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The Latest Breaking News from Bristol Crown Court

Driver who 'lost it' and rammed car into taxi banned for 18 months

Daniel Wassell was handed a 10-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to dangerous driving

Bristol Post

Southmead man jailed for after illegal firearm and ammunition found in car

Omari Sharpe was forensically linked to the handgun

Bristol Post

Rogue roofers who scammed Bristol homeowners out of £250,000 are jailed

Patrick O'Connor and Patrick O'Brien admitted multiple frauds over two years

Bristol Post

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Van driver punched cyclist in road rage incident in Bedminster

Jack Rawlins punched cyclist after clipping his wing mirror, court told

Bristol Post

Man sleeping in boiler cupboard admitted pushing crack cocaine

Peter Busulwa pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drug

Bristol Post

Care home and former manager in court following teenager’s death

Melissa Mathieson, 18, was strangled by Jason Conroy at Alexandra House in Bristol in October 2014.

The Independent UK

Dad broke crying baby's legs and arm by rough handling

Mum and dad in highly strained relationship as their newborn kept crying, court told

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Jailed at Bristol Crown Court in September 2022

Cases have included a car thief who couldn't drive, drug dealers and rapists

Bristol Post

Man stabbed former partner nine times with four different knives

The 26-year-old admitted GBH and denied attempted murder at a trial at Bristol Crown Court

Bristol Post

Human rights not a defence for significant criminal damage, court rules in Bristol Colston statue case

Court of Appeal rules that the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue was ‘violent’ and caused significant damage

The Independent UK

Court of Appeal due to rule on legal issues arising out of ‘Colston Four’ case

The bronze memorial to the 17th-century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol on June 7 2020.

The Independent UK

Fraudsters banged up in Bristol so far this year

Cases have included rogue traders and a gang who preyed on dozens of elderly victims

Bristol Post

Courts observe two-minute silence in tribute to the Queen

Respectful moment taken at both Bristol Crown Court and Bristol Magistrates' Court

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Bristol barristers join Criminal Bar Association walkout in 'fight for justice'

Action gathers momentum to ensure system's future

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Jailed in Bristol in August 2022

Another busy month for Bristol Crown Court, which is striving to administer justice in the midst of a barristers' strike which has caused many cases to be adjourned

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Timeline of case against double murderer Christopher Halliwell

The taxi driver killed Becky Godden in 2003 but was not prosecuted for her murder until 2016.

Bristol Post

The thieves and burglars taken off the streets so far in 2022

We list the intruders and pilferers jailed at Bristol Crown Court from January to July this year

The Independent UK

Conman steals £14,600 from ex-girlfriend by lying about mother’s breast cancer treatment

Victim Alison Wood says she was ‘blinded by love’ for ex-boxer Umit Sucu

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Woman conned out of £14,600 for 'treatment' from fraudster ex-boyfriend - after he told her his mother had cancer

"I was blinded by what I thought was love"

Manchester Evening News

Man nicknamed 'Turkish Warrior' conned girlfriend out of almost £15k to fund luxury lifestyle

Mr Sucu told Alison Wood he was using the money to help his poorly mother

Bristol Post

Sex offenders jailed in Bristol so far in 2022

Cases have included historical offenders brought to justice by scientific advances

The Independent UK

Man to face trial accused of murdering missing woman

Darren Osment appeared before Bristol Crown Court accused of killing 32-year-old Claire Holland, who vanished in June 2012.

Bristol Post

Jailed in Bristol in July 2022: The defendants banged up in the last month

Some cases have not been dealt with due to a barristers' strike urging for more funding for the criminal justice system

Bristol Post

Jailed in Bristol: Burglars and thieves locked up so far this year

One of them was described by a judge as a "menace on the streets"

Bristol Post

More than half-a-million pounds worth of drugs found in man's home

Christopher White admitted possessing heroin, cocaine and ketamine with intent to supply

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