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Re C (Children)
Case No: B4/2016/0456
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
7 April 2016
[2016] EWCA Civ 356
2016 WL 01253986
Before: Lady Justice Black and Lord Justice Floyd
Date: Thursday 7th April 2016
On Appeal from Warrington County Court and Family Court
His Honour Judge Parker
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Hearing dates: 25th February 2016
Representation
Mr Jamil Khan & Mr Michael Jones (instructed by Fiona Bruce Solicitors) for the Appellant.
Mr Neil Christian (instructed by Warrington Borough Council ) for the 1st Respondent.
Miss Audrey Van De Haer (instructed by HCB Widdows ) for the 2nd Respondent.
Damian Sanders (instructed by Canter, Levin & Berg ) for the 3rd Respondent.
Judgment
Lady Justice Black:
1 This appeal by the mother of two children (E who is 4 years old and K who is 3 years old) is against orders made by His Honour Judge Parker on 11, 14 and 27 January 2016. At the conclusion of the appeal hearing, in order that the parties could make progress with the case in the Family Court, we announced that the appeal was allowed for reasons which would be given later. This judgment sets out my reasons.
2 Judge Parker was himself engaged upon an appeal against orders made by lay justices sitting in the Family Court in care proceedings. The local authority had sought care orders in relation to E and K, as recommended by the social worker, the guardian, and a psychologist who had assessed the children’s mother. However, having heard the mother giving evidence for over three hours, the justices concluded that she had made material changes in her life and acknowledged past problems, and they differed from the recommendation of the professional witnesses. Accordingly, on 29 October 2015, they made supervision orders which, absent the local authority’s appeal to Judge Parker, would have resulted in the children returning to the care of the mother. The local authority, however, appealed contending that there had been serious procedural irregularities and that the decision of the justices was wrong for a number of reasons.
3 The case was listed before Judge Parker for four days, starting on 11 January 2016. As recorded in his case management order of 25 November 2015, the plan was that the first two days would be devoted to hearing the appeal and, if the appeal were to be allowed and a
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re-hearing ordered, the final two days would be used for the re-hearing.
Order of 11 January 2016
4 At the outset of the case on 11 January 2016, the judge made a further case management direction, namely that the mother would give oral evidence at the appeal hearing. This was an unusual course and the judge gave a short judgment on 11 January explaining why he had adopted it.
5 In preparation for the appeal hearing, a transcript of the evidence of several of the witnesses at the care hearing had been sought, including that of the mother. The judge considered the transcript of the mother’s evidence woefully inadequate. There were many references to her evidence being inaudible and, in the judge’s view, this rendered the transcript incoherent. He thought it was of insufficient quality for the court to perform a proper assessment of the mother’s evidence. This concerned him because he thought it would disable him from carrying out what he saw as a necessary part of his function on the appeal. The judge’s concern and his reasoning for the solution he adopted appear from the following passages in his case management judgment:
5. ….. This court, the appellate court, is …. being asked to express its judgment on whether the magistrates were wrong based upon an inadequate transcript of the mother’s evidence, setting that against the findings of the magistrates and also, of course, the written evidence and transcripts presently held of the psychologist and also the written evidence of the social worker and, I anticipate, the written evidence and transcript of evidence of the children’s guardian.
6. My real concern about approaching the case in that way is that the mother is prejudiced. How can it be in the mother’s best interests, when that part of the evidence that was the basis for reliance within the judgment of the magistrates, namely the mother’s evidence before them Ð the single most important piece in the jigsaw for the magistrates, looking at their written reasons Ð that the appeal proceeds without a coherent account of what the mother said, that appears to have been so persuasive for the magistrates that they felt able to reject the evidence of the three experts? Of course, in my judgment, the answer to that is that it cannot be in the mother’s best interests. She has to have the option of restating her case in a coherent way before the appellate court such that her case can be put as well and as strongly as it can be put. If the opposite view was taken by this court then the court would be left considering an incoherent account of the mother’s evidence set against coherent accounts of all those witnesses who gave evidence that was the antithesis of the mother’s case. Fairness, in my judgment, demands in this case that the mother has the opportunity to put that evidence again before me.
6 In so deciding, the judge recognised that ordinarily appeals are dealt with by way of review but he seems to have seen the process that he instigated as a re-hearing, within the provisions of Rule 30.12 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 .
The appeal hearing and the order of 14 January 2016
7 The mother duly gave evidence orally to Judge Parker and he set out what she said, and his impressions of her, starting at ¤36 of his judgment of 14 January 2016. At ¤60, he came to ask himself whether, based on the available evidence …. the magistrates were right to find that the mother was in a different place to February 2015 when the children had come into foster care. He accepted that she had resolved some of her problems, but concluded that there was insufficient evidence of material change and that there was a high risk of a relapse, which could not be managed by a supervision order. He determined that, for a number of reasons which he set out, the justices had been wrong to reach the conclusion that they did. He concluded his judgment in this way:
In those circumstances, the appeal is allowed and the matter will now be listed for
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re-hearing on 8 February.
8 The order of 14 January 2016 provided, inter alia, for the appeal to be allowed, for the matter to be listed for re-hearing/Final Hearing on 8 February with the social worker, the mother and the guardian as witnesses, and for updated evidence to be filed by the mother, the local authority and the guardian for that hearing.
The next hearing and the order of 27 January 2016
9 At a further directions hearing on 27 January 2016, counsel for the mother renewed an application he had first made at the conclusion of the appeal hearing for Judge Parker to recuse himself, essentially on the basis that he had made findings about the mother at the appeal hearing which were unnecessary for the appeal and had the effect of rendering the scheduled re-hearing otiose. The judge refused that application, explaining that he considered that it had been unavoidable to make findings about the mother’s evidence and that, in his view, those findings did not render a re-hearing otiose because it was still necessary to decide between the care and placement orders sought by the local authority and the mother’s proposal of placement at home in the context of a care order. He drew an analogy with findings of fact hearings, where the judge finding the facts almost always goes on to deal with the final disposal of the care and placement application, and indeed should do so to keep proper continuity, as he thought should happen here. He said that the findings could be revisited if there had been a change. His view was that in any event, even if he recused himself, the findings he had made at the appeal hearing would be carried forward to the new judge and would stand because they were not appealed successfully (¤6 27 January judgment).
10 A second application was made on behalf of the mother, namely for an independent social worker to be instructed to prepare a report. The judge rejected that application on the basis that there was no hole in the evidence that needed filling by such a report and the process would cause delay which would be very prejudicial to the children.
The mother’s appeal to this court and the positions of the other parties
11 The mother argued that the procedure followed by the judge was fundamentally flawed. The appeal hearing went awry, in her submission, by virtue of the judge hearing oral evidence from her and forming his own conclusions about her when his focus should have been upon the justices’ assessment with a view to determining whether they had gone wrong. He thus went outside the remit of an appellate judge. The problem was compounded, in her submission, by the fact that the findings made at the appeal hearing on the basis of only part of the evidence predetermined the re-hearing which the judge ordered to follow and which could not therefore be a fair hearing. She submitted that, furthermore, the judge himself could not properly go on to hear the scheduled re-hearing; he should have arranged for it to be in front of another judge, who should not have sight of the findings made in the appeal process. Given the passage of time, the court would need an up to date analysis of the situation for the re-hearing and, the mother submitted, the judge should have recognised that in the particular circumstances of the case it was necessary to have an independent social work report.
12 The mother was supported by the father in the appeal. Despite the fact they are now separated, they both want the mother to resume care of the children. The local authority opposed the appeal, seeking to uphold the decisions of Judge Parker.
13 The guardian’s position was slightly more complex. She supported the appeal but in part only. The flaw that she identified in the appeal process was that the judge had, in effect, conducted a re-hearing prior to adjudicating upon the appeal in the normal way. He was correct to hear evidence from the mother, in the guardian’s submission, but should not have heard evidence from her which went beyond that given to the justices and should not have determined issues that could be viewed as final issues which would have to be considered at the re-hearing. It was put in this way in the guardian’s counsel’s skeleton argument:
….something about the fact that oral evidence was heard, and that findings were made
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on that evidence, rendered the re-hearing of the final hearing by the same court unfair, or at the very least gave the appearance of being unfair.
