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MP accused of ‘fist pump in celebration’ after alleged private members club sex assaults

In his police interview, Patrick Spencer was shown CCTV and called his actions a ‘moment of complete stupidity’ before offering an apology to the two women

The Independent UK

Met Police could reopen more than 4,000 grooming gang cases

Scotland Yard identified the cases that could be reinvestigated while carrying out an audit of group-based exploitation and sexual abuse in the capital dating back to 2010

Evening Standard

Court hears voice note from judge’s daughter about man accused of her murder

‘I can’t not make him angry’ Annabel Rook told her friend in an audio message played to jurors.

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Man accused of murdering judge’s daughter ‘tried to end own life in gas blast’

Clifton George, 45, killed charity worker Annabel Rook, 46, at their home in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north London, before starting a fire.

Evening Standard

Failed asylum seeker who planted fake bomb outside MI5 headquarters jailed

Brazilian national Julian Valente Pereira, 33, made the bomb hoax on January 1 after being given a deportation notice

The Independent UK

Revealed: Pictures show house wrecked by gas explosion after judge's daughter 'stabbed to death in Stoke Newington home'

Jurors have been shown pictures of the Stoke Newington home in the aftermath of a gas explosion in June last year

Evening Standard

CPS advising UK police on investigation into Andrew and Mandelson links to Epstein

Crown Prosecution Service confirms support on inquiries after arrests on suspicion of misconduct in public office

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CPS loses appeal over Kneecap rapper terror case

The case against the rapper, who performs as Mo Chara, was thrown out in September 2025.

Evening Standard

CCTV captured moment Brazilian national left fake stick of dynamite outside MI5 HQ

Julian Valente Pereira had used rolled-up A4 paper, brown masking tape, and string to create the fake dynamite

The Independent UK

CCTV captured moment asylum seeker left fake stick of dynamite outside MI5 HQ

Brazilian national Julian Valente Pereira, 32, staged a protest at the secret services base at Thames House, central London.

Evening Standard

Brickbat: Won't Make the Cut

Under a draft Crown Prosecution Service document in England and Wales, male circumcision could be treated as a possible form… The post Brickbat: Won't Make the Cut appeared first on Reason.com.

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Retired engineer found guilty of Ulez camera explosion

Jurors at Woolwich Crown Court found Kevin Rees guilty of one count of causing an explosion likely to endanger life.

Evening Standard

Police hit back at decision not to bring more charges against nurse Lucy Letby

Cheshire Police said investigators believed they had the evidence necessary to bring charges, but prosecutors disagreed.

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Laila Cunningham unveiled as Reform's candidate for London Mayor as she tells Sadiq Khan: 'Your time is up'

Reform’s London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham, a Westminster councillor who defected from the Tories, claimed the capital is not safe and called for Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley to be fired

The Independent UK

China spy case collapsed due to ‘systemic failures’, not conspiracy, damning report reveals

Government warned against dismissing the case as a ‘one-off’ caused by outdated espionage laws, warning parallels in new legislation must be handled carefully to prevent a similar issue happening again

Evening Standard

Hadush Kebatu makes bombshell claim: 'I tried to hand myself in to police before arrest'

The Metropolitan Police has said it is ‘not aware of any evidence’ to support Kebatu’s claim.

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Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to 'stop him disrupting flight to avoid deportation'

Hadush Kebatu was deported on Tuesday evening after being arrested following a huge manhunt when he was wrongly freed from prison

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Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service 'have allowed antisemitism to go unpunished in London'

Jewish community groups have compiled a dossier of suspected hate crimes, including death threats and support for Hamas, by pro-Palestine protesters over the last two years

Evening Standard

Starmer praises official who submitted evidence in collapsed China spy case

The Prime Minister has not seen the witness statement provided to the Crown Prosecution Service by deputy national security adviser Matthew Collins.

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‘We will win again’: Kneecap respond to threat of terror charge appeal from UK prosecutors

A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesperson said they were appealing the decision to dismiss the terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. The case was thrown out last month and now, Kneecap have released a statement addressed to the "Police (British) State".

Evening Standard

MPs demand ‘clear explanation’ for dropping of charges in China spy case

The Crown Prosecution Service’s justification for stopping the case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry is inadequate, MPs suggested.

The Independent UK

‘Manipulative’ asylum seeker at centre of Epping hotel protests jailed for sexually assaulting girl

A judge said Hadush Kebatu posed a ‘significant risk of reoffending’ after his offences sparked protests outside asylum hotels across the UK

The Independent UK

Man charged over Westminster blackmail allegation

Oliver Steadman, 28, has been charged following an investigation which looked into messages including alleged unsolicited indecent pictures.

The Guardian - UK

Man charged with blackmail over incidents involving MPs, say police

Oliver Steadman, 28, also charged with communication offences, say Scotland Yard and Crown Prosecution Service

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