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#Sentencing501 articlesWhat did they get? This is where you find out. Every sentencing hearing we cover — the tariffs, the discounts, the suspended sentences that make your blood boil and the life terms that don’t. No spin. Just what the judge said and why.#Knife Crime370 articlesBritain has a knife problem. We cover it case by case — the street stabbings, the machete attacks, the teenagers carrying blades and the courts deciding what to do with them. This is the full picture of knife crime in the UK, not the sanitised version.#Murder358 articlesThe most serious charge in English law, covered properly. Every murder case we report — from arrest to verdict to sentence — in one place. The trials the nationals skim, reported in full.#Paedophile230 articlesChild sex offenders before the courts. We report the convictions, the sentence lengths and the orders meant to stop them reoffending — fully and factually.#Jail Sentences198 articlesWho got what — jail terms handed down across England and Wales, from suspended sentences to whole-life orders.#UK Politics183 articlesWhere politics meets the courts: justice policy, sentencing rows, deportation battles and the politicians who make the rules — and sometimes break them. Direct coverage, no lobby-room waffle.#Child Grooming178 articlesPredators target children online every single day. We name the convicted, report the sentences and track the patterns — the apps they use, the lies they tell, the courts that deal with them. Coverage that doesn’t look away.#Birmingham173 articlesEngland’s second city, and one of its busiest crime beats. Every Birmingham case we cover — Crown Court trials, gang violence, drug conspiracies — collected here.#London157 articlesThe capital’s courts never stop. Murder at the Old Bailey, fraud at Southwark, gang trials across the boroughs — every London case we cover, in one place.#Jury Trial154 articlesTwelve ordinary people deciding someone’s future. Our coverage from inside the jury trials that matter — the evidence, the deliberations, the verdicts.#Rape148 articlesRape cases reported from charge to conviction to sentence. We cover the trials others won’t sit through — and the sentences that follow.#Court Cases135 articlesThe day-to-day reality of British justice — hearings, trials and verdicts from courtrooms across the country, reported as they happen.#Sexual Assault113 articlesSexual assault cases before the courts — reported fully, factually and without euphemism. The charges, the trials, the sentences.#Remand109 articlesLocked up before trial — or bailed to the streets? Remand decisions shape cases and communities, and we report them straight.#Appeal107 articlesConvictions challenged, sentences referred, justice re-argued. Appeal coverage including the unduly-lenient referrals that get soft sentences increased.#Life Sentence102 articlesThe sentences that mean it — and the ones that don’t. Life terms, minimum tariffs and whole-life orders explained case by case.#Fatal Stabbing98 articlesLives ended by the blade. Every fatal stabbing case we cover, from the first court appearance to the final sentence.#Gun Crime96 articlesIllegal firearms on British streets. Shootings, gun supply networks and the sentences handed to the people caught with them.

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