News: Serious Violent & Sexual Crime

PC Harwood found not guilty of manslaughter

PC Simon Harwood has been acquitted of manslaughter following the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson during the G20...

19th July 2012

Mother found guilty of the manslaughter of daughter’s boyfriend

A 47 year old woman was today found guilty of the manslaughter of her daughter's boyfriend and perverting the course of...

22nd May 2012

Former soldier convicted of three rapes and sexual assault

Edmund Gritt prosecuted serial 'date' rapist Brian Witty for a series of sex attacks on 4 women between 1995 and 2011. Witty...

24th April 2012

‘School boys’ attacker convicted of murder

A Turkish man with mental health issues has been found guilty of murder at the Central Criminal Court. Serif Aslan claimed...

20th April 2012

Wife and daughter given life sentences for murder

Don Banfield disappeared 11 years ago. He had signed a contract to sell his home making a profit of £120,000 and vanished...

4th April 2012