Justice officials were ignored and accused of ‘crying wolf’ as the criminal justice system reached breaking point, damning review finds

A teenage boy confessed to stabbing and mutilating animals to stave off his urge to murder a human

The teenager was convicted in a fast-track Single Justice Procedure hearing conducted in private

The case was brought by three motorists who all bought their cars for less than £10,000 before 2021

Rumarni Tuitt was convicted of attempted murder at Notting Hill Carnival

Five companies were wound up after their accounts were declared as false

Murder victim Josh McKay’s mother said there is a ‘special place in hell’ for his killer

Christopher Patricks admitted the knife attack at Victoria Station

A judge has ruled Palestine Action’s co-founder can bring a High Court challenge

Former Tory MP Ben Howlett has not yet entered a plea to the sexual assault charge

A High Court judge says the seat holders’ dispute with the Royal Albert Hall should go to trial

DI Gary Castle made the remarks about dwarves while trying to make friends with new colleagues

Reinaldo Goncalo Bertoni Filho was brought to justice after an “audacious” bid to join the police

Barristers were polled on Sir Brian Leveson’s proposals to scrap jury trials

Bianca Mirica has been linked to 111 incidents of suspected shoplifting from branches of Boots

The pensioner sent in medical records to explain the mistake, but it did not stop a criminal conviction

Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times in an attack on January 7 as he travelled on a route 472 bus in Woolwich

Kelyan Bokassa cried out “I want my mum” after he had been fatally stabbed on a bus in Woolwich

Teenage knife crime dominates London news — but what is being done to intervene before tragedy strikes? Courts correspondent Tristan Kirk looks at how the capital’s youth courts try to stop first-time offenders caught with blades from spiralling into murderers

Habiba Naveed believed she was the lost daughter of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed