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Moment Pro-Putin traitor films CCTV as he's jailed for selling British secrets to Russia

Berlin spy David Smith was a former security guard at the British Embassy in Germany and had admitted eight charges under the Official Secrets Act. Today he was jailed at the Old Bailey

Daily Mirror

Brit Embassy spy says he was 'disgusted' with himself for selling secrets to Russians

David Smith, 58, hoarded documents and was caught filming a man he thought was a Russian "traitor" where he worked at the British embassy in Berlin

Daily Mirror

Met Police defends decision to prosecute Wayne Couzens for indecent exposure

Wayne Couzens admitted three counts of indecent exposure when he appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday.

The Independent UK

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UK embassy worker accused of spying had pro-Putin views, court told

Old Bailey hears legal argument about motivation of David Ballantyne Smith who has admitted eight charges

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens admits indecent exposure

He entered the pleas at the Old Bailey by video link from Frankland jail.

The Independent UK

Wood Green: Man admits killing partner and her father in ‘ferocious’ north London knife attack

Achilleas Costa, 53, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Monday to the manslaughter of Fernanda Assis and Joanilson Souza De Assis

Evening Standard

Charlie Hilton was chased by police before crashing his Mercedes, killing passenger Lillie Clack, 21

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Wealthy London pensioner ‘murdered in cold-blooded plot to steal her fortune’

A wealthy pensioner was murdered in her Highgate home in a “cold-blooded” plot by her former boyfriend to steal her fortune, the Old Bailey heard.

Evening Standard

Company handed seven-figure fine after worker crushed to death by Heathrow Express Train motor

Siemens Plc was fined £1.4 million at the Old Bailey following the death of 58-year-old Ian Parker in 2017

The Independent UK

Windsor Castle crossbow intruder admits treason against Queen

A man has admitted trying to harm the Queen after being caught in the grounds of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow.Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the Treason Act, during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Friday. The most serious charge…

Evening Standard

Crossbow man guilty of TREASON after threatening to kill Queen in Windsor break-in

Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the Treason Act, during a hearing at the Old Bailey. He was also charged with making a threat to kill the Queen

Daily Mirror

Man caught in Windsor Castle grounds with crossbow admits trying to harm Queen

Jaswant Singh Chail pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the Treason Act, during a hearing at the Old Bailey.

The Independent UK

Westminster: ‘Jealous’ double killer likely to die in prison for murder of girlfriend and man

Lee Peacock, 50, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 39 years

Evening Standard

Double killer likely to die in prison for cutting throats of girlfriend and man

Lee Peacock, 50, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 39 years.

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Manchester Evening News

Murderer turned up at his dad's with a kitten in his rucksack and confessed he had killed two people

Lee Peacock was found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey today

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Man Gets Suspended Sentence for Stalking Actress Claire Foy

An American man on Friday received a suspended jail term in the UK for stalking "The Crown" actress Claire Foy, on condition he returns to the United States. Justin Penrose was given a one year and 10 months jail term, suspended for two years, after he was found guilty late…

Evening Standard

Pair who put murdered businesswoman in wheelie bin found guilty of murder in scam attempt

Two men have been found guilty of murdering a 71-year-old businesswoman in a scam to plunder her life savings of £4.6m. Louise Kam, from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, was strangled with a hairdryer cord and dumped in a wheelie bin after being lured to a three-bedroom house she owned in Barnet,…

Evening Standard

Teenager admits Islamist terror attack ‘targeting police officers or military personnel’

Matthew King has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to preparation of terrorist acts

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Evening Standard

Jailed haulage boss to pay £180,000 to families of 39 container death victims

Roman Hughes’s Old Bailey trial had heard how the bodies were found in a lorry trailer after it was transported by ferry from Zeebrugge to Purfleet

The Independent UK

Haulage boss to pay £180,000 to families of 39 container death victims

Roman Hughes’s Old Bailey trial had heard how the bodies were found in a lorry trailer after it was transported by ferry from Zeebrugge to Purfleet.

Evening Standard

Mother accused of murdering two young sons in Dagenham appears at Old Bailey

Kara Alexander, 44, is charged over the deaths of Marley Thomas, aged five, and two-year-old Elijah Thomas

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan statement following sentencing of Jordan McSweeney for the murder of Zara Aleena

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks outside the Old Bailey in London following the sentencing of Jordan McSweeney for the murder of Zara Aleena.McSweeney, 29, has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey for a minimum term of 38 years for the “brutal sexually motivated” murder of law graduate…

Daily Mirror

Predator jailed for killing Zara Aleena in 9-minute frenzy after dragging her off street

Jordan McSweeney left Ms Aleena, who was walking home, for dead after dragging her onto a driveway and brutally attacking and sexually assaulting her with "a savagery that is almost impossible to believe", the Old Bailey heard

Evening Standard

Met Police officer David Carrick faces court over latest rape charges

Pc David Carrick, 47, is due to appear at the Old Bailey

The Independent UK

Met Police officer faces court over latest rape charges

Pc David Carrick, 47, is due to appear at the Old Bailey.

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