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Palestine Action attack on bank will not be treated as terrorism, says judge

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…

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Fraudster who stole £300k from pensioner before fleeing to Tenerife finally jailed

Gwinnett had her sentence increased at Preston Crown Court on Monday

The Independent UK

Man blew up childhood home because he thought he’d been cut out of will, court hears: ‘If I can’t have it, no one can’

Three gas cylinders had been placed in the front living room, the kitchen, and one of the bedrooms

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The ‘evil and monstrous’ teacher who used charm and easy manner to hide ‘gratuitous’ abuse of baby son

Preston Davey was murdered in a fatal sex attack carried out by his adoptive father Jamie Varley in a case that ‘shocked the nation’

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Baby Preston Davey’s death at hands of adoptive father slammed as ‘failure of the state’

Children’s Commissioner says a safeguarding review must find out if Preston’s murder ‘could have been prevented’

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Teacher And Partner Found Guilty Over Baby Preston's Murder as Birth Mother's Notorious Homicidal Past Emerges

A former teacher and his partner were convicted of the abuse and murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey, spotlighting severe child protection failures.

International Business Times UK

Teacher accused of sexual abuse and murder of adopted baby denies making up ‘drowning’ story

Jamie Varley was questioned about the day 13-month-old Preston Davey died in 2023

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Baby allegedly murdered by teacher who adopted him suffered sexual abuse injuries, court told

Preston Davey was adopted by high school teacher Jamie Varley, 37, and his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley

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Former teacher used ‘spy pens’ to take more than a million upskirt images of pupils

Matthew Gilkes, 47, was unmasked after he was caught taking photographs of children under cubicles at a leisure centre

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Man who paralysed girlfriend in attack jailed for 16 years

Robert Easom, 57, attacked Trudi Burgess in a culmination of eight years of controlling, coercive and violent behaviour.

Evening Standard

Men given life jail terms for plotting attack on mass gathering of Jews

Walid Saadaoui was told by a judge at Preston Crown Court that he must serve a minimum of 37 years in custody.

Evening Standard

Men who plotted ‘mass murder’ of Jewish community in terror attack jailed for life

The men plotted to open fire on a march against antisemitism in what could have been ‘one of the deadliest attacks’ the UK has ever seen

The Independent UK

Pair convicted of plotting gun attack on mass gathering of Jews

Counter-terrorism police intervened on the ‘strike day’ of May 8 last year, with more than 200 officers involved.

Evening Standard

Man accused of planning to shoot Jews praised Paris terror attacks, trial told

Walid Saadaoui, of Abram, Wigan, denies preparing acts of terrorism between December 13 2023 and May 9 2024.

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Former teacher denies murder and sexual assault of baby boy he was adopting

Jamie Varley, 36, pleaded not guilty to 33 charges relating to the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey

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Drug dealer sentenced for killing pensioner after pulling wheelie on e-bike

Dylan Green, 20, was detained for eight years and three months in a young offenders institution for causing death by dangerous driving.

Evening Standard

Father who kept driving despite medical advice jailed over son’s death in crash

Daniel Burba had an epileptic fit at the wheel of his wife’s Peugeot van which swerved off the M6 near Lancaster and hit a tree on April 20.

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Football fan killed with one punch in clash outside pub

Mr Johnson was among a group of Blackpool fans who gathered outside the pub

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Evening Standard

Football fan jailed for five years after fatal pub fight

Jake Balmforth punched Tony Johnson during trouble after Blackpool played Burnley in 2023.

Evening Standard

Prison governor jailed over relationship with ‘Jesse Pinkman’ drug boss

Kerri Pegg, 42, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Friday.

Evening Standard

Trial dates set for former mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and co-defendants

Anderson appeared at Preston Crown Court with other defendants, including former politician Derek Hatton.

Evening Standard

‘Bubbly blonde’ prison governor was ‘green and stupid’ jury told

Kerri Pegg denies misconduct in a public office and possession of criminal property.

Evening Standard

Gang boss DNA found on toothbrush at prison governor’s flat, jury hears

Hugo Boss flip flops also had DNA of ‘Breaking Bad’ drug dealer Anthony Saunderson found at Kerri Pegg’s home

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Man cleared of causing death of partner who took her own life after controlling relationship

Kiena Dawes left a suicide note saying ‘Ryan Wellings killed me’ before her death, but a jury found him not guilty of her manslaughter

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Man accused of driving partner to suicide tells jury he isn’t a monster

Kiena Dawes left their eight-month-old daughter with a friend before taking her own life on July 22 2022

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