1+ week, 5+ day ago   (100+ words) A Staffordshire radio presenter accused of raping a woman has denied the allegation. Stuart Haycock, from Stafford, appeared at the town's crown court on Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty to intentional penetration without consent. The charge relates to an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (139+ words) A man has denied murdering a businessman who died after he was reportedly punched at a bar. Billy Allison, 36, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Matthew O'Gara and causing grievous bodily harm at Stafford Crown Court on Tuesday. O'Gara,…...

3+ week, 50+ min ago   (308+ words) A drug dealer who raped and exploited a teenage girl has been jailed. James Conroy, 43, of no fixed abode, was arrested after allegations he was grooming the victim, Cambridge Crown Court heard. He later began sending her threatening and degrading…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (432+ words) A police officer sucked a female colleague's finger as part of an unwanted pattern of sexual behaviour towards women with whom he worked, a misconduct panel heard. They also heard that former PC Robin White, who retired from West Midlands…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (388+ words) An arsonist who set fire to six cars, Christmas decorations and electricity cabling in Hucknall has been jailed. Nottinghamshire Police said it received an abandoned call, believed to be from Scott Knight, claiming he had been kidnapped and stabbed on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (459+ words) A maths teacher who promised to find a schoolgirl the "perfect boyfriend" in a late-night email chat has been allowed to continue teaching. Jamil Wali, who worked at King's Leadership Academy in Liverpool, exchanged more than 200 emails with the student,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (446+ words) Six men have denied historical offences relating to alleged sexual abuse and rape of children as part of a grooming gang. Nine men aged 54 to 76 were arrested in July as part of Gwent Police's Operation Oak investigation into women's reports…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (685+ words) An attack on a Barclays Bank by five people from the Palestine Action group will not be treated as terrorism when they are sentenced, a judge has ruled. The five smiled with relief and were hugged and cheered by supporters…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (322+ words) A former teacher has been jailed for four and a half years after admitting to having sex with a teenage boy. Emily Drury, 26, was sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to five charges of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (236+ words) A father and son who tried to smuggle £900,000 of cannabis into Scotland have been jailed. Stephen Harding, 67, and Bradley Harding, 37, were stopped at Glasgow Airport by Border Force officials on 23 November 2024. The pair, from Tamworth in Staffordshire, had travelled from…...