Paul Wright

Danny Kay, a man sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for rape, has had his conviction quashed after his lawyers recovered deleted Facebook messages.

Stanislav Yezhov, who got close to Theresa May in Downing Street, arrested by Ukrainian secret service in Kiev.

Sara Thornton, head of National Police Chiefs Council, warns that policy of always believing alleged victim has warped judgment of officers.

Governor of Tennessee clears Lawrence McKinney, 61, after DNA tests show accused was not rapist. Accused in line for big compensation payout.

More than a dozen people have been injured, including a toddler, after police say a car intentionally ploughed into pedestrians in the heart of Melbourne, Australia.

Kamil Snios, from Tottenham, North London, has been jailed after launching into a vicious homophobic attack that saw him stamp on his victim's leg until it snapped.

Wrestling fan Cole Mackin has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars after killing 14-year-old Reece Seagrave by body slamming him to the ground.

Paul Smith, stepfather of Charlie Dunn, jailed for manslaughter after stepson drowned at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire.

California couple Vincent Calogero and Sarah Nilson accused of putting their own children up for sale to fund drugs habit.

Jenny Swift found hanged in cell just days after pulling out of death pact with three other trans inmates, inquest hears.

Drug smuggler Jason Waterman has been jailed after landing in an airfield carrying £1.2m of cocaine.

Tim Varchmin, a high-flying City lawyer, has spoken of his relief of being cleared of child porn and drug charges after he blamed guests attending his Grindr "chem sex" parties.

Just 13% of Israeli Jews are willing to have Arabs as neighbours, a new study by The Center for a Share Society has found.

A routine tour of a Detroit police station in the US state of Michigan led to the discovery of more than 11,000 untested "rape kits" - and 817 serial rapists.

A water-based traditional "healing" ceremony ended in tragedy on Friday (15 December) after a teenager and a 27-year-old man both drowned while taking part.

The far-right party Britain First and its leaders have had their Twitter accounts suspended amid a crackdown by the social media company on "hateful and abusive" speech.

The head of a council in south east Australia has questioned calls for a mural painted by convicted paedophile Rolf Harris to be torn down.

Crystal Palace midfielder Jason Puncheon has been charged with assault and possession of an offensive weapon after a fight broke out near a nightclub in Reigate.

A court in China sentenced 10 people to death in front of thousands of onlookers, including schoolchildren, before taking them away to be immediately executed.

Search continues for little girl knocked unconscious and dumped by drunken dad in the forest. Felipe Eranzo now facing child abuse charges.

The leaders of far-right party Britain First, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, have been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with speeches made at a rally in Belfast.

London teen Ali Ahmed drowned at the Falls of Bruar in Scotland when he tried to rescue a friend from strong currents, inquest hears.

Merseyside Police have released CCTV footage showing the moment two boys riding a scrambler motorbike hit schoolgirl Jessica Chisnall as she walked home in St Helens.

Good Samaritan Lindsay Shabazian lost both her legs while trying to help a stranger in a stalled car in Sacramento County, California.

A rising number of faith schools are actively undermining British values including tolerance of others, the head of Ofsted has warned.

Heart-stopping moment Chinese factory worker emerges in flames from building as onlookers rush to save his life.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sharply criticised Israel at the opening of a summit of Islamic nations in Istanbul, calling it a "terror state."

Hundreds of searchers helped find body in Norfolk woodland, believed to be that of 20-year-old Ian Tang, who disappeared on way home to North Walsham.

Islamic leaders in Australia instruct muslims to stand in court and remove burkas if asked when giving evidence.