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Manchester 'jihadi listed as Isis sniper in leaked terror documents'
Mohammed Abdallah, of Moss Side, Manchester, denies terrorism offences at the Old Bailey in London despite being listed as a specialist sniper in Isis documents, a court heard.
Dramatic video shows 'have-a-go hero throwing thief off a stolen motorbike' in London
TV presenter Charley Boorman has called for more police protection after he posted the video on Twitter. The clip shows what appeared to be a bike owner pursuing a thief.
Cockfighting gang convicted of running brutal sport from 'blood and feather splattered' home
Mohammed Asab, 51, from Seven Kings, east London, was pictured showing off his fighting cockerels in a video seized from his mobile by the RSPCA.
How dangerous is crack cocaine?
After a relative reduction in use, the drug is making a worrying comeback, according to recent reports.
Couple 'starved baby to death before burying him in shallow grave in park and denying he existed'
Anthony Clark, 35, and Catherine Davies, 25, are accused of not feeding or clothing their baby before murdering him and burying him naked in a shoe box in a shallow grave.
'I'll show you rape' says man on bail for sex attack on ex-lover who then killed herself
Ryan Graham, from Irvine, has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. His 34-year-old victim took her own life during the investigation.
Mother and violent boyfriend jailed after death of baby riddled with broken bones and drugs
Mother Katherine Cox and boyfriend Danny Shepherd have been jailed after her five-month-old baby died from violently abused at their Isle of Sheppey home.
Cousins were teenagers when they raped and sexually assaulted two children
David Jones, 32, and Daniel Woodbridge, 31, from Bridgend, Wales, abused their victims both together and alone whilst they were both under 16, a court heard.
Stepdad 'killed toddler by swinging him into fireplace in 1968', says witness who was 3 at the time
David Dearlove, 71, is accused of killing his stepson Paul Booth, 19 months, at their home in Stockton-on-Tees in October 1968. He denies murder at Teesside Crown Court.
Child porn hoarder with 11,000 pictures, some showing 'visible pain', is spared jail
Police raided Terence Patrick Corcoran's Scarborough home after tracing his suspicious internet activity.
Iraqi man who took Spice for the first time beat to death fellow inmate in detention centre
Zana Yusif has been jailed for 15 years after he killed vulnerable Bangladeshi grandfather Tarek Chowdhury, 64, in a cell at the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in London.
Pulp Fiction-obsessed schoolboy, 15, asked student to film as he fatally stabbed teacher 7 times
Will Cornick, 19, stabbed to death school teacher Ann Maguire during a school Spanish lesson in 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Abusive thug, who killed lover's chihuahua by kicking it against wall as she looked on, jailed
Serial domestic abuser Adam McCarthy, 28, killed ex-girlfriend Sophie Ing's pet chihuahua 'outright' during a blazing row at his home in Sunderland, where he also attacked her.
Man admits exposing naked pictures of ex-girlfriend in WhatsApp revenge porn scheme
When a conversation became heated, he threatened to post naked images of his then girlfriend onto Instagram.
Uber driver 'killed his 2 children by smothering them with petrol-soaked rag while mum slept'
Endris Mohammed, 47, from Birmingham, denies murdering Saros Endris, 8, and sister Leanor, 6, and the attempted murder of mum, Penil Teklehaimanot, but admits manslaughter.
Bungling burglar, who left his DNA on empty vodka bottle at break-in, is jailed
Robert Moore, 34, of Spar Crescent, Little Hulton, Salford, targeted a home and two off-licences, stealing a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka and 20 Sterling Superking cigarettes.
Acid attack victim chose euthanasia after jealous ex-lover mutilated him, court hears
Jurors at Bristol Crown Court were warned that they may find the video testimony "shocking and disturbing."
Extremely violent child murderer 'terrorised' in jail with price placed on his head by fellow inmates
Craig Smith, 28, from Birkenhead, Merseyside, was jailed for life last week after being convicted of beating his two-year-old step-son Teddy Tilston to death.
Keira Knightley stalker, who said he was 'public executioner' in threatening tweets, detained indefinitely
Stalker Mark Revill has been detained indefinitely in psychiatric hospital after sending threatening tweets and repeatedly delivering letters and postcards to actress Keira Knightley's north London home.
Serial killer Rose West's nephew, abducted and raped girl, 12, after giving her cocaine and cannabis
Rose West's nephew, Steven Letts, 39, plied the girl with cocaine, cannabis and vodka after meeting her in Gloucester city centre on 6 March this year.
'Vile' Lithuanian drug gang used waterboard torture on man they imprisoned at gunpoint
Lee Torrance was attacked at the home of Aivaras Sepronas and Jurgita Makaroviene in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in 2015. The gang has been given jail sentences totalling 50 years.
LGBT rights campaigner Julian Aubrey found brutally stabbed to death in London flat
Julian Aubrey, a sexual abuse counsellor, was knifed to death in his home in Earl's Court on Monday (30 October). The 55-year-old was a former co-chairman of an LGBT liaison group.
Man 'with bladed weapon' arrested by armed police after 'hostage situation' in Hull
Humberside Police arrested a man who allegedly had a 'bladed weapon' and was 'behaving aggressively' in a home in Bransholme, Hull.
Legal gun dealer sold sawn-off shotguns to Birmingham gang who ran 'county lines' drug network
A Birmingham gang has been jailed for more than 100 years for selling shotguns and class A drugs in the West Midlands.
Prisoner spent his first day of freedom stomping on pensioner's head and beating up 'paedos'
Violent thug Andrew Clark is back behind bars after spending his first day of freedom in Leeds beating up random members of the public and stamping on the head of an elderly man.
Shocking images show London acid attack victim left partially blind by two thugs
Musa Miah, 23, and Syed Ibrahim, 21, were left with life-changing injuries after a corrosive substance was thrown in their faces outside a grocery store in east London.
Burglar mowed down and killed ex-Royal Navy officer in his own car in front of distraught wife
Ryan Gibbons, 29, from Manchester, has been found guilty of murder after running over ex-Royal Navy officer Mike Samwell, 35, twice in the victim's Audi S3 sports car.
Sex offender rapes woman after being allowed out of prison to visit dying grandmother
Simon Marshall has been jailed at York Crown Court and was said to have shown no remorse over his actions.
Man dies after stab to the heart at Cambridgeshire Halloween party
A second man was also stabbed in the attack but is due to be released from hospital later this week.
Masked 'Halloween' gunmen with automatic weapons open fire at London rave
Two people were injured and taken to hospital during the shooting which happened in the early hours of 28 October.