Accordingly, the judge was wrong, in the guardian’s submission, not to recuse himself as requested. However, the guardian argued that the judge was not wrong to allow the appeal and that the proper course now would be to remit the care case for an expedited re-hearing before another circuit judge. The question of another expert should be considered at a directions hearing in preparation for that re-hearing, she submitted.
Discussion
14 In setting out my conclusions about the appeal, I propose to say as little as possible about the facts of the case and the conclusions of the justices because, by our order at the end of the appeal hearing before us, we remitted the local authority’s appeal to the Family Court for re-hearing. I would not like anything I say to influence or undermine that process. This is particularly so as we did not hear argument about the substance of the local authority’s appeal, the concentration being rather upon the process adopted by Judge Parker. Fortunately, it is not necessary to go into the details in order to explain why I formed the view that I did of matters.
15 The provisions of Rule 30.12 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 which governed the appeal to Judge Parker in this case are almost identical to the provisions of Rule 52.11 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 which govern a large number of other types of appeal, including those to the Court of Appeal. Both rules provide that [e]very appeal will be limited to a review of the decision of the lower court unless different provision is made elsewhere for a particular category of appeal or (the provision upon which Judge Parker relied) the court considers that in the circumstances of an individual appeal it would be in the interests of justice to hold a re-hearing. As for oral evidence, the default provision, set out in Rule 30.12(2) and Rule 52.11(2) , is that it will not be received and, although the power to permit it does exist, in practice it is very rare indeed for there to be oral evidence on appeals.
16 In the vast majority of cases, no question of an appeal taking the form of a re-hearing even arises, the general rule that appeals are limited to a review of the decision of the lower court simply being observed as a matter of course. Counsel for the appellant mother cited a passage from In re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) [2013] UKSC 33, [2013] 1 W.L.R. 1911 which underlined how rare it is for an appeal to be dealt with by way of a re-hearing and identified the attributes of the exceptional cases in which this occurs. Although, in this passage, Lord Neuberger was focussing particularly on the role of the appeal court when considering the proportionality of an order made by the first instance court, I see no reason why his comments should be confined to that situation:
86. …..There is, in my view, no reason why the Court of Appeal in a case such as this should not have followed the normal, almost invariable, approach of an appellate court in the United Kingdom on a first appeal, namely that of reviewing the trial judge’s conclusion on the issue, rather than that of reconsidering the issue afresh for itself.
87. That this is the normal function of the Court of Appeal is made clear by CPR 52.11 , which states that, save in exceptional cases, every appeal is limited to a review rather than a re-hearing and the appeal will be allowed only where the decision of the lower court was wrong or unjust because of a serious procedural or other irregularity in the proceedings in the lower court. The exceptional cases’ are, as a matter of principle and experience, almost always limited to those where the Court of Appeal (i) decides that the judge has gone wrong in some way so that his decision cannot stand, and (ii) feels able to reconsider, or rehear, the issue for itself rather than incurring the parties in the cost and delay of a fresh hearing at first instance.
17 If the question does arise as to whether it would be in the interests of justice to hold a re-hearing, the court will look to see whether there are any special features which support a departure from what is overwhelmingly the normal course. In so doing, it seems to me that the court has to keep firmly in mind the limits of its proper role as an appeal court. The authorities are peppered with reminders that an appeal court should be reluctant to interfere with the
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assessment of credibility and the findings of fact made by a trial judge who has seen the parties and the other witnesses. For present purposes, I alight upon what Lord Wilson had to say on the subject in In re B (A Child) (supra), where he dealt also with the approach that should be taken by an appellate court to a decision of a family judge about a child’s future:
41. Into its review of a trial judge’s determination of a child case an appellate court needs to factor the advantages which the judge had over it in appraising the case. In Piglowska v Piglowski [1999] 1 WLR 1360 , 1372 Lord Hoffmann said:
The appellate court must bear in mind the advantage which the first instance judge had in seeing the parties and the other witnesses. This is well understood on questions of credibility and findings of primary fact. But it goes further than that. It applies also to the judge’s evaluation of those facts. If I may quote what I said in Biogen Inc v Medeva plc [1997] RPC 1 , 45: The need for appellate caution in reversing the trial judge’s evaluation of the facts is based on much more solid grounds than professional courtesy. It is because specific findings of fact, even by the most meticulous judge, are inherently an incomplete statement of the impression which was made on him by the primary evidence. His expressed findings are always surrounded by a penumbra of imprecision as to emphasis, relative weight, minor qualification and nuance … of which time and language do not permit exact expression, but which may play an important part in the judge’s overall evaluation.
42. Lord Hoffmann’s remarks apply all the more strongly to an appeal against a decision about the future of a child. In the Biogen case the issue was whether the subject of a claim to a patent was obvious and so did not amount to a patentable invention. Resolution of the issue required no regard to the future. The Piglowska case concerned financial remedies following divorce and the issue related to the weight which the district judge had given to the respective needs of the parties for accommodation. In his assessment of such needs there was no doubt an element of regard to the future. But it would have been as nothing in comparison with the need for a judge in a child case to look to the future. The function of the family judge in a child case transcends the need to decide issues of fact; and so his (or her) advantage over the appellate court transcends the conventional advantage of the fact-finder who has seen and heard the witnesses of fact. In a child case the judge develops a face-to-face, bench-to-witness-box, acquaintanceship with each of the candidates for the care of the child. Throughout their evidence his function is to ask himself not just is this true? or is this sincere? but what does this evidence tell me about any future parenting of the child by this witness? and, in a public law case, when always hoping to be able to answer his question negatively, to ask are the local authority’s concerns about the future parenting of the child by this witness justified? The function demands a high degree of wisdom on the part of the family judge; focussed training; and the allowance to him by the justice system of time to reflect and to choose the optimum expression of the reasons for his decision. But the corollary is the difficulty of mounting a successful appeal against a judge’s decision about the future arrangements for a child.
18 In the present case, it was the justices who had the advantages of the trial judge, and Judge Parker, as the appeal court, was bound to approach their decision with the respect described by Lord Wilson. When deciding what to do about the inadequacies in the transcript, he should have asked himself what part the transcript could legitimately play in the appeal process, bearing this in mind. As his role was not to attempt to reassess the mother’s evidence himself at second hand, on the basis of the transcript, with a view to determining whether the justices’ reliance upon her had been misplaced, did he actually need a complete transcript of her evidence?
19 In order to answer this question, Judge Parker needed to consider how the local authority proposed to put its case before him. There can be appeals where a detailed study of what a witness said is required. However, nothing in the argument that this local authority sought to advance to the judge by way of appeal turned on any particular passages in the transcript of the mother’s evidence. It was not their case that the justices had mistaken or failed to give weight to particular things that the mother said in the course of her evidence and, if I recollect correctly
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what was said to us in submissions, the local authority had not in fact sought a transcript of any of the evidence themselves; the idea came from the judge. The thrust of their appeal was that the justices had failed to evaluate the mother’s evidence having proper regard to the history of the case and the other evidence, including that of the guardian, the social worker and the psychologist, and that their conclusion that her evidence established that there had been real change in the situation which had caused problems for the children in the past was untenable. An appeal on grounds such as this would normally be advanced by means of submissions drawing attention to aspects of the evidence which demonstrated the flaws in the justices’ conclusions and to deficiencies in their written reasoning. It is by no means always necessary to have a transcript of the evidence in the court below for this purpose and especially where the argument does not turn on precise words used by the witnesses in the course of oral evidence. However, if the judge thought that he needed better information about what the mother said than emerged from the imperfect transcript here, he should have explored alternatives methods of obtaining it, rather than simply embarking upon re-hearing her evidence. The transcript provided a good framework, even if deficient in some details, and notes of evidence taken by counsel who appeared before the justices might well have filled in the gaps sufficiently, for example.
