Two brothers who used their convenience stores to groom teenage girls with free sweets and crisps have been jailed for committing a string of sexual offences.

A 95-year-old man who bludgeoned his wife of 65 years with a lump hammer in an attempted mercy killing has been spared jail.

Former football coach Barry Bennell has denied 20 child sex offences.

A newborn baby was found by a cleaner in a bin in hospital toilets, a court has heard.

A DJ has been jailed for 12 months for a £1m music piracy operation in England.

"It just seems so cruel and I think he would say the same."

A man smoked a "legal high" on a fishing trip then went berserk and drowned his friend, a court in England heard.

Police in England have released mobile phone footage of a man snorting cocaine from the barrel of a sawn-off shotgun which helped to convict him and two teenagers of firearm offences.

Teenager Clayton Williams has accepted his driving caused the death of Pc Dave Phillips and has “extended his apologies” to the father-of-two’s family, a statement from his solicitor said.

A panicked groom who staged a bomb hoax on his wedding day so his bride would not find out he bungled the booking has been jailed for 12 months.

A former Coronation Street actor was cleared today of four counts of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

A former 'Coronation Street' actor will be found not guilty of a third of the child sex charges against him after a judge ruled on his case today.

A former Coronation Street actor “used his status” to “flatter and gain the trust” of a 14-year-old boy whom he went on to indecently assault on a number of occasions, a court heard today.

The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has urged a parole board not to release killer Jon Venables.

A former 'Coronation Street' actor has appeared in court charged with historic child sex offences.

The case of a former 'Coronation Street' actor charged with historic child sex offences has been sent to Liverpool Crown Court.

A senior judge in the UK has issued a warning to police, press and politicians as one-eyed alleged killer Dale Cregan appeared for the first time at Crown Court.

A gang of nine Asian men who groomed white girls as young as 13 with drink and drugs were driven by “lust and greed”, a judge in Britain said today.

A gang of nine Asian men was yesterday found guilty of plying white girls as young as 13 with drink and drugs so they could “pass them around” and use them for sex.

A former soap star who admitted driving the getaway car in a gangland shooting has been cleared of murder, it can be reported today.

A gang of 11 men plied girls as young as 13 with drink and drugs so they could “pass them around” and use them for sex, a court heard.

The killer of Merseyside toddler James Bulger has lost his bid to be released on parole, the victim's mother said.

The father of English toddler James Bulger has told a parole board about the "daily nightmare" of life since his son's murder.

A mother and daughter who left the corpse of a grandmother unburied for up to six months while one of them pocketed her pension were told they face jail today.

Paedophiles and rapists in England and Wales are to be given the right to appeal against being on the countries' sex offenders' register for life, according to reports.

A woman who concealed the births of four stillborn babies and kept three of them in her wardrobe for two decades was spared a jail sentence today.

A SUNDAY league footballer who drove his car at a referee was jailed for 24 weeks yesterday.

The lead singer of rock band The Zutons broke a man’s nose after his girlfriend was insulted by a group of men, a court heard today.

The lead singer in rock band The Zutons will go on trial today accused of breaking a man’s nose outside a nightclub.

THE man at the centre of an international police hunt following the shooting dead of an Irish father-of-two has a string of convictions for violent crime and has been on the run from British police for four years.

The lead singer in rock band The Zutons appeared in court today and denied breaking a man’s nose during a row outside a nightclub.

AN “extremely violent” burglar who threatened to abduct the children of England and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard during a raid on his home was jailed for seven years and four months yesterday.

THE wife of footballer Steven Gerrard was told by burglars they would “take her kids” in a terrifying raid on their home, a court heard yesterday.

AN atheist who left leaflets mocking Jesus Christ, Islam and the Pope in an international airport’s prayer room was yesterday hit with an Asbo.

A VENGEFUL killer was branded a “coward” yesterday by the father of the three-year-old girl he murdered.

THE case of a man accused of robbing Steven Gerrard’s home was yesterday committed to crown court for trial.

Two men appeared in an English court today and admitted their part in a plot which saw a hand grenade left outside the home of football legend Kenny Dalglish.

A gang member who armed the killer of schoolboy Rhys Jones had his “unduly lenient” seven-year sentence increased to 12 years by the Court of Appeal today.

A gang member who armed the killer of British schoolboy Rhys Jones will have his sentence reviewed today to determine if it is “unduly lenient”.

A MAN leapt from the dock of a court and escaped custody just minutes after being convicted of rape, police said yesterday.

Steven Gerrard says the experience of being tried for affray has left him a changed man.

The man punched in a nightclub by Liverpool football star Steven Gerrard is launching a civil action against the player and six of his friends, it emerged today.

Six men involved in a bar room brawl with England footballer Steven Gerrard walked free from court today after being given suspended prison sentences.

A DRUG baron and his wife who splashed out millions on a “vulgar” champagne lifestyle have been ordered to pay back their illegal earnings.