The Latest Breaking News from Crown Court

Almost 77,000 crown court cases were waiting to be heard in March, figures show

Andrew Johnston, 30, who competed as a singer on the television programme, was cleared of raping two women after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.

The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court on Monday.

Polish national Julia Wandel was refused bail at Leicester Crown Court shortly before Karen Spragg, from Cardiff, was bailed by magistrates

Polish national Julia Wandel, 23, will be kept in prison custody until a futher hearing next month.

Shoplifting has soared to such “epidemic” levels with reports of 17,000 incidents-a-day while attacks on shopkeepers are up by 50 per cent. Reports of violence against women and girls have surged so alarmingly in the last few years that the police declared it a “national emergency”.

Nicholas Prosper will appear at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday for the second day of his sentencing hearing.

Nicholas Prosper, 19, wanted to become UK’s worst mass school killer with shooting attack on his former primary, court told

The Crown Court backlog has spiralled to more than 73,000 cases with the system mired in chronic delays and some trials being listed as far away as 2028

Police say organised crime group would fly planes from Cherbourg, France, to southern England

Nicholas Prosper pleaded guilty to the murders of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, in Luton on Monday