20 This was not, in my view, one of those exceptional appeal cases in which a re-hearing was required in the interests of justice. Indeed, as things turned out, the process disadvantaged the mother. By directing at the outset of the appeal that she would give evidence again in front of him, it seems to me that, albeit for the very best of reasons, Judge Parker inadvertently deprived her of the opportunity to attempt to persuade him that the favourable determination of the justices should be respected, recognising their advantages as the tribunal which had heard all the evidence, and reached conclusions in the light of it. Given the nature of the local authority’s appeal arguments, there was no need for him to have proceeded in this way and it was inappropriate for him to have done so.
21 It was submitted to us that the process before the judge was confused, having elements of both a re-hearing and an appeal. I agree with that submission. The confusion is demonstrated not only in the hearing itself but in the directions that the judge gave afterwards which provided for a further re-hearing in front of him, with his adverse findings about the mother carried forward to that re-hearing. The whole process undermined the mother’s position, despite the judge’s intention that it should assist her. The favourable findings of the justices, reached following a hearing at which oral evidence was given by all of the key witnesses, were dislodged in favour of adverse findings made by the judge, who had heard only from the mother. In fairness to the judge, it should be recognised that the mother’s counsel did not seek to put questions to the other witnesses. He explained to us that, having unsuccessfully resisted the judge’s proposed course of hearing oral evidence from the mother, he understandably did not consider that it would be appropriate to appear in this way to be agreeing to the process that the judge had imposed, and nor did he consider that cross-examination would assist. However it came about though, it was not fair to the mother for the adverse findings made at a partial re-hearing of this kind to be carried forward into the next re-hearing.
22 So, for the reasons I have set out, I concluded that the process adopted by Judge Parker on the local authority’s appeal to him was not appropriate or fair to the mother, even though he embarked upon it with the best of intentions. The proper course was therefore to set aside all the orders that he had made in connection with the local authority’s appeal and to return the matter to the Family Court for that appeal to be determined afresh. Although, at the hearing before us, it was contemplated that directions would be given by the Family Division Liaison Judge for the Northern Circuit with a view to the local authority’s appeal being listed, it was subsequently arranged that Judge de Haas would take charge of the directions instead. It is not necessary, or desirable, to say more on the question of the mother’s application for a further report on the situation to be commissioned from an independent social worker. This is more properly the province of the judge dealing with the continuing proceedings at first instance.
Lord Justice Floyd:
23 The judge considered that it would be unjust to the mother to hear the local authority’s appeal without hearing the mother’s evidence afresh, because of the absence of a full transcript of her evidence given to the justices. He said that the transcript was of insufficient quality for the court to perform a proper assessment of the mother’s evidence. That was his reason for departing from the general rule that every appeal will be limited to a review of the decision of the lower court…. In Asiansky Television plc and another v Bayer-Rosin (a firm) [2001] EWCA Civ 1792 ,
Dyson LJ (as he then was) explained, in the context of CPR 52.11(2) , what was necessary before it is in the interests of justice to hold a re-hearing:
80. There must, however, be some feature of the case that unusually makes it unjust for the appeal to be limited to one of review. The fact that the appellant wishes to rely on evidence that was not before the lower court is not often likely by itself to be a sufficient reason for holding a rehearing rather than a review. That is because the power given by CPR r.52.11(2) to receive such evidence is exercisable whether the appeal is by way of rehearing or review.
82. But there may be cases where it is difficult or impossible to decide an appeal justly without a rehearing; for example, if the judgment of the lower court is so inadequately reasoned that it is not possible for the appeal court to determine the appeal justly without a rehearing; or if there was a serious procedural irregularity in the court below so that, for example, the appellant was prevented from developing his case properly. But where the decision of the lower court is adequately reasoned and there has been no such procedural irregularity, it should usually be possible for the appeal court to determine the appeal by review and not rehearing.
24 No party in the present case was contending that it could not adequately present its case on the appeal if it were to be conducted by way of a review, or that the court could not decide the case justly by the normal process of review. No party was contending that the absence of a perfected transcript of the mother’s evidence meant that a re-hearing was required. In my judgment, the judge’s opinion that it would be unjust to the mother to hear the appeal without such a transcript was not justified. It was founded on his belief that it was part of his function to form an overall assessment of the mother’s evidence. However, in the circumstances of this appeal, where the mother had already given her oral evidence over a period of three hours to the justices, it did not follow that a minute examination of the transcript would be either necessary or appropriate.
25 Appeals are frequently, and fairly, conducted without the benefit of any transcript of the evidence at all. In the present case, no party was relying on the detail of what the mother had said to the justices in evidence. The local authority was contending that the justices had given insufficient weight to the evidence of the professionals. The mother was relying, and entitled to rely, on the impression which her oral evidence had made on the justices, the findings which the justices had made in reliance on it, and the justices’ evaluative assessment of her parental abilities. The judge’s decision to hold a re-hearing of the mother’s evidence and substitute his own findings of fact about her allowed him to short-circuit all these points, to the disadvantage of the mother. It was not in her interests, or in the interests of justice generally, that he should do so.
26 It is for those reasons, and the reasons more fully expressed by Black LJ with which I am in complete agreement, that I concluded that this appeal had to be allowed. It followed that the order which she has referred to had to be made.
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Lindsay Birbeck: Teaching assistant ‘may have known her killer’
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Lindsay Birbeck murder re-trial: Teen pleads guilty to assisting in disposal of body
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Mum calls police on ex-boyfriend who turns up at her home with loaded gun
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Teenager found guilty of the murder of Skelmersdale sales assistant
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Murder trial: Accused teenager says he heard ‘a voice in his head’
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Teenager stabbed ‘more than 100 times’ by stranger he agreed to meet in woods.
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‘Bully’ murderer Lee ‘Dibsy’ Darby who fled to Birmingham after brutal killing found guilty
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Lindsay Birbeck murder trial suspended
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Judge apologies to Lindsay Birbeck murder trial jurors for ‘disjointed’ week
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Man armed with knife threatened to stab people in Leyland on New Year’s Day
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Released from prison, cocaine addict was found hiding under a bed by police
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Leyland man had indecent images of children
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Lindsay Birbeck murder trial at Preston Crown Court – case continues
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Boss of a multimillion-pound recycling business led vigilantes who killed a man he wrongly thought had burgled his daughter’s home
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Michael Phillips death: Trio jailed for Hartlepool burglary revenge killing
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Teenager spat in face of friend’s dad and kicked wing mirror off car
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Violent husband punched, kicked and strangled wife after 24 hour session
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Lindsay Birbeck murder trial: Teachers, CCTV cameras and all the evidence from week two
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‘Monstrous’ dealer brutally killed man after weeks of ‘violent abuse’…the beloved grandad had only been out looking for his mum
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Boss of a multimillion-pound recycling business led vigilantes who killed a man he wrongly thought had burgled his daughter’s home
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‘Bully’ murderer Lee ‘Dibsy’ Darby who fled to Birmingham after brutal killing found guilty
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Michael Phillips murder: Lee Darby, Neil Elliott and Anthony Small to be sentenced over Hartlepool man’s death on Thursday
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Preston burglary victim’s horror as she finds machete, hand ties and baseball bat when she recovers her stolen car
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Teacher of defendant describes ‘easily led’ pupil to Lindsay Birbeck murder trial
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Hospitals across UK put on alert when patient died days after North Wales surgeon operated on him
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Digger driver jailed over ‘trail of destruction’ at new hotel
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Digger driver jailed after causing £443,000 worth of damage to brand new Travelodge over £600 unpaid wages
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Lindsay Birbeck murder trial latest: defendant accepts moving body, but denies murder
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Final three defence barristers due to sum up evidence in case
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Lee Abbott jailed for murdering Widnes pub landlord over ban
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“Neil Elliott did not strike Michael Phillips” – defence barrister sums up case in Michael Phillips murder trial
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Knife killer who left popular pub landlord dead has past conviction for attempted murder hammer attack
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Jury shown CCTV of stabbing told ‘if that’s not murder whatever is?’
