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Baby killer Constance Marten compares prosecutors to Harry Potter Dementors in prison diatribe

Constance Marten has complained about her treatment during her Old Bailey manslaughter trial

Evening Standard

Smiling machete youths locked up for life for bus murder of 14-year-old boy

The defendants, who cannot be named, boarded the bus 20 minutes later each armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.

Evening Standard

Machete-wielding youths who smiled as they fatally stabbed schoolboy jailed for life

The defendants, who cannot be named, boarded the bus 20 minutes later each armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.

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Woolwich bus murder: Smiling teenage killers jailed for life for machete attack on 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa

Kelyan Bokassa cried out “I want my mum” after he had been fatally stabbed on a bus in Woolwich

Evening Standard

Constance Marten set to appeal manslaughter conviction after Old Bailey guilty verdicts

Aristocrat and her partner Mark Gordon expected to appeal their manslaughter convictions over death of baby

Evening Standard

Inside the painstaking delays and disruption of Constance Marten’s trial

With the Old Bailey’s most senior judge launching accusations of sabotage, the trials of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were like no other

The Independent UK

How the elephant in the courtroom crashed into Constance Marten’s trial

The scene was set before the case began, as Mark Gordon’s defence team raised the thorny subject of the ‘white aristocrat and black rapist’.

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‘Bringer of joy’ and choreographer Matthew Bourne earns City of London freedom

The recognition was for his achievements in contemporary dance during a career spanning more than 40 years.

Evening Standard

Russian captain pleads not guilty to manslaughter in North Sea collision

Assisted by a Russian interpreter, Motin confirmed his identity

The Independent UK

Aristocrat Constance Marten's partner Mark Gordon ends evidence early in baby manslaughter trial

Mark Gordon told the court ‘I’m finished with my testimony’ as he returned to the Old Bailey witness box

Evening Standard

Aristocrat Constance Marten refuses to continue cross-examination in trial over baby death

Jurors were told the mother, who is accused of gross negligence manslaughter of her newborn daughter, will not give any more evidence

The Independent UK

Mark Gordon to represent himself in trial over death of baby girl, court told

Judge tells jurors at the Old Bailey that Gordon’s previous barrister has ‘withdrawn’ from the case

Evening Standard

Delay to Constance Marten evidence after complaints of headache and toothache

Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of the manslaughter of their baby Victoria.

Evening Standard

Simon Armitage ‘excited to be northerner’ getting City of London freedom

He performed a reading at the ceremony.

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Family hail justice for little ones as mother jailed over four boys’ fire deaths

Deveca Rose was in Sainsbury’s when her two sets of twins, aged three and four, became trapped in a blaze at the family home.

The Independent UK

‘Eunuch maker’ extreme body modification ring can challenge sentences, court rules

Warning distressing content: Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes jailed earlier this year after carrying out ’grisly and gruesome’ procedures on unprecedented scale

Evening Standard

Met Police marksman cleared of murdering Chris Kaba as bodycam footage reveals moments before shooting

Martyn Blake’s acquittal sparks protest but Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says system for holding officers to account is ‘broken’

Evening Standard

Judge gave warning after ex-home secretary’s ‘regrettable’ tweets ahead of trial

Suella Braverman said firearms officers ‘mustn’t fear ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties’.

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The Independent UK

Man accused of killing schoolboy Daniel Anjorin during Hainault sword rampage appears in court

Marcus Arduini Monza will face trial next year accused of murdering the schoolboy and attacking four others

Evening Standard

Man accused of killing chef after Notting Hill Carnival to be charged with murder

Omar Wilson is accused of repeatedly punching Mussie Imnetu in the head

Evening Standard

Constance Marten and partner guilty of concealing the birth of their baby girl

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon fled from the authorities to try to avoid their baby being taken into care

Evening Standard

Mastermind of sick pay-per-view 'human butchery' website Marius Gustavson jailed for life

Marius Gustavson made £300,000 from Eunuch Maker site where he streamed paying customers being mutilated by him and others

Evening Standard

Met Police officer accused of Chris Kaba murder is named for the first time

The police officer accused of Chris Kaba’s murder had been referred to as NX121 during earlier legal proceedings

Evening Standard

Suspected ‘Beatles’ death squad member jailed for terror offences

Aine Leslie Davis, 39, was deported from Turkey last August.

The Independent UK

Victory for media freedom as court quashes Met Police efforts to seize journalist’s documents

The judgment comes after a 17-month legal battle held entirely in secret, and is being hailed as a significant victory for the freedom of the press and investigative reporting

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