A man who tried to frame a neighbour for harassment has been jailed for 15 months in England.

A father will go on trial charged with murdering his six-month-old daughter in England on Christmas Day.

A man who shot a crying 18-month-old boy in the head with an air rifle has been jailed for two years.

A killer taxi driver accused of murdering a sex worker in the UK has insisted to a jury that he never knew her.

A taxi driver jailed for life for murdering an office worker in England accused the senior detective who brought him to justice of being a "corrupt bastard", a court there has heard.

A murderer offered police "another one" before leading them to a remote field where he had buried a sex worker he killed years earlier, a court in England has heard.

A primary school headteacher in England who used a spy pen to film youngsters and adults using the toilet has been jailed for more than two years.

A drunken holiday jet passenger who threatened to stab a pilot and kill everyone on board has been jailed for eight months.

A couple in England are to appear in court charged with grievous bodily harm after an 18-month-old boy was shot in the head with an air-gun.

A man has admitted grievous bodily harm after a baby boy was shot in the head with an air gun.

A rapist in England who confessed when police tracked him down almost 35 years after the attack has been jailed for nearly five years.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The stepbrother of Becky Watts sobbed uncontrollably as he recounted how he killed the teenager after trying to force her into a suitcase during a kidnap attempt.

A gang of paedophiles who raped babies, toddlers and pre-school children and streamed the abuse over the internet to other sex abusers have been branded “beyond human instinct and evil” by a judge in the UK.

Members of a British paedophile ring who attacked babies and toddlers and streamed the abuse online have been sentenced to a total of 78 years in prison today.

A gang of paedophiles raped and abused babies, toddlers and pre-school children in attacks that were streamed over the internet to users around the world, a court heard.

A judge has branded a mother who went on the run with her three-year-old son after becoming embroiled in a bitter custody battle with the boy’s father “utterly irresponsible”.

A three-year-old boy who was missing with his mother in England for more than two weeks is now “safely back” in the care of his father.

The mother at the centre of a custody battle in England who is on the run with her three-year-old son has broken her silence, saying she left with him because she felt “trapped”.

A baby killed by her father in England was never on a child protection plan despite authorities knowing of “horrific domestic abuse, drug-taking and injuries to the child”, a damning report has revealed.

A gang of paedophiles who raped and abused babies, toddlers, and children aged under five in attacks that were streamed over the internet are facing lengthy prison sentences.

A jury in England retired today to consider verdicts against two men accused of conspiracy to rape a child.

A gang of paedophiles raped and abused a baby and a pre-school child in attacks that were live streamed over the internet, a court in the UK heard today.

The stepbrother of 16-year-old Becky Watts appeared before a court charged with her murder.

A judge in England has questioned the wisdom of social workers placing a vulnerable teenage girl alone a flat and left almost unsupervised in inner city Bristol – leading to her being raped and prostituted by Somali drug dealers.

A band of "greedy" women masterminded a £21m (€26m) get-rich-quick scheme — fleecing at least 10,000 victims.

A lying law graduate who falsely accused her boyfriend of rape so she would have an excuse for failing her legal exams has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

A surrogate mother who claimed she miscarried the grandchild of Osama bin Laden has been jailed for three years and four months after faking pregnancies to rake in £15,000 (€18,750) from desperate couples.

A woman stole the identity of a qualified GP and used it to work in a pharmacy — where she dispensed medication to unsuspecting patients, a court heard.

A lying law graduate who falsely accused her boyfriend of rape so she would have an excuse for failing her legal exams is facing jail after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

A police officer has been acquitted of assault and misconduct after tasering a naked man who threw a pair of underpants at him during a strip search.

An actress and three lapdancers have been cleared of kidnapping a club boss who failed to pay them £42,000 in wages.

A club boss has told a court of the moment he was kidnapped by three lapdancers and their manager — with the women wearing “miniskirts, stilettos, and Daisy Duke shorts”.

A man who killed his 16-week-old daughter after becoming "agitated" when he ran out of cannabis has been jailed for six years in the UK today.

A prolific sex attacker who returned to comfort his victim minutes after brutally assaulting her has been jailed for 10 years.

A sacked employee who caused £175,000 (€206,000) worth of damage when he went on a rampage at his former workplace has been jailed for 20 months.

A drug dealer has been ordered to write a 5,000-word essay as his punishment.

A family of millionaire Travellers jailed for forcing vulnerable men to work for a pittance have been given over £460,000 (€535,000) in legal aid.

Five members of the same Traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance have all been jailed.

Five members of the same Traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance were all jailed in the UK today.