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Barristers begin to sum up evidence in case into Hartlepool man’s death
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Latest updates from Teesside Crown Court as trial continues
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Toxicologist discusses effects of heroin as evidence concludes
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Killer’s own psychiatric expert says he doesn’t have diminished responsibility defence
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Latest updates from Teesside Crown Court as trial continues
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Laughing thug tried to strangle young mum with phone charger and threatened to ‘cut her up’
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Defendant Craig Thorpe gives evidence as he and six other Hartlepool men deny murder
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Killer kickboxer’s wife says he sounded ‘crazier than ever’ minutes before stabbing
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What the jury heard this week in the Christian Thornton murder trial
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Businessman charged with murder of Hartlepool man Michael Phillips denies ‘protecting Neil Elliott’
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Live updates as Gary Jackson gives evidence at Teesside Crown Court
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Dad’s chef jacket left torn and covered in blood after he was stabbed to death
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Live updates as seven men deny Hartlepool killing
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A Man Confessed Of Stabbing 11 Times To The Pub Owner, Reason: He Barred Him
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Judge says cowboy traders can be ‘professional, legitimate and hard working’ as he jails rogue plumber
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Accused denies going into Hartlepool house on evening of man’s death
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Live updates as the trial of seven men continues at Teesside Crown Court
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Barred customer Lee Abbott admits stabbing pub landlord
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‘I’ve stabbed him to f***’: Man admitted killing pub landlord because he barred him, court hears
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Man accused of murdering Miguel Reynolds answers ‘no’ to almost every question in court
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Drinker who killed landlord after being barred from pub told police: ‘I’ve stabbed him to f***’, court hears
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Miguel Reynolds murder accused denies any knowledge of gunpoint robbery plot
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Michael Phillips murder trial updates: Jury told of Neil Elliott’s hearing loss
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Michael Phillips murder trial: Niramax boss denies being ‘sergeant major’ who brought together team of ‘foot soldiers’
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Time wasting river jumper, Perth Sheriff Court hears
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Murder accused Niramax boss Neil Elliott ‘lives in one of biggest houses in Hartlepool’ court is told as he gives evidence in Michael Phillips murder trial
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Passerby saves woman from boyfriend’s cowardly attack in alleyway
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Woman would need 18 years to pay back money, Perth Sheriff Court hears
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Michael Phillips: Businessman Neil Elliott denies seeking to mete out revenge – court hears
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Perth benefits cheat, 60, given 20 years to pay back £4,800+ owed to DWP
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Teenager who said he went to Moss Side for a takeaway becomes ninth man to be jailed for life for Sait Mboob’s murder
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Coastguard call by 999 witness played to jury: ‘the boat’s sinking and I’m clinging to a rock’
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Woman clung on to fleeing burglar
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Man choked partner during romantic break
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Teachers and school staff who betrayed the trust of parents and children and ended up in the dock
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‘We’ve been doing the police’s job for them’: What PC ‘was told’ at Michael Phillips murder scene
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Inside disgusting rat-infested flat where wife let husband rot to death
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Man’s ‘rotting’ body found in flats after his wife called police
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Well-known businessman ‘led brutal murder of man he thought had burgled his daughter’
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2.5 litres of blood in Michael Phillips’ torso would have killed him – not drugs, murder trial hears
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Drug dealer threw cocaine at chasing police car on M5 in getaway bid
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Devon drug dealer caught on camera throwing a brick at chasing police car
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OAP wielded garden spade in fence row, Perth Sheriff Court hears
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Man Jailed For Killing Former Royal Marine
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Parents of man killed in horror daylight neck stabbing will never set foot in street again
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Labourer jailed for killing ex-Royal Marine in road rage incident
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Bridge of Earn OAP brandished spade in silent stand-off with neighbour he was banned from talking to
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Baby faced terror teen ‘Little Knocker’ became killer gun thug
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Emotionless killers chew gum as they get life for teen’s death
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Beauty stylist mother-of-three, 39, tells how her own cousin stole her presents on Christmas Day
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Beauty stylist mother-of-three, 39, tells how her own cousin stole her presents when he burgled her house on Christmas Day
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Teen was shot in head but his killers didn’t go down for murder
Teen was shot in head but his killers didn’t go down for murder Our court reporter explains why…
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These are the gun thugs who killed boy shot in head on motorbike
These are the gun thugs who killed boy shot in head on motorbike ‘Utterly lawless’ Dylan Westall and…
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The DNA evidence that snared James Meadows’ gun thug killers
The DNA evidence that snared James Meadows’ gun thug killers They claimed they had never even seen a…
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Gangster’s errand boy winks and cheers in court at his sentence
Gangster’s errand boy winks and cheers in court at his sentence Wavo 420 ‘gofer’ Lee Tierney screamed ‘yerse’…
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Young dad killed in ‘revenge’ stabbing was innocent victim
Young dad killed in ‘revenge’ stabbing was innocent victim A top judge today said nothing explained or justified…
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Killer brothers locked up over stabbing of young dad Bala Lloyd-Evans
Killer brothers locked up over stabbing of young dad Bala Lloyd-Evans Toxteth dad was stabbed to death after…
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Fleeing dealers leave police car dusted with cocaine on M5
Fleeing dealers leave police car dusted with cocaine on M5 Snow Patrol: Powder blew onto the front of…
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‘Commanded by demons’ to stab his victim in neck
‘Commanded by demons’ to stab his victim in neck Abdulla Ahmed knifed Hassan Mohamoud in a Toxteth street…
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Killer brothers’ mum detained by police after courtroom chaos
Killer brothers’ mum detained by police after courtroom chaos She stormed out of court following the murder trial…
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Man says ‘demons’ commanded him to stab victim in neck
Man says ‘demons’ commanded him to stab victim in neck Abdulla Ahmed knifed Hassan Mohamoud in a Toxteth…
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Heartless killer smirks at family of young dad stabbed to death
Heartless killer smirks at family of young dad stabbed to death Chaotic scenes in court as grieving relatives…
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What the jury heard this week in the Bala Lloyd-Evans murder trial
What the jury heard this week in the Bala Lloyd-Evans murder trial The alleged killers gave evidence and…
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Defence lawyers say stabbed dad Bala Lloyd-Evans ‘aggressor’ who ‘started fight’
Defence lawyers say stabbed dad Bala Lloyd-Evans ‘aggressor’ who ‘started fight’ The jury was sent out today in…
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Man killed girlfriend, phoned his mum and said ‘she’s done my head in’
Man killed girlfriend, phoned his mum and said ‘she’s done my head in’ A man who stabbed his…
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‘Knife-wielding villain’ and brother ‘murdered Liverpool fan Bala Lloyd-Evans in revenge attack’
‘Knife-wielding villain’ and brother ‘murdered Liverpool fan Bala Lloyd-Evans in revenge attack. Prosecutors say the young dad was…
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Chambers welcome Leszek Szczesniak
We are delighted to announce that Mr Leszek Szczesniak has successfully completed his probationary tenancy period and has…
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Temple Legal Centre Based at 7 Harrington Street Chambers
Temple Legal Centre (TLC) is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) (charity registration number 1171331 registered on 26.01.2017)…
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Man who held stabbed dad Bala Lloyd-Evans in bear hug ‘didn’t know brother had knife’
Man who held stabbed dad Bala Lloyd-Evans in bear hug ‘didn’t know brother had knife’ Kieran Perry denied…
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Teenager stabbed young dad in the heart ‘by accident’ while waving knife to protect himself
Teenager stabbed young dad in the heart ‘by accident’ while waving knife to protect himself The murder accused…
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What the jury heard this week in the Bala Lloyd-Evans murder trial
What the jury heard this week in the Bala Lloyd-Evans murder trial The young dad and Liverpool fan…
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‘I did the best I could for him,’ says duty cop after Bala stabbing
‘I did the best I could for him,’ says duty cop after Bala stabbing Considerable force was used…
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Friend of man knifed to death denies earlier stabbing threat
Friend of man knifed to death denies earlier stabbing threat Three pals of young dad Bala Lloyd-Evans gave…
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Murder trial live updates over Liverpool FC fan Bala Lloyd-Evans stabbed after Champions League Final
