The Latest Breaking News from Crown Court

Shoplifting has soared to such “epidemic” levels with reports of 17,000 incidents-a-day while attacks on shopkeepers are up by 50 per cent. Reports of violence against women and girls have surged so alarmingly in the last few years that the police declared it a “national emergency”.

Nicholas Prosper will appear at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday for the second day of his sentencing hearing.

Nicholas Prosper, 19, wanted to become UK’s worst mass school killer with shooting attack on his former primary, court told

The Crown Court backlog has spiralled to more than 73,000 cases with the system mired in chronic delays and some trials being listed as far away as 2028

Police say organised crime group would fly planes from Cherbourg, France, to southern England

Nicholas Prosper pleaded guilty to the murders of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, in Luton on Monday

Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, appeared in the dock at Luton Crown Court on Monday and spoke to confirm his identity and to make his pleas.

Zhenhao Zou, 27, is standing trial at Inner London Crown Court and denies all charges.

The British public are about to be presented with a series of “big ideas” to fix the criminal justice system which is currently utterly broken.

Tory Kieran Mullan said: ‘If the judiciary had come to us and asked for more sitting days, we would have responded to that, not told them no.’

Retired high court judge told that ‘nothing is off the table’ to reform the courts service and end the massive backlog of cases