A computer hacker who disrupted access to the British Airways website for more than an hour costing the airline an estimated £100,000 was caught after he boasted about his crimes on Twitter, a court heard.

A gang has been jailed for running a large scale slavery operation which saw Polish nationals trafficked into the UK to be used as modern day slaves.

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".

An axe-wielding "killer clown" prankster has been jailed after he chased a pregnant woman the night before Halloween, a UK court has heard.

Two girls aged 13 and 14 who used sweets to kidnap a toddler from a Primark store where her mother was shopping will be sentenced at a crown court.

A judge has jailed a teenager for life because it was “only a matter of time” before the loner carried out a massacre at his former college.

A prolific sex offender has been jailed for 11 years, after one of his victims saw him on the street and identified him on Facebook.

An 18-year-old was stopped at the last minute from carrying out a gun and bomb attack on a college in Newcastle last year, a court has heard.

Two thugs who stole a dying man’s mobile phone as he lay unconscious in a street in England have been jailed.

A drug addict whose sickening attack on a 4ft 6in pensioner caused outrage around the world has been jailed for four years after admitting trying to mug his visually-impaired victim.

A former British civil servant has been jailed for 10 years for killing a man during a drug-fuelled sado-masochistic sex session.

A controlling husband who knifed his jazz singer wife in the heart after learning of her affair with a saxophonist has been jailed for life by a UK court today.

A jazz saxophonist warned his married lover to watch her controlling husband's "every move" the day before she was knifed to death in their study in Newcastle, a court has heard.

An internet troll whose grossly offensive Facebook postings included threats to kill 200 US children has been jailed for more than two years after a judge heard how he spread terror in local schools.

A man from Gateshead in England who murdered a two-month-old baby after a series of attacks has been jailed for life today.

A British internet troll has admitted threatening to kill 200 US citizens in Facebook posts which led thousands of children to stay off school.

A 32-year-old man appeared in court today accused of biting off part of former Casualty actor Clive Mantle’s ear.

The lover of an English photographer who infected her with HIV has said she will stand by him after he was jailed for doing the same to an ex-girlfriend.

Newcastle striker Nile Ranger has been convicted of two counts of assault by beating against two police officers.

An internet pirate who made up to £60,000 (€76,000) a month from his site which allowed people to download TV shows and films was jailed in the UK for four years today.

A son who bludgeoned his father to death and then buried his dismembered body beneath a patio has been jailed for life in Britain.

Premier League striker Nile Ranger escaped a fine today after admitting a charge of being drunk and disorderly.

One of the two men who helped gunman Raoul Moat during his shotgun rampage - which left a man dead and a police officer blinded – lost a bid to win a reduction in his “excessive” sentence today.

A MOTHER-OF-FOUR who admitted biting off her boyfriend’s testicles has been warned she could be jailed.

A JURY at the inquest of cornered killer Raoul Moat, who blasted himself in the head with a sawn-off shotgun, has returned a unanimous verdict of suicide.

A jury at the inquest of cornered killer Raoul Moat will consider whether police should have used unauthorised Taser weapons on the night, the UK coroner has said.

The police officers who fired Tasers at cornered killer Raoul Moat said today that one missed and the other had no effect.

Cornered killer Raoul Moat told the first officer to confront him: “Shoot me, f****** shoot me” while holding a sawn-off shotgun to his head, an inquest into his death heard today

Raoul Moat’s ex-lover deliberately wound him up hours before he launched his murderous rampage, the killer’s best friend told an inquest today.

Gun maniac Raoul Moat warned his ex-girlfriend he was “going to go crazy” after she told him she wanted him out of her life, an inquest heard today.

A JUDGE waived a burgling bride-to-be’s curfew — so she can go on her hen night.

A British woman has appeared in court accused of biting off her boyfriend's testicles.

Two men who helped crazed gunman Raoul Moat during his shotgun rampage which left a man dead and a police officer blinded were jailed for life in the UK today.

CHERYL COLE’S brother was jailed for six years yesterday after admitting his part in a frightening armed robbery in which an imitation gun and machete were used.

TWO men are facing jail after they were convicted of being gunman Raoul Moat’s henchmen during his murderous rampage.

Two men were facing jail today after they were convicted of being gunman Raoul Moat's henchmen during his shooting spree.

A mother wept as she described the moment gunman Raoul Moat shot dead her daughter’s boyfriend today.

England prospect Andy Carroll has denied any wrongdoing after claims that cocaine was taken into team-mate Kevin Nolan’s house.

Two men will appear in court today accused of helping gunman Raoul Moat during his seven days on the run.

Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll was today fined £1,000 (€1,100) after admitting assaulting a man in a nightclub.

Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll will go on trial today charged with assaulting a man in a nightclub.

Residents of the town where where British murderer Raoul Moat ended his life were furious today after it emerged his ashes were scattered close by.