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More than a quarter of victims of serious crimes are waiting a year or more for their case to be heard in the crown court, the official spending watchdog has found. More than 6,500 cases have been waiting two or more years as the Tories…

A Conservative former minister has criticised the fact an article about child serial killer Lucy Letby is not available to read in the UK, as he argued this is "in defiance of open justice". The article published in the New Yorker…

Nigel Farage mentioned he's "in shock" after the mother and father of his daughter's boyfriend had been arrested for medication offences.The former UKIP chief's youngest little one Izzy, 18, is in a long-term relationship with boyfriend…

A man accused of murdering his wife and 12-year-old daughter will defend himself when he goes on trial later this year. Peter Nash, 46, was brought a walking frame by a dock officer and leant on it to stand as he entered his pleas from the…

Nurse Lucy Letby attempted to murder a baby girl within two hours of her birth, a jury has heard. She is alleged to have deliberately dislodged the youngster’s breathing tube just moments before a consultant walked into the nursery room.…

Failure to tackle violence against women and girls means rape has effectively been decriminalised under the Tories, a Labour frontbencher says. Shadow justice minister Ellie Reeves said a Labour government would bring in specialist rape…

Labour is pledging to boost the number of public prosecutors by 50% as figures show a record 17,000 victims waiting for justice. Party analysis found that last year 12,460 cases had not come to trial for between one and two years, and…

A violent and abusive woman who left her husband living in fear and trapped in their marriage for 20 years has been jailed. Sheree Spencer punched, kicked, slapped and bit her husband during persistent “nasty” attacks, a court…

An anti-vaxxer who filmed himself as he accused Matt Hancock of killing “millions of people” during an exchange on the Tube has denied harassing the former Health Secretary. Geza Tarjanyi, 61, branded the ex-cabinet member a…

A former Tory MP who was jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage boy is expected to be released from prison after serving only half of his sentence. Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced to 18 months in prison for groping the…