl who died after being taken to hospital.

A former charity boss pinned a young Kenyan boy down on a bed and raped him before threatening to kill the child if he spoke of the ordeal, a jury in England has heard.

A mass killer who shot dead five people during a one-day "orgy of terror" in 1978 has admitted possessing firearms and making an improvised explosive device.

A former Premier League footballer has been charged with conspiracy to commit bribery.

Two Far Eastern businessmen have been convicted of plotting to fix the results of lower league football matches.

Two brothers who used their UK printing firm’s Christmas and New Year break to churn out £1.2m worth of fake banknotes have both been jailed for seven years.

Four men have appeared in a UK court charged in connection with a National Crime Agency inquiry into alleged football match-fixing.

Two footballers have appeared in court in the UK charged in connection with a National Crime Agency inquiry into alleged match-fixing.

A callous mother and stepfather who battered to death a four-year-old boy after subjecting him to six months of systematic starvation and “incomprehensible” cruelty have been found guilty of murder.

A callous mother and stepfather who battered to death a four-year-old boy after subjecting him to six months of systematic starvation and “incomprehensible” cruelty have been found guilty of murder in the UK.

A UK mother was found guilty today of murdering her two-year-old son, who was beaten to death after suffering months of ill-treatment.

A mother who threw her newborn baby down a rubbish chute has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after being found guilty of inflicting bodily harm.

A couple accused of killing their six children in a house fire in the UK have denied charges of manslaughter.

Several people have come forward with information since the parents of six children who died in a house fire appeared in court last week, police in England have said.

A 61-year-old Englishman has been jailed for 28 years after masterminding a plot to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of cocaine into the UK.

Eight men were cleared today of murdering three friends who were mowed down by a car during last summer’s riots.

Four family members have been found guilty of murdering a 21-year-old pregnant woman they thought was possessed by evil spirits.

A gang who shot at officers during last summer’s riots in Britain were given sentences of up to 30 years today for what a judge described as a “concerted attack on the police”.

The father of a man who was killed in last summer’s UK riots when he was hit by a car has described hearing the fatal impact as he stood in a nearby street.

A bereaved father who publicly appealed for calm hours after his son was killed in last summer’s riots in Britain was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence today after being convicted of a roadside attack.