A "monster" who subjected his girlfriend to a series of vicious attacks that left her so badly bruised a paramedic could not tell what her race or ethnicity was has been jailed for life.

A husband who murdered a popular primary school teacher after she confronted him about making indecent images has been jailed for life in England with a minimum term of 23 years.

A dog breeder in England who made more than £100,000 by trafficking women onto a "sexual conveyor belt" across England and Wales has been jailed for four years.

Solicitors have called for a fresh criminal investigation into the alleged “suppression of forensic evidence” in the prosecution of the Guildford Four, more than 40 years ago.

A devastated mother whose teenage son was stabbed to death in an attack believed to have been filmed on Snapchat has spoken of her anguish as it was revealed no one has been convicted over his killing.

A mother of nine and her boyfriend have been found guilty of causing the death of her baby son, who suffered 28 fractures during his short life.

Three trials are anticipated for the six men facing charges relating to the Hillsborough disaster, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Cliff Richard and X Factor judge Louis Walsh have offered support to the brother of singer Dana Rosemary Scallon as he threatens legal action against police and the media for their handling of sex abuse allegations.

A man who claimed thousands of pounds in disability benefits despite climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, winning a triathlon and competing at the Phoenix Winter Games has been convicted of fraud, prosecutors said.

A youth worker who watched a livestream of a six-year-old boy being raped and urged on the attacker has been jailed for 11 years.

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When the police search for Keith Bennett's body on Saddleworth Moor in England was called off in 2009, the man in charge of the operation said he believed Ian Brady knew the exact location of the burial site.

An "insatiable gambler" has been found guilty of murdering and dismembering his wealthy friend and dumping the torso in a suitcase at the roadside.

Growing up, there were no books at home. Only the Bible and The News of the World. We were poor and university was never mentioned as an option. I went to grammar school and enjoyed writing but didn’t enjoy reading. Being a writer was never on my list of things to do.

A hairdresser accused of knocking down and killing a 70-year-old cyclist has been cleared of careless driving following a crowd-funded private prosecution.

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service has said it is "considering options" in the case of a man who was spared jail after he admitted beating his wife.

A leading British child protection officer has suggested paedophiles who view indecent images should not be given criminal sanctions unless they pose a physical threat to children, according to The Times newspaper in the UK.

An internet troll has been jailed after making anti-Semitic death threats to a UK Labour MP, telling her she would "get it like Jo Cox".

In the UK, former football coach Barry Bennell has been charged with historical child sexual abuse.

Detectives leading a criminal investigation into the Hillsborough disaster have appealed for 19 people seen in CCTV footage at the stadium to come forward.

A man arrested in Portugal in connection with the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave more than two decades ago has been returned to the UK.

A 27-year-old man has been jailed for eight years for the sexual assault of a 101-year-old woman who he attacked as he burgled her home.

BBC director-general Lord Hall has defended the corporation's live coverage of a police raid at Cliff Richard's home, but expressed regret at the distress caused to the singer.

Cliff Richard has said his life was “effectively turned upside down” as he confirmed he was suing the BBC and South Yorkshire Police over live coverage of a police raid at his home.

A judge has demanded an urgent review into “what went wrong” after prosecutors dropped the case against medics accused over the death of a woman at an abortion clinic four years ago.

The parents of a one-year-old boy treated for heatstroke after being left in a locked car in England have been given police cautions.

The father of a two-year-old abducted from a Primark store last April by girls aged 13 and 14 said the kidnappers used sweets as part of their plan to entice her away.

A "reckless" Indian restaurant owner who was convicted of killing a customer with a nut allergy by supplying him with a takeaway containing peanuts has been jailed for six years.

The family of Jean Charles de Menezes have lost a human rights challenge over the decision not to charge any individual police officer over his death.

A ninth person has been jailed in connection with the interception of a yacht carrying cocaine with a street value of more than £160m off the south-west coast of Ireland.

The Law Reform Commission says it is exploring gaps in the law on harrassment, so that online impersonation and trolling might be included as an offence.

Domestic abusers in Britain who control their victims through social media accounts, or spy on them online, could face up to five years in prison.

The death of Lord Janner is “extremely sad” both for his family and for the alleged victims of sexual abuse who will be denied justice, a campaigner said.

Prosecutors ended one of the biggest scandals in British journalism, saying they would take no more action over phone hacking charges against two of the country’s largest newspaper groups.

An ex-bishop who abused 18 young men and aspiring priests over 30 years in england has finally admitted his guilt after a last-ditch effort to throw his case out on the word of a former Archbishop of Canterbury failed.

The former head of security at Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper empire has threatened to blow the whistle with “shock” revelations about the company.

Anjem Choudary, Britain’s most high-profile Islamist preacher, well-known globally for praising the men responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States, was charged yesterday with inviting support for Islamic State.