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The Latest Breaking News from Preston Crown Court

Former teacher denies murder and sexual assault of baby boy he was adopting

Jamie Varley, 36, pleaded not guilty to 33 charges relating to the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey

The Independent UK

Drug dealer sentenced for killing pensioner after pulling wheelie on e-bike

Dylan Green, 20, was detained for eight years and three months in a young offenders institution for causing death by dangerous driving.

The Independent UK

Father who kept driving despite medical advice jailed over son’s death in crash

Daniel Burba had an epileptic fit at the wheel of his wife’s Peugeot van which swerved off the M6 near Lancaster and hit a tree on April 20.

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Football fan killed with one punch in clash outside pub

Mr Johnson was among a group of Blackpool fans who gathered outside the pub

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Football fan jailed for five years after fatal pub fight

Jake Balmforth punched Tony Johnson during trouble after Blackpool played Burnley in 2023.

Evening Standard

Prison governor jailed over relationship with ‘Jesse Pinkman’ drug boss

Kerri Pegg, 42, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Friday.

Evening Standard

Trial dates set for former mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and co-defendants

Anderson appeared at Preston Crown Court with other defendants, including former politician Derek Hatton.

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‘Bubbly blonde’ prison governor was ‘green and stupid’ jury told

Kerri Pegg denies misconduct in a public office and possession of criminal property.

Evening Standard

Gang boss DNA found on toothbrush at prison governor’s flat, jury hears

Hugo Boss flip flops also had DNA of ‘Breaking Bad’ drug dealer Anthony Saunderson found at Kerri Pegg’s home

Evening Standard

Man cleared of causing death of partner who took her own life after controlling relationship

Kiena Dawes left a suicide note saying ‘Ryan Wellings killed me’ before her death, but a jury found him not guilty of her manslaughter

The Independent UK

Man accused of driving partner to suicide tells jury: I am not a monster

Ryan Wellings denies the manslaughter of his partner, Kiena Dawes, who took her own life on a railway line in July 2022