The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Richardson KC

Driver said ‘I’ve killed my best friend’ after crash the day after passing test

Corey Cooper, 19, has been jailed for five years after he crashed his car in Sheffield

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

Man jailed after disorder faced discipline charge before he died, inquest hears

Peter Lynch, 61, died in HMP Moorland, near Doncaster, after he was jailed following the disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Officer jailed for sexual offence returns to prison for ‘almost identical’ crime

Stuart Trentham was sent to prison for 18 months by the same judge who sentenced him in February

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

Driver who inhaled laughing gas before killing 81-year-old cyclist in hit-and-run locked up

Cain Byrne, 20, ignored a red light and was well over the 50mph limit when he hit Graham Slinn at a pedestrian crossing

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Man jailed for 15 months after ‘burn hotels’ social media post during riots

Joseph Haythorne posted the comment in August 2024 just as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in South Yorkshire.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

‘Appalling’ driver who killed pensioner on crossing was inhaling nitrous oxide, court told

Witnesses said Cain Byrne, who has never held a driving licence, made no attempt to stop at the crossing

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

Prison officer who boasted about sex acts with inmates is jailed

The judge outlined the issues prisons are having with accommodating inmates serving short sentences

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025

Depraved couple jailed for sex with dog in worst case judge has ever seen

Graham Marshall made Paige Reaney engaged in a range of sex acts with their pet pug

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025

Sheffield Judge Slams Court Intruders, Sets Summer Trial for Teenage Murder Defendant

In a dramatic scene at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday, Recorder of Sheffield Judge Jeremy Richardson KC exploded in anger

The Fashion Central · Feb 8, 2025

Rioter told he has ‘utterly wrecked his life’ as he is jailed for three years

John Webster, 41, was a ‘prominent participant’ in the confrontations between rioters and police outside the Holiday Inn Express, in Rotherham.

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025