USA: A hungry black bear thought it had found an easy meal inside an unlocked car in suburban Denver, but after getting the doggie bag left inside, the bear could not get out again and ripped apart the car’s interior.

An arsonist who set his flat on fire after being served an eviction notice laughed when he was told by police that he had almost trapped his upstairs neighbour and her two children in the blaze, a UK court heard today.

A FORMER Army bomb disposal expert tried to murder his pregnant wife by planting a hand grenade in her car after she confronted him about his affair, a court heard yesterday.

A father was jailed for five years today for killing his month-old baby daughter after becoming annoyed with her crying while he was playing a computer game.

THE woman who claimed actor Chris Langham took her virginity at 14 was “sick”, he told the court yesterday.

A JUDGE apologised to television star Paul Whitehouse last night after he was told he would have to return to court to give evidence in the Chris Langham indecency trial.

ACTOR Chris Langham looked at pornographic images of children because they made him feel like a “better man”, a jury heard yesterday.

THE mother of a 10-year-old girl kidnapped by Antoni Imiela told in a statement read to the court how her daughter had woken up in the middle of the night screaming because she could “see his face”.

A “DANGEROUS sexual predator” who raped eight women and girls “prowled” areas around the M25 in Britain in a bid to find victims in quiet open spaces, a court heard yesterday.

A former railway worker raped eight women and girls in the space of a year, using motorways to find secluded open spaces where he could “prowl” for his victims, a court heard today.

A BRITISH man wired a homemade bomb to his wife’s car after he started an affair with a woman he met on the internet, a court was told yesterday.

A jealous husband who killed his wife with the words 'you are the weakest link - goodbye' has been found guilty of murder.

Two schoolboys who murdered a sleeping tramp by setting him ablaze for a laugh have been sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure.

A sex tourist who carried out vile attacks on two girls as young as seven in Cambodia was jailed for eight years today.

A father who helped his suicidal daughter to die in a bid to end her suffering has walked free after receiving a suspended prison sentence.

A British father has pleaded guilty to helping his suicidal mentally-ill daughter to end her life.

A drink-driving father who killed his only son in a car crash on the night before his seventh birthday has been jailed for two and half years.