Murder trial live updates over Liverpool FC fan Bala Lloyd-Evans stabbed after Champions League Final The 33-year-old dad…
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Family in tears as CCTV of dad being stabbed in heart is played in court
Family in tears as CCTV of dad being stabbed in heart is played in court Bala Lloyd-Evans was…
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Liverpool FC fan celebrating Champions League win ‘murdered over past stabbing’
Liverpool FC fan celebrating Champions League win ‘murdered over past stabbing’ Prosecutors say Bala Lloyd-Evans was knifed in…
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Crossbow victim’s elderly nan forced to leave home after his slow and ‘painful’ murder
Crossbow victim’s elderly nan forced to leave home after his slow and ‘painful’ murder Lee Atkins, 38, was…
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Updates as crossbow killer who murdered friend sentenced
Updates as crossbow killer who murdered friend sentenced David Ball left “completely defenceless” dad Lee Atkins, 38, for…
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Heroin addict shoots dad dead with a crossbow in gruesome revenge attack
Heroin addict shoots dad dead with a crossbow in gruesome revenge attack David Ball, of Bootle, Merseyside, murdered…
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Man ‘shot friend dead with crossbow by accident then apologised’
Man ‘shot friend dead with crossbow by accident then apologised’ “What do you want me to do? Buy…
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Perth pensioner scams thousands of pounds in benefits
Perth pensioner scams thousands of pounds in benefits The charge indicated there had been an improvement in her…
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Man ‘shot friend dead with crossbow by accident then apologised’
Man ‘shot friend dead with crossbow by accident then apologised’ “What do you want me to do? Buy…
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Scaffolding company boss caught drug-driving avoids jail
Scaffolding company boss caught drug-driving avoids jail A COMPANY boss who flouted a suspended jail term by drug-driving…
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Catholic priest tried to meet dad on Grindr to abuse his toddler son
Catholic priest tried to meet dad on Grindr to abuse his toddler son Fr Matthew Jolley, 32, served…
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June Jones: Sister says alleged murderer ‘controlled’ victim
June Jones: Sister says alleged murderer ‘controlled’ victim A sister of June ‘Katie’ Jones has told of the…
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Store Owner Blasts His Way To 20 Year Prison Stretch After Blowing Up 63 Properties
Store Owner Blasts His Way To 20 Year Prison Stretch After Blowing Up 63 Properties A furniture shop…
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New Ferry explosion: Furniture shop owner jailed over insurance job
New Ferry explosion: Furniture shop owner jailed over insurance job A furniture shop owner who deliberately caused an…
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Teenager who stabbed friend in the chest with a knife during drunken fight avoids jail
Teenager who stabbed friend in the chest with a knife during drunken fight avoids jail Isa Akhtar attacked…
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June Jones: Strangulation before stabbing ‘most likely’ says pathologis
June Jones: Strangulation before stabbing ‘most likely’ says pathologis A 33-year-old woman whose body lay undetected at her…
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Man ‘fired crossbow into friend’s stomach’ killing him during ‘heroin and alcohol’ binge
Man ‘fired crossbow into friend’s stomach’ killing him during ‘heroin and alcohol’ binge David Ball, 49, denies murdering…
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Jealous baseball bat thug left man just thirty minutes from death
Jealous baseball bat thug left man just thirty minutes from death Harry Groves was today jailed for eight…
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Chambers Congratulate Mr Peter Wilson on Tenancy
We are delighted to announce that Mr Peter Wilson has accepted tenancy at these Chambers following successful completion…
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What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial
What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial The alleged killers’ friends gave evidence…
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Man Stabbed Girlfriend To Death Because ‘She Would Not Let Him Make A Cup Of Tea’, Later Calls His Mother
Man Stabbed Girlfriend To Death Because ‘She Would Not Let Him Make A Cup Of Tea’, Later Calls…
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Man killed girlfriend, phoned his mum and said ‘she’s done my head in’
Man killed girlfriend, phoned his mum and said ‘she’s done my head in’ A person who stabbed his…
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Man burgled cousin’s house on Christmas Day after being refused entry
Man burgled cousin’s house on Christmas Day after being refused entry Luke Kay sneaked into the kitchen while…
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Michael Foran ‘confessed to mother over June Jones murder’
Michael Foran ‘confessed to mother over June Jones murder’ The mother of Michael ‘Mickey’ Foran has told a…
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Bullet that killed James Meadows ‘couldn’t have been fired from passing car’
Bullet that killed James Meadows ‘couldn’t have been fired from passing car’ Murder accused Michael Roberts’ lawyer says…
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Former Bacup soldier burgled cousin on Christmas Day
Former Bacup soldier burgled cousin on Christmas Day A FORMER soldier who burgled his cousin’s house while she…
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Accrington teenager stabbed ‘friend’ during drunken fight
Accrington teenager stabbed ‘friend’ during drunken fight A TEENAGER who stabbed his “friend” twice during a drunken fight…
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James Meadows’ alleged killers accused of telling ‘ridiculous’ and ‘fanciful’ lies
James Meadows’ alleged killers accused of telling ‘ridiculous’ and ‘fanciful’ lies Prosecutors say defence ‘star witness’ was ‘better…
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Alleged killers’ friend says he returned ‘murder phone’ before shooting
Alleged killers’ friend says he returned ‘murder phone’ before shooting Connor Thompson was accused of lying to protect…
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Furniture shop owner faces jail after being convicted of sparking massive explosion in bungled £50,000 insurance job which injured 81 and left ‘apocalyptic scene of devastation’
Furniture shop owner faces jail after being convicted of sparking massive explosion in bungled £50,000 insurance job which…
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What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial
What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial The two alleged killers both gave…
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Accrington bus pervert groped three terrified teenage girls
Accrington bus pervert groped three terrified teenage girls A PERVERT market trader terrified college students by sexually assaulting…
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‘Selfish’ pensioner jailed for leaving dying wife to sit covered in maggots as pictures show shocking conditions they lived in
‘Selfish’ pensioner jailed for leaving dying wife to sit covered in maggots as pictures show shocking conditions they…
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Ann Marie Pomphret stables murder: Husband guilty
Ann Marie Pomphret stables murder: Husband guilty A man who battered his wife to death with a crowbar…
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‘Selfish’ pensioner whose dying wife was found covered in maggots is jailed
‘Selfish’ pensioner whose dying wife was found covered in maggots is jailed A man who left his wife…
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‘Selfish’ pensioner, 67, whose dying 61-year-old wife was found covered in MAGGOTS and flies while surrounded by festering rubbish is jailed for eight years for gross neglect manslaughter
‘Selfish’ pensioner, 67, whose dying 61-year-old wife was found covered in MAGGOTS and flies while surrounded by festering…
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James Meadows murder accused claimed another of his alleged victims ‘shot himself’
James Meadows murder accused claimed another of his alleged victims ‘shot himself’ Dylan Westall today explained why his…
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Once Again, A Tabloid Is Under Fire For Victim-Blaming A Woman Who Was Killed By Her Husband
Once Again, A Tabloid Is Under Fire For Victim-Blaming A Woman Who Was Killed By Her Husband ‘Hen-pecked…
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James Meadows’ alleged killer says murder accusation has ruined his life
James Meadows’ alleged killer says murder accusation has ruined his life “I’ve been in jail for almost two…
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Thug terrified ex-wife and children with baseball bat
Thug terrified ex-wife and children with baseball bat He said he wanted to scare her new boyfriend after…
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Ann Marie Pomphret trial: Husband killed wife after ‘useless’ taunt
Ann Marie Pomphret trial: Husband killed wife after ‘useless’ taunt A man told his murder trial he bludgeoned…
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What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial
What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial A guilty plea, graveside gun claims,…
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Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ gun: How weapon dubbed Link Series 4 by police was used in 19 crimes from Scotland to Liverpool before it was FINALLY taken off the streets
Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ gun: How weapon dubbed Link Series 4 by police was used in 19 crimes from…
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Teenagers stabbed dad through face with screwdriver while shouting ‘I’m gonna shiv ya’
Teenagers stabbed dad through face with screwdriver while shouting ‘I’m gonna shiv ya’ Heartbroken victim Daniel Green said…
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Cannabis dealer accused of murder falls sick while giving evidence
Cannabis dealer accused of murder falls sick while giving evidence Michael Roberts asked to see a nurse when…
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Updates in murder trial over teenage boy shot in head on motorbike
Updates in murder trial over teenage boy shot in head on motorbike James Meadows, 17, known as Froggy…
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Chambers welcome Alex Langhorn
We are delighted to announce that Mr Alex Langhorn has accepted tenancy at these chambers. We welcome him…
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Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ gun: How weapon dubbed Link Series 4 by police was used in 19 crimes from Scotland to Liverpool before it was FINALLY taken off the streets
Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ gun: How weapon dubbed Link Series 4 by police was used in 19 crimes from…
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Businessman accused of ‘bungled insurance’ explosion slams ‘witch hunt’ against him
Businessman accused of ‘bungled insurance’ explosion slams ‘witch hunt’ against him Pascal Blasio is facing a retrial for…
