A qualified barrister who headbutted a créche manager and broke her nose has lost an appeal against his conviction for assault causing harm, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

A barrister who head-butted a crèche director and broke her nose has been given a three-year, suspended sentence and told to “keep away” from his victim and any of her staff for 15 years.

FINGERS were jabbed through the air, thick with recrimination and hurt – the only surprise is that for once the Government wasn’t the target.

A 40-year-old man, who "couldn’t accept" the break-up of his homosexual relationship, was stabbed to death by his partner following a row, a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.