Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police sparked last summer’s riots, was trying to set up a drugs deal in the weeks before he was killed, a court heard today.

Pete Doherty has been released from prison, it has emerged.

MUSICIAN Pete Doherty has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine.

A SCHOOL lab technician in Britain who knocked a teenage pupil unconscious by tricking her into wearing a dust mask doused in chloroform was jailed for two-and-a-half years yesterday.

Jack Tweed has been cleared of raping a teenager at his east London home.

Jack Tweed’s co-accused Anthony Davis has claimed the woman who alleges she was raped by both men “did not protest” during the incident.

A friend of the teenage woman allegedly raped by Jack Tweed, and his estate agent friend from Essex, at his home described today how she desperately banged on the bedroom door in a bid to get her friend out.

A 20-year-old student denied accusing Jack Tweed and his friend of rape at Tweed's east London home because she was ashamed of sleeping with the two men.

The 20-year-old student allegedly raped by Jade Goody’s widower went from being a bubbly, active teenager to a vulnerable young woman who only feels safe in the comfort of her own home after the attack, a British court heard today.

THE widower of reality TV star Jade Goody raped a shy teenager after pestering her for a threesome after a night out, a court heard yesterday.

The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody was ordered to stand trial today accused of raping a teenager.

FAKE golf clubs and other goods worth millions of euro were sold to eBay customers around the world in the largest fraud of its kind, a court has heard.

A SELF-STYLED lord was jailed for eight years yesterday for his part in a “bold and sophisticated” bid to pull off the world’s biggest theft.

Boy George was starting a 15-month jail term tonight for a “humiliating” attack on a male escort.

NINE schoolboy rapists, who laughed as they took part in a brutal assault on a 14-year-old girl, were behind bars yesterday.

Singer Boy George was convicted today in London of falsely imprisoning a male escort.

THE jury yesterday retired to consider its verdict in the case of pop star Boy George, who is accused of falsely imprisoning a male escort.

British singer Boy George will not give evidence to defend himself against an allegation that he handcuffed a male model to a wall at his London home.

A couple will be sentenced today for supplying drugs to a “hit list” of celebrities including singer Amy Winehouse.

Boy George made an official complaint to police that personal data had been taken from his computer just days before he attacked a male escort who he thought had tampered with his laptop, a court in Britain heard today.

A male escort who accuses Boy George of false imprisonment asked to be handcuffed during an erotic photo shoot, a court heard today.

A male escort who claimed he was chained up and beaten by Boy George sold his story to a magazine because he wanted money to leave the country, a court heard today.

Singer Amy Winehouse's husband, who tried to cover up a vicious attack on a publican, has today lost an appeal against his sentence.

Singer Boy George is due to stand trial today accused of assaulting and falsely imprisoning a male escort.

Singer Amy Winehouse has said she wants at least five children with her jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

An ex-pub landlord was cleared today of taking a £200,000 bribe to save Amy Winehouse’s husband from jail.

A pub landlord today denied taking a £200,000 (€252,600) bribe to save Amy Winehouse’s husband from jail for beating him up.

Amy Winehouse’s husband plotted a £200,000 (€252,000) pay off for a pub landlord he had beaten up to skip a key court date, it was claimed today.

Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil will stand trial on charges of perverting the course of justice in June.

FORMER Culture Club singer Boy George will stand trial in February charged with falsely imprisoning a male escort by chaining him to a wall, a court ruled yesterday.

Boy George was sent for trial today, accused of falsely imprisoning a male escort by chaining him to a wall.

West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand has been cleared of any wrongdoing after admitting punching a man he believed was planning to mug him.

A sixth man was tonight charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in relation to a court case involving Amy Winehouse’s husband, Scotland Yard said.

Amy Winehouse looked on tearfully today as her husband was remanded in custody charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Premiership footballer Anton Ferdinand was ordered today to stand trial following an alleged brawl.

POKER is a game of skill and not chance, the jury in a landmark case that could change the future of the game heard yesterday.

A couple turned their one-bedroomed flat into a guns supermarket stocked with a sub-machine gun and hundreds of live rounds, a British court heard yesterday.

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty is expected to be freed from jail today after spending the weekend behind bars.

The woman arrested today with police liaison officer Brian Stevens was Louise Austin, an administrator with the Crown Prosecution Service, who had a relationship with Stevens before he married, according to reports.