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The Latest Breaking News from Leeds Crown Court

Dog bite victim died from complications of leg wound, inquest hears

Lee Ellis is due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 26 September

The Independent UK · Sep 7

Man jailed for making death threats to mosques days after Manchester synagogue attack

Gabriel Levy was sentenced to more than two years in jail at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Aug 26

British man encouraged ‘vulnerable’ American to kill himself on video call

Dylan Phelan kept a recording of the suicide on his computer

The Independent UK · Jun 12

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Lola James's Killer Murdered in Prison, CCTV Shows Inmates Leaving Cell 'Satisfied' After Delivering 'Justice'

Kyle Bevan, serving life for murdering a toddler, was killed in HMP Wakefield. Three inmates are on trial, with CCTV allegedly showing them leaving his cell after the attack.

International Business Times UK · Jun 12

Jury discharged in trial of two prisoners accused of murdering Ian Watkins

The disgraced singer was stabbed to death by Rico Gedel, 25, in his cell at high-security HMP Wakefield.

Evening Standard · May 22

Prisoner claimed he could become famous for killing disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, jury hears

Rico Gedel also allegedly told the singer to ‘have a good night’s sleep’ after stabbing him

The Independent UK · May 7

Second inmate denies prison murder of former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins

Disgraced rock star Watkins died after an alleged attack last October at HMP Wakefield

Evening Standard · Feb 13

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Man admits murdering woman, 21, ‘after expressing romantic interest in her’

Courtney Angus was found dead at Michael Doherty’s house in Norfolk Street in Batley, West Yorkshire, last July

Evening Standard · Jan 26

Man admits murdering woman, 21, who was found dead in house

Courtney Angus was discovered at an address in Norfolk Street in Batley, West Yorkshire, last July.

Evening Standard · Jan 26

Albanian national who was deported twice from UK jailed after entering illegally for third time

Emirjon Gjuta, 34, was sentenced to 14 months in prison at Leeds Crown Court

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025

‘Anglo Jihadi’ accused of terror plan ‘not just online fantasist’, trial told

Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, is alleged to have been planning an ‘atrocity’ with possible targets including a shopping centre.

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

Ian Watkins murder accused refuses to attend hearing on prison video link

One of two inmates accused of murdering former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins at HMP Wakefield refused to attend his first Crown Court appearance on video link from the jail.

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025

One of Ian Watkins murder accused refuses to attend hearing on prison video link

Rashid Gedel, 25, who was referred to as Rico Gedel in court, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, are charged with murdering Ian Watkins at HMP Wakefield.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

Man who stabbed Syrian refugee, 16, was ‘cool as a cucumber’ before fatal blow

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, died after being stabbed by Alfie Franco, 20, whose girlfriend he had just brushed past in the street.

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025

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The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

Man who fatally stabbed 16-year-old refugee in the neck says he was ‘aiming for his cheek’

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, died after being stabbed by Alfie Franco, 20 on April 3

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025

Albanian trio jailed for running ‘industrial scale’ cannabis farm

Elton Skenderi, 29, Gjovalin Toma, 31, and Eduard Daja, 39, admitted drug offences after their cultivation was found in a former shopping centre.

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2025

Man appears in court accused of murdering woman, 21, found dead in house

Courtney Angus was discovered at an address in Norfolk Street in Batley on Saturday.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 1, 2025

Rogue IT worker gets seven months in prison over $200,000 digital rampage — technician changed all of his company's passwords after getting suspended

A suspended IT worker who caused at least $200,000 of damage in an act of revenge upon his employer has been sentenced.

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The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

‘Fake Greggs manager’ who claimed over £700,000 in Covid grants jailed

The 47-year-old man had conned a city council out of £710,000 by pretending to work for all of its 32 Greggs branches

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

Syrian man who tried to cut wife’s head off in frenzied attack jailed for life

Wahib Albaradan, 37, used two knives and a razor in a ‘prolonged, persistent and frenzied’ attack on Salam Alshara, 27, at their home in Dewsbury.

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Former England rugby league prop denies sexual assault

Danika Priim, of Keighley, West Yorkshire, declined to comment as she left court.

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

Thief found guilty of murdering delivery driver who tried to stop him taking van

Claudiu Carol-Kondor was clinging to the van and being dragged along the road when Mark Ross deliberately crashed into a parked car to shake him off.

Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2025

Killer thief showed ‘contempt’ for delivery driver’s life, court hears

Leeds Crown Court has heard Mark Ross hit speeds of almost 60mph on residential streets.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Jury trying protester struggling to come to verdict ‘as a matter of conscience’

Dr Diana Warner, 65, was walking down the railway line outside Drax power station waving a flag when a 400-metre long empty freight train stopped.

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025

Socialite tells money laundering trial he never agreed to ‘criminal enterprise’

James Stunt, the former son-in-law of F1 tycoon Bernie Ecclestone, is one of five men on trial over an alleged multimillion-pound scheme.

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