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Top Boy actor Micheal Ward speaks of compassion after being cleared of rape

Ward, 28, denied assaulting a woman in a Mercedes in 2023, saying their encounter had been consensual.

Evening Standard · Jul 10

Top Boy actor Micheal Ward cleared of rape

Ward, 28, denied assaulting a woman in a Mercedes in 2023, saying their encounter had been consensual.

Evening Standard · Jul 10

Consent a key issue in Top Boy actor rape trial, jury hears

Micheal Ward denies two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault against a woman in January 2023.

Evening Standard · Jul 8

Plastic surgeon who attempted to murder fellow doctor is jailed for life

Peter Brooks, 61, stabbed Graeme Perks and doused the ground floor of his home in petrol in the early hours of January 14 2021.

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025

Plastic surgeon guilty of attempting to murder fellow doctor he ‘hated’

Peter Brooks, 61, was convicted of attempting to kill a fellow plastic surgeon who gave evidence in his disciplinary proceedings.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

Doctor ‘stabbed by fellow surgeon’ felt intestines bulging out, trial told

Graeme Perks told a court he has no recollection of seeing a crowbar before he was knifed in the abdomen by an intruder outside his home.

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

Man poisoned Essex couple with fentanyl before rewriting their will, court told

Luke D’Wit is on trial for murder over the deaths of Stephen and Carol Baxter last year

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2024

Man 'befriended couple before poisoning them with opioid painkiller fentanyl and rewriting their will’

Luke D’Wit denies murder of Stephen and Carol Baxter

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2024

‘Controlling’ man who murdered partner who wanted to leave him jailed after failed cover-up

Garry Bennett killed Madison Wright after ‘she had the courage to say she was leaving’

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023

Man found guilty of murdering partner before sending text messages to cover up

Gary Bennett was found guilty of murdering Madison Wright, whose body was found in Wat Tyler Country Park in Pitsea, Essex, in July.

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023