News: Serious Violent & Sexual Crime

Murder suspect cleared of all charges

Ian Curson was today acquitted of murder and an additional charge of possession of an offensive weapon after a four week...

17th August 2023

Former MPS Police Officer found not guilty of 2004 rape

Ailsa Williamson represented Stephen Kyere who was found not guilty of rape and indecent assault by a jury at the Old Bailey....

26th May 2023

Youth acquitted of rape and assault by penetration

Following a trial at Wellingborough Youth Court, District Judge Watson acquitted a 16-year-old defendant of rape and assault...

12th March 2023

Man jailed for killing father

Sean Maurice was jailed for manslaughter by reason of loss of control after stabbing his father 33 times. Bill Emlyn Jones...

27th January 2023

PC David Carrick pleads guilty to multiple serious sexual offences

PC David Carrick, a serving Metropolitan Police Officer, has pleaded guilty to 49 counts of serious sexual and allied...

16th January 2023

Amine Laouar sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum 38 year term

A killer who went on a ‘random’ stabbing spree has been jailed for life having been convicted of murder, attempted murder...

29th July 2022

Dea-John Reid: Boy ‘hunted down’ and murdered, court hears

A 14-year-old boy was "hunted down" by a "pack" of two men and three teenagers in broad daylight, before he was stabbed, a...

28th February 2022

Man jailed for life for murder of ‘defenceless grandmother’

Valentine Lazar was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to life with a minimum of 23 and a half years for the murder of...

4th February 2022

Dagenham Iceland killing

Following a 4 week trial at the Central Criminal Court, father and son, Gary and Bobby Ternent have been found guilty of the...

28th January 2022

Independent safeguarding review published

A safeguarding review into abuse committed by John Smyth QC against pupils and former pupils of Winchester College in the...

20th January 2022