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Man who killed wife with crowbar deserved medal, says mother-in-law
Man who killed wife with crowbar deserved medal, says mother-in-law A man accused of killing his wife by…
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Shooting boy on motorbike from passing car ‘about as difficult as it gets’
Shooting boy on motorbike from passing car ‘about as difficult as it gets’ Murder trial hears James Meadows…
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Barclays executive, 51, bludgeoned his wife, 49, to death with 30 strikes of a crowbar ‘after he snapped from years of vocal and violent abuse when she branded him useless’
Barclays executive, 51, bludgeoned his wife, 49, to death with 30 strikes of a crowbar ‘after he snapped…
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Girlfriend of murder accused admits ditching her phone after teenager shot in the head
Girlfriend of murder accused admits ditching her phone after teenager shot in the head The mum-of-two changed her…
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Daughter of Barclays executive accused of murdering his wife says he is ‘the calmest man on the planet’, trial hears
Daughter of Barclays executive accused of murdering his wife says he is ‘the calmest man on the planet’,…
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Murder accused ‘pulled out gun as boy’s family grieved at his grave’
Murder accused ‘pulled out gun as boy’s family grieved at his grave’ James Meadows’ dad says Dylan Westall…
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What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial
What the jury heard this week in the James Meadows murder trial Dashcam footage of shooting, crying friend’s…
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Wicked husband left wife to die in worst condition doctors had ever seen
Wicked husband left wife to die in worst condition doctors had ever seen Valerie Wallach died after being…
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Husband thought wife ‘was alright’ before she was found in ‘worst condition ever seen’
Husband thought wife ‘was alright’ before she was found in ‘worst condition ever seen’ Valerie Wallach was ‘infested…
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Bullet casing ‘revealed DNA matching murdered teenage boy’s killer’
Bullet casing ‘revealed DNA matching murdered teenage boy’s killer’ The trial was delayed after murder accused Michael Roberts…
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Public Child Law Conference 27th November 2019
Margaret Parr will be speaking at the Law Society Public Law Conference in Liverpool on 27th November 2019.…
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Chambers Congratulate Mr Martin Reid on his Appointment as Recorder
We are pleased to announce that Mr Martin Reid has been appointed as Recorder on the Midland Circuit.…
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Chambers Welcome Rex Howling QC as Door Tenant
Chambers are pleased to welcome Rex Howling QC to chambers as a Door Tenant. We welcome him to…
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‘Apocalyptic’ blowing up of New Ferry was ‘an insurance job that went badly wrong’
‘Apocalyptic’ blowing up of New Ferry was ‘an insurance job that went badly wrong’ Furniture shop owner Pascal…
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Bullet casing ‘revealed DNA matching murdered teenage boy’s killer’
Bullet casing ‘revealed DNA matching murdered teenage boy’s killer’ The trial was delayed after murder accused Michael Roberts…
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Doctors will ‘never forget’ the state dying mum was left in
Doctors will ‘never forget’ the state dying mum was left in Richard Gwendoline is accused of the manslaughter…
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Bullet casing ‘revealed DNA matching murdered teenage boy’s killer’
Bullet casing ‘revealed DNA matching murdered teenage boy’s killer’ The trial was delayed after murder accused Michael Roberts…
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Ex-Rovers and Liverpool star given third driving ban and ‘narrowly’ avoids jail time
Ex-Rovers and Liverpool star given third driving ban and ‘narrowly’ avoids jail time The ex-Liverpool, Blackburn and Benfica…
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Family thought boy died in crash until doctors found a bullet in his head
Family thought boy died in crash until doctors found a bullet in his head Accused killers ‘Googled shooting’…
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Boy shot in head on motorbike ‘murdered over friend’s dispute’
Boy shot in head on motorbike ‘murdered over friend’s dispute’ Prosecutors say the motive of James Meadows’ killers…
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Updates in murder trial over teenage boy shot in head on motorbike
Updates in murder trial over teenage boy shot in head on motorbike James Meadows, 17, known as Froggy…
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Boy shot in head on motorbike ‘murdered over friend’s dispute’
Boy shot in head on motorbike ‘murdered over friend’s dispute’ Prosecutors say the motive of James Meadows’ killers…
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Drug addict’s explosive rant about judge: “He’s taking the f***ing p***”
Drug addict’s explosive rant about judge: “He’s taking the f***ing p***” The serial criminal committed a staggering 142…
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Man admits intentionally driving digger into Travelodge
Man admits intentionally driving digger into Travelodge A worker has admitted intentionally driving a digger into the front…
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Man admits intentionally driving digger into Travelodge
Man admits intentionally driving digger into Travelodge John Manley drove into the front of the hotel on the…
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Prisoner ‘caught with homemade blade after pushing into prison meal queue’
Prisoner ‘caught with homemade blade after pushing into prison meal queue’ A prisoner was caught with a homemade…
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Carer jailed over lie that led to disabled woman starving to death
Carer jailed over lie that led to disabled woman starving to death A care worker whose neglect caused…
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Disabled woman starved to death at home after care worker visited own mother instead
Disabled woman starved to death at home after care worker visited own mother instead ‘Your neglect of Julie…
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Crying thug who beat dog and sister complains he’s a target for gangsters
Crying thug who beat dog and sister complains he’s a target for gangsters The dad-of-one sobbed as he…
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Disabled mom starves to death after negligent carer skips visit
Disabled mom starves to death after negligent carer skips visit A disabled woman starved to death after her…
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Care worker whose neglect led to woman starving to death jailed for three years
Care worker whose neglect led to woman starving to death jailed for three years A care worker whose…
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Paedophile who wormed way into family home walks free because of sick dad
Paedophile who wormed way into family home walks free because of sick dad The victim had no idea…
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Teenager accused of murdering stabbing victim James Halewood appears in court
Teenager accused of murdering stabbing victim James Halewood appears in court There were tears in the public gallery…
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Day by day, all the evidence the jury heard in the Yousef Makki murder trial
Day by day, all the evidence the jury heard in the Yousef Makki murder trial It was a…
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Stabbing of Yousef Makki was ‘accident waiting to happen’, court hears
Stabbing of Yousef Makki was ‘accident waiting to happen’, court hears The stabbing to death of a grammar…
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Yousef Makki, 17, stabbed to death by ‘wannabe hardman’ teenager, court told
Yousef Makki, 17, stabbed to death by ‘wannabe hardman’ teenager, court told The youngster, 17, stabbed in the…
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‘Wannabe hardman’ stabbed his friend in the heart, court told
‘Wannabe hardman’ stabbed his friend in the heart, court told A “wannabe hardman” fixated with knives stabbed his…
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Yousef Makki: ‘Wannabe hard man’ stabbed boy, court hears
Yousef Makki: ‘Wannabe hard man’ stabbed boy, court hears A teenager accused of murdering his friend is a…
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Boy accused of murdering Manchester Grammar School pupil Yousef Makki was a knife-obsessed ‘wannabe hardman’, court told
Boy accused of murdering Manchester Grammar School pupil Yousef Makki was a knife-obsessed ‘wannabe hardman’, court told Yousef,…
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Yousef Makki murder trial: Teenager found NOT GUILTY over fatal stabbing
Yousef Makki murder trial: Teenager found NOT GUILTY over fatal stabbing The 17-year-old Manchester Grammar School pupil was…
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Boy, 17, denies ‘red mist’ took over before he stabbed friend in heart
Boy, 17, denies ‘red mist’ took over before he stabbed friend in heart A teenager accused of stabbing…
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Yousef Makki: Teenager denies ‘red mist’ led to stabbing death
Yousef Makki: Teenager denies ‘red mist’ led to stabbing death A teenager on trial for murder has been…
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Liverpool care worker ‘used plastic bag to divert patient’s mind’
Liverpool care worker ‘used plastic bag to divert patient’s mind’ A care worker accused of putting a plastic…
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Worker’s face is being rebuilt after she was scalped from her eyebrows to the back of her head when her hair was caught in machinery at timber factory fined £466,000 for safety breaches
Worker’s face is being rebuilt after she was scalped from her eyebrows to the back of her head…
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Woman’s face rebuilt by doctors after scalp ripped off in gruesome factory accident
Woman’s face rebuilt by doctors after scalp ripped off in gruesome factory accident The 29-year-old’s hair became caught…
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Carer accused of putting plastic bag over pensioner’s head ‘said he was playing peekaboo’
Carer accused of putting plastic bag over pensioner’s head ‘said he was playing peekaboo’ Santosh Bhatta denies placing…
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Extra jail term for ATM raider
Extra jail term for ATM raider A CRIMINAL jailed for his involvement in a daring ATM ram raid…
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Three mates, one dead and two in the dock – what we learned in the Yousef Makki murder trial this week
Three mates, one dead and two in the dock – what we learned in the Yousef Makki murder…
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Jailed this Week: Gun minders, hapless drug dealers and a depraved paedophile
Jailed this Week: Gun minders, hapless drug dealers and a depraved paedophile Liverpool Crown Court has heard the…
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Private school pupil, 17, ‘was murdered by friend in botched attempt to rob a drug dealer of £45 worth of cannabis’
