A British Airways captain who admitted killing his wife was acquitted of her murder yesterday, but given 26 years for manslaughter.

A taxi driver appeared in court today charged with the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards.

A pub landlord who shot his partner while she was in the bath and then hid her body in a freezer will serve at least 26 years of a life sentence.

A pub landlord who shot his partner and then concealed her body in a freezer has been found guilty of murder.

A former Catholic priest today denied sexually assaulting seven boys who are alleged to have been abused between 1974 and 1994.

A Tory peer accused of fiddling his House of Lords expenses said he was "out of pocket" for taking on the peerage and had tried to balance out his expenditure using his expenses claims, a court heard.

A 63-year-old woman and her daughter-in-law will return to court today charged with murdering two men whose bodies were discovered in a country lane on the outskirts of Bradford.

Former Scotland Yard commander Ali Dizaei won his appeal against his conviction for corruption yesterday and was released on bail before facing a new trial.

Two women appeared in court today accused of murdering two men whose bodies were found by the side of a country lane.

A schoolgirl who was tortured, raped and murdered by her uncle was repeatedly failed by child protection services, a damning report said yesterday.

A mother who killed her severely autistic son by strangling him told police she had sent him to the "kingdom of heaven" where he would be happy without the disability, a court heard today.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) agency will become part of the new National Crime Agency, Home Secretary Theresa May said today.

Charlie Gilmour, the 21-year-old son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, has admitted violent disorder at the December student fees protest. He was warned he could go to jail but was granted bail at Kingston Crown Court until July.