Stephen Gough, 53, who has spent much of the past six years in prison

The “naked rambler” has been jailed for 11 months after being found guilty of breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) banning him from being naked in public just minutes after it was imposed.

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BBC veteran Stuart Hall to be sentenced for sex assaults

Hall initially denied the allegations as 'pernicious, callous, cruel and above all spurious'

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Community support officer sues Metropolitan Police for discrimination after she didn't mention criminal record on job application

Rachida Sobhi claims she did not reveal her criminal record due to amnesia

Theresa May wants to avoid embarrassment over Edward Snowden rather than uphold the law

Theresa May wants to avoid embarrassment over Edward Snowden rather than uphold the law

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Judge Justice Davies said she was "humbled" by the care Martin and Kelly Bowley had given to their son Jake

Members of the women's topless protest group Femen hold banners during a protest in front of the European Union Parliament on Wednesday

Topless Femen activists jailed in Tunisia for indecency

Three European, female activists who protested topless outside the Tunisian Palace of Justice have been sentenced to four months in prison in Tunisia. The two French women and one German are members of the controversial Femen protest group and were charged with indecency.

Victory for Nigerian oil tycoon Michael Prest's wife as 'cheats' charter' overturned in landmark Supreme Court divorce case

Millionaires will not be able to use their businesses to shield their wealth from their spouses

Constance Briscoe, a part-time judge, was a neighbour and friend of Huhne’s ex-wife Pryce

'I will fight': Judge Constance Briscoe disputes intending to pervert course of justice over Chris Huhne statements

She is accused of supplying inaccurate statements to Essex police during investigation over claims that former minister passed speeding points to his then wife, Vicky Pryce

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Sex abuse choirmaster Michael Brewer loses plea against six-year sentence

'It seems to us that he escaped justice for a very long time indeed and that justice has now caught up with him' says judge

Police officers found 172 images on two computers belonging to the reclusive Ryan Cleary

LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary will be freed 'imminently' despite 170 child porn images

A hacker with the notorious “hacktivist” collective LulzSec is to be released “imminently” despite being found with more than 170 indecent images of children as young as six months.

The publicist Max Clifford

Max Clifford sex assaults trial set for 4 March

The PR guru Max Clifford will go on trial next year accused of indecent assault on teenage girls, a court heard today.

Cashier asleep with finger on keyboard launched a €222,222,222 transaction

Employee told industrial tribunal that he had intended to transfer €62.40 from a retired employee’s account

'I am not afraid,’ says high-school dropout Edward Snowden, as he reveals his identity from a Hong Kong hotel room

Video: Former CIA worker Edward Snowden speaks out about NSA Prism data-mining operation

Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee working for the US National Security Agency, reveals details of the organisation's surveillance programme.

The actor Andrew Lancel, from Gateacre in Liverpool, is best known for his appearance as Frank Foster in the ITV soap Coronation Street

Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel cleared of indecent assault on 15-year-old boy

A former Coronation Street actor was cleared today of four counts of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

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