Private school pupil, 17, ‘was murdered by friend in botched attempt to rob a drug dealer of £45…
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Fatal stabbing of pupil followed botched attempt to rob drug dealer, court hears
Fatal stabbing of pupil followed botched attempt to rob drug dealer, court hears Yousef Makki, 17, was a…
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Boy, 17, died after being ‘stabbed in heart by friend when robbery attempt went wrong’
Boy, 17, died after being ‘stabbed in heart by friend when robbery attempt went wrong’ A grammar school…
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Schoolboy fatally stabbed by friend after bungled drug deal, court hears
Schoolboy fatally stabbed by friend after bungled drug deal, court hears Alleged killer of Yousef Makki, 17, denies…
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‘KNIFED IN THE HEART’ Private schoolboy, 17, ‘stabbed to death by teen pal after botched bid to rob a drug dealer of £45 worth of cannabis’
‘KNIFED IN THE HEART’ Private schoolboy, 17, ‘stabbed to death by teen pal after botched bid to rob…
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Yousef Makki death: Pupil stabbed ‘after botched drug robbery’
Yousef Makki death: Pupil stabbed ‘after botched drug robbery’ A grammar school pupil was stabbed in the heart…
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Murder trial over death of teenager shot in head on bike collapses
Murder trial over death of teenager shot in head on bike collapses James Meadows’ family stormed out in…
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Terrifying ‘assassin’s kit’ found in manbag to be used for gangland drugs turf war
Terrifying ‘assassin’s kit’ found in manbag to be used for gangland drugs turf war “You made those firearms…
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Drug dealer promises to ‘go straight’ for baby son after being jailed
Drug dealer promises to ‘go straight’ for baby son after being jailed “To quote Humphrey Bogart, ‘when you…
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Shotgun death trial jury hear final arguments from prosecution and defence
Shotgun death trial jury hear final arguments from prosecution and defence Peter Colwell died when a shotgun went…
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Injury by cricket ball
Injury by cricket ball by Peter Harthan The country is divided we keep hearing. Well there is a…
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Chances to make safe shotgun that killed teen were missed, jury hears
Chances to make safe shotgun that killed teen were missed, jury hears
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Bullying carer devoured dinner intended for dementia sufferer while hungry victim watched
'Bullying' carer devoured dinner intended for dementia sufferer while hungry victim watched
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Carer jailed after eating pensioners meals leaving her to starve
Carer jailed after eating pensioner's meals leaving her to starve
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Woman caught drink-driving for 3rd time claims she was traumatised by death of Coupar Angus boy
Woman caught drink-driving for 3rd time claims she was traumatised by death of Coupar Angus boy
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Doorman turned gangster film actor tried to save cannabis plants as his home burned
Doorman turned gangster film actor tried to save cannabis plants as his home burned
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Man who called himself a paedophile hunter was actually a paedophile himself
Man who called himself a paedophile hunter was actually a paedophile himself
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Woman who witnessed death of child caught drink driving
Woman who witnessed death of child caught drink driving
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Dad carrying child suffers broken neck after being hit by firework at DIY display
Dad carrying child suffers broken neck after being hit by firework at "DIY" display
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Father and firm in court after scaffolder fell to death through factory roof
Father and firm in court after scaffolder fell to death through factory roof
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7 Harrington street Chambers Margaret Parr led in a case before the Court of Appeal
7 Harrington street Chambers Margaret Parr led in a case before the Court of Appeal Rex Howling QC…
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Chambers Congratulate Miss Janet Reaney on her appointment to Circuit Bench
The Queen has appointed Janet Reaney to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor,…
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Hancock v Promontoria Pine Designated Activity Company (2019)
Hancock v Promontoria Pine Designated Activity Company (2019) (Liverpool County Court, Business and Property) Victoria Roberts successfully applied…
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29-year-old woman dragged 40 metres to her death by driver who walked free from court
29-year-old woman dragged 40 metres to her death by driver who walked free from court
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Grandmother of teen shot in head on motorbike thought hed been in a crash
Grandmother of teen shot in head on motorbike thought he'd been in a crash
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Killers smile and give middle finger to murdered teens family in court
Killers smile and give middle finger to murdered teen's family in court
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Three men on trial accused of murder of Huyton teenager James Meadows: updates
Three men on trial accused of murder of Huyton teenager James Meadows: updates
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Smirking killer shows finger to Brandon Regans family in court – sentencing updates
Smirking killer shows finger to Brandon Regan's family in court - sentencing updates
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CCTV played in court shows Brandon Regan less than an hour before his brutal murder
CCTV played in court shows Brandon Regan less than an hour before his brutal murder
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Drug dealer who stabbed teen to death over stolen scooter found guilty of murder
Drug dealer who stabbed teen to death over stolen scooter found guilty of murder
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Evil thug battered six stone victim to death – then tried to blame drinking buddy
Evil thug battered six stone victim to death - then tried to blame 'drinking buddy'
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Drug dealer who stabbed teen to death no angel but not a murderer, jury told
Drug dealer who stabbed teen to death 'no angel' but not a murderer, jury told; https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/drug-dealer-who-stabbed-teen-16211048
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Life sentences for two found guilty of murdering Birkenhead woman Glenda Jackson
Life sentences for two found guilty of murdering Birkenhead woman Glenda Jackson
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Self defence claims of Brandon Regan murder suspect do not even get out of the blocks, jurors told
Self defence claims of Brandon Regan murder suspect do not even 'get out of the blocks', jurors told
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Pupillage Applications Now Open- Pupillage Commencing September 2019
Pupillage Applications Now Open- Pupillage Commencing September 2019
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Alleged murderer doesnt know how his DNA got on axe and meat cleaver
Alleged murderer 'doesn't know' how his DNA got on axe and meat cleaver
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Chambers Congratulate Katherine ODonohue on her Appointment as Deputy District Judge
Chambers are pleased to announce that Miss Katherine O’Donohue has been appointment as a Deputy District Judge by…
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Passionate LFC fan stole £12,000 from disabled supporters to feed gambling habit
"Passionate" LFC fan stole £12,000 from disabled supporters to feed gambling habit
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Teen on scooter run off road and then knifed four times
Teen on scooter ‘run off road and then knifed four times’ Brandon Regan’s rib was severed when a…
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Driver who ran murdered teen off road tried to sell car afterwards
Driver who 'ran murdered teen off road' tried to sell car afterwards
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Richard Pratt QC and Jamil Khan in the High Court Family Division for 15 weeks
Richard Pratt QC and Jamil Khan in the High Court Family Division for 15 weeks: Richard Pratt QC…
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Three men accused of murdering teenager Brandon Regan who was found dead in garden – trial updates
Three men accused of murdering teenager Brandon Regan who was found dead in garden - trial updates
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James Lockett inquest: Cause of death impossible to tell
James Lockett inquest: Cause of death 'impossible to tell'
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Man grins at detectives after being cleared of murdering stabbed teen
Man grins at detectives after being cleared of murdering stabbed teen
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Boy stabbed to death chased by man wielding butchers knife
Boy stabbed to death ‘chased by man wielding butcher’s knife’ Brandon Regan murder trial hears man shouted: ‘Carry…
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Video shows boy stabbed to death buying slushy and riding bike before he was killed
Video shows boy stabbed to death buying slushy and riding bike before he was killed
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Boy stabbed to death after stealing scooter was found dead in back garden
Boy stabbed to death after 'stealing scooter' was found dead in back garden
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Four men accused of murdering teenager found dead in garden Brandon Regan – trial updates
Four men accused of murdering teenager found dead in garden Brandon Regan - trial updates
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The best thing in our life has been taken away murdered teens mum on the heartbreak of losing son
'The best thing in our life has been taken away': murdered teen's mum on the heartbreak of losing…
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Mum makes heartbreaking plea after son stabbed to death in dispute over girl
Mum makes heartbreaking plea after son stabbed to death in dispute over girl
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Eddie was not only my son but my best friend- Mum pays tribute after killers found guilty
"Eddie was not only my son but my best friend"- Mum pays tribute after killers found guilty
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Friend of two brothers charged with murder denies he attacked Glenda Jackson with kicks and stamps
Friend of two brothers charged with murder denies he attacked Glenda Jackson 'with kicks and stamps'
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Worker exposed to Sellafield plutonium had skin removed
Worker exposed to Sellafield plutonium had skin removed
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Woman stabbed to death hours after telling police she was victim of homophobic attack
Woman stabbed to death hours after telling police she was victim of homophobic attack
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Bully Nelson drug dealer tortured vulnerable man to death.
'Bully' Nelson drug dealer tortured 'vulnerable' man to death.
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Verdict due in Atif Muhmood torture murder trial
Verdict due in Atif Muhmood 'torture murder' trial
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Partygoer, 18, was stabbed to death with a 12-inch Pirates of the Caribbean knife.
Partygoer, 18, was 'stabbed to death with a 12-inch "Pirates of the Caribbean" knife in row with another…
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Runcorn stab death: Teenagers deny Pirates knife murder
Runcorn stab death: Teenagers deny ‘Pirates’ knife murder An 18-year-old was stabbed to death with a “Pirates of…
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Teens face charge of murdering Runcorn 18-year-old Eddie ORourke – updates
Teens face charge of murdering Runcorn 18-year-old Eddie O'Rourke - updates
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Shocking moment gas blast devastates town in insurance scam
Shocking moment gas blast devastates town in insurance scam
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Sean Cox: Man jailed for Liverpool fan assault
Sean Cox: Man jailed for Liverpool fan assault
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Telford brothers behind bars after police chase and string of burglaries
Telford brothers behind bars after police chase and string of burglaries
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How car salesman lived the high-life by skimming £400k from his company
How car salesman lived the high-life by skimming £400k from his company
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Blake Browns professional execution compared to wild west by senior barrister
Blake Brown's "professional execution" compared to "wild west" by senior barrister
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Wirral gas explosion jury fail to reach verdict
Wirral gas explosion jury fail to reach verdict
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Wealthy teenage drug dealer caught with ecstasy at Y-Not festival
'Wealthy' teenage drug dealer caught with ecstasy at Y-Not festival
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Man whose failing business blew up says he has no idea who turned the gas on
Man whose failing business blew up says he has "no idea" who turned the gas on
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Inquest told of family worries about ambulance response time
Inquest told of family worries about ambulance response time
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Chambers Welcome Simon Holder
We are delighted to announce that Mr Simon Holder has accepted tenancy at these chambers. We welcome him…
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We are hiring!
The Family Team at 7 Harrington Street Chambers are an experienced and approachable group of practitioners that provide…
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New Ferry gas explosion was insurance job gone wrong
New Ferry gas explosion was 'insurance job gone wrong'
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Man stabbed his mum to death and tried to kill grans carer in psychotic episode
Man stabbed his mum to death and tried to kill gran's carer in psychotic episode
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Chambers Congratulate Fiaz Siddique on Tenancy
We are delighted to announce that Mr Fiaz Siddique has accepted tenancy at these Chambers following successful completition…
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Thieving police officer cleared over indecent images of children
Thieving police officer cleared over indecent images of children
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Man murdered his own dad by stabbing him NINETEEN times
Man murdered his own dad by stabbing him NINETEEN times
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Son accused of stabbing his Ellesmere Port father to death while he slept on the couch
Son accused of stabbing his Ellesmere Port father to death while he slept on the couch
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE FAMILY DIVISION
Jamil Khan and Fiona Turner have recently completed a 20 day Final Hearing in the High Court which…
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Property developer Nigel Russell cleared of sending threatening email to Liverpool City Council
Property developer Nigel Russell cleared of sending threatening email to Liverpool City Council housing boss - because she's…
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Three men accused of murdering Huyton teen James Meadows set to stand trial
Three men accused of murdering Huyton teen James Meadows set to stand trial
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REBECCA FERGUSON HELPS LAUNCH BRAND NEW CHILDRENS CHARITY FOR LIVERPOOL
REBECCA FERGUSON HELPS LAUNCH BRAND NEW CHILDRENS CHARITY FOR LIVERPOOL
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Boy, 15, killed man with knife after drinking for six days
Boy, 15, killed man with knife after 'drinking for six days'
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Boy, 15, accused of Macclesfield murder claims he acted in self defence
Boy, 15, accused of Macclesfield murder claims he acted in self defence
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Trio deny alleged shoplifting at Keswick supermarket
Trio deny alleged shoplifting at Keswick supermarket
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Murder accused, 15, told police I stabbed him
Murder accused, 15, told police 'I stabbed him'
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Wanted man cleared of knifepoint robbery on ex-council leader – despite skipping trial
Wanted man cleared of knifepoint robbery on ex-council leader - despite skipping trial
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Tory MP Anna Soubry interviewed over election expenses
Tory MP Anna Soubry 'interviewed over election expenses'
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Boy, 15, spent day drinking beer, wine & vodka before plunging knife into mans stomach killing him
Boy, 15, spent day drinking beer, wine and vodka before plunging knife into man's stomach killing him, court…
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Chambers and Partners Crime Department recommendation
7 Harrington Street Chambers are reccomended in Chambers and Partners Crime Department.
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Chambers and Partners Family/Matrimonial Department recommendation
7 Harrington Street Chambers are reccomended in Chambers and Partners Family/Matrimonial Department
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Tory MP Craig Mackinlay aware of election spending limits
Tory MP Craig Mackinlay 'aware of election spending limits'
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Tory MP Craig Mackinlay aware of election spending limits
Tory MP Craig Mackinlay 'aware of election spending limits'
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7 Harrington Street Rankings Legal 500 2018
REGIONAL BAR; SET OVERVIEWS: ENGLAND AND WALES; REGIONAL BAR : NORTHERN CIRCUIT; CRIME; Crime Ð Leading silks; Crime…
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Judgement in the High Court of Justice Family Devision
Miss Margaret Parr acts in case listed in the High Court Family Division. Full Judgement can be found…
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I saw my brother motionless on the ground Sean Coxs assault trial begins
I saw my brother motionless on the ground Sean Coxs assault trial begins
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Man accused of attacking Sean Cox tells court he made friends with Liverpool fans in prison
Man accused of attacking Sean Cox tells court he 'made friends' with Liverpool fans in prison
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Roma supporter lashed out at Liverpool fan before semi-final clash, court told
Roma supporter lashed out at Liverpool fan before semi-final clash, court told
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Employment Tribunal case of Inga Akelaite & Others v Russell Hume Limited
In the recent Employment Tribunal case of Inga Akelaite & Others v Russell Hume Limited (in administration) &…
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Shop owner denies causing devastating New Ferry gas blast which injured 33 people
Shop owner denies causing devastating New Ferry gas blast which injured 33 people
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