A CONMAN stole more than £400,000 from his best friends in a spread-betting scam, a court heard yesterday.

A GAMBLER with zero horse sense has avoided jail time by a nose, having threatened to kill a thoroughbred nag if it wasn’t withdrawn from a race.

A man has been charged for blackmail over threats to harm Conduit before his victory in July’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

A MAN who faked his own death after ripping off eBay customers was jailed for two years yesterday.

A PENSIONER who fooled the art world for years by selling fake antiques his son had “knocked up” in his garden shed avoided a jail sentence yesterday.

SENTENCING has been adjourned for a pensioner who fooled the art world for years by selling “antiques” his son had “knocked up” in his garden shed.

Amir Khan was warned today he faces being arrested if he does not attend a court hearing next week.

Mobile phone salesman Paul Potts was crowned the winner of 'Britain's Got Talent' last night.

Two men accused of placing a bomb beneath the car of a man with links to loyalist terrorists were remanded in custody today.

TWO burglars who beheaded a cat and cooked a live mouse in a microwave were jailed for three years each yesterday.

The wife and son of convicted terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair are due in court today in Britain on drug charges.

The wife and son of convicted terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair appeared in court today on drug charges.