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#Sentencing505 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 Crime388 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.#Murder376 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.#Paedophile231 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 Sentences207 articlesWho got what — jail terms handed down across England and Wales, from suspended sentences to whole-life orders.#Child Grooming187 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.#Birmingham183 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.#Rape182 articlesRape cases reported from charge to conviction to sentence. We cover the trials others won’t sit through — and the sentences that follow.#Jury Trial156 articlesTwelve ordinary people deciding someone’s future. Our coverage from inside the jury trials that matter — the evidence, the deliberations, the verdicts.#Court Cases148 articlesThe day-to-day reality of British justice — hearings, trials and verdicts from courtrooms across the country, reported as they happen.#London148 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.#Sexual Assault130 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.#Fatal Stabbing105 articlesLives ended by the blade. Every fatal stabbing case we cover, from the first court appearance to the final sentence.#Life Sentence104 articlesThe sentences that mean it — and the ones that don’t. Life terms, minimum tariffs and whole-life orders explained case by case.#Gun Crime102 articlesIllegal firearms on British streets. Shootings, gun supply networks and the sentences handed to the people caught with them.#Guilty Plea96 articlesThe cases that never reach a jury — and the sentence discounts that follow. Who admitted what, and what it saved them.#Attempted Murder94 articlesThey tried to kill. The courts decide what that costs. Attempted murder cases covered in full.

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