A woman in England who falsely claimed a Primark security guard pulled her baby away from her while breastfeeding has pleaded guilty to intent to pervert the course of justice.

A mother who branded her 16-month-old toddler’s cheek with a “smiley” mark using a cigarette lighter has been jailed by a British court.

A man has appeared in court in England charged with kidnap and the sexual abuse of three children as young as eight.

An eighth man is to appear in a British court today charged with the murder of the family of a Dublin surgeon - his wife and three children - who died in a suspected arson attack on their home.

Two more men have been charged with murdering four members of a Dublin surgeon's family after a deadly house fire.

Four people including a 16-year-old have been charged with murder after a fatal house fire in Britain in which the wife and children of an Irish-based doctor were killed.

Seven men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of a mother and her three children who were killed in a house fire.

Two men have avoided jail after admitting copying thousands of files from Sony Music, including previously unreleased tracks by Michael Jackson.

A Premier League footballer walked free from court today after admitting lashing out at four people in a nightclub.

A PROFESSIONAL footballer yesterday pleaded guilty to affray during a nightclub fracas.

A 66-YEAR-OLD man pleaded guilty yesterday to having sex with a horse and a donkey.

AN 11-year-old boy was subjected to a catalogue of abuse, including regular beatings, sex abuse, having to eat his own vomit and having his toys smashed, a court heard yesterday.

One of the UK's most prestigious performing arts centres apologised today after it emerged a sculpture in one of its buildings was the work of a man who raped and murdered two children.

THE leader of a terrorist cell plotted to kidnap a British Muslim soldier using cocaine as a lure before beheading him “like a pig”, a jury heard yesterday.

A ROBBER who held up a bookmakers with his girlfriend’s Rampant Rabbit vibrator was jailed yesterday.

A MAN who was married with four children made thousands of indecent calls to children as young as eight across Britain pretending to be a doctor carrying out sexual health checks, a court heard yesterday.

A curate took her husband to a police station after he was found sexually grooming a 12-year-old girl over the internet, a British court heard today.

A teacher who seduced a 15-year-old schoolboy and started a relationship with him behind her boyfriend’s back walked free from court in the UK today.

Four men were today found guilty of murdering two teenage girls who were gunned down outside a New Year party two years ago.

RETAIL chains Dixons and Game took the controversial computer game Manhunt off its shelves yesterday with immediate effect.

THE parents of a boy brutally murdered by his older friend yesterday blamed a violent video game called Manhunt for their son’s death.

AN Irishman who campaigned to legalise child sex has been found guilty of smuggling indecent photographs of children in Britain.

Two Algerians accused of being part of Osama bin Laden's terror network arrived at court in an armoured police van surrounded by heightened security.