A woman who assaulted a door steward at a bar and then bit a police constable after being arrested has had her custodial sentence quashed and replaced with a community payback order after appealing ...

The deteriorating mental health of a heart surgeon whose inattentive driving led to the death of a much-loved equestrian ...

The disbarred attorney spent about 45 days at a federal prison for inmates who have special health needs to determine his ...

Valentino Nikolov has been convicted of conspiracy to burgle Alexander Isak, Tyneside businesswoman Helen McArdle and another ...

Fiscal depute Emily Hood told the court that the police saw the boy drive at speed through a pedestrian archway in Lombard ...

Fiscal depute Emily Hood told the court that the police saw the boy drive at speed through a pedestrian archway in Lombard ...

The Sentencing Council published new principles for judges to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on ...

The Sentencing Council published new principles for courts to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences, ...

A row over pre-sentence reports has erupted after guidelines were changed to recommend them for criminals from an ethnic, ...

A Romanian man has been told he is likely to be jailed and deported after he admitted sexually assaulting two women.

MPs who are sent to prison have been granted permission to do their Parliamentary casework in their cells, using the prison postal system to send and receive letters. The announcement was made by ...

The custodial sentence of a former animal sanctuary operator, Ms Pat Edwards (70), has been suspended on the condition that the sanctuary ceases to operate, according to the Irish Society for the ...