The Latest Breaking News from Bristol Crown Court

'Lure of easy money' tempted teen into running drugs

Brad Forbes busted by eagle-eyed cops in park

Bristol Post · Oct 20, 2022

Driver who 'lost it' and rammed car into taxi banned for 18 months

Daniel Wassell was handed a 10-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to dangerous driving

Bristol Post · Oct 18, 2022

Southmead man jailed for after illegal firearm and ammunition found in car

Omari Sharpe was forensically linked to the handgun

Bristol Post · Oct 14, 2022

Dad broke crying baby's legs and arm by rough handling

Mum and dad in highly strained relationship as their newborn kept crying, court told

Bristol Post · Oct 3, 2022

Jailed at Bristol Crown Court in September 2022

Cases have included a car thief who couldn't drive, drug dealers and rapists

Bristol Post · Oct 1, 2022

Man stabbed former partner nine times with four different knives

The 26-year-old admitted GBH and denied attempted murder at a trial at Bristol Crown Court

Bristol Post · Sep 29, 2022

Human rights not a defence for significant criminal damage, court rules in Bristol Colston statue case

Court of Appeal rules that the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue was ‘violent’ and caused significant damage

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Court of Appeal due to rule on legal issues arising out of ‘Colston Four’ case

The bronze memorial to the 17th-century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol on June 7 2020.

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Fraudsters banged up in Bristol so far this year

Cases have included rogue traders and a gang who preyed on dozens of elderly victims

Bristol Post · Sep 10, 2022

Courts observe two-minute silence in tribute to the Queen

Respectful moment taken at both Bristol Crown Court and Bristol Magistrates' Court

Bristol Post · Sep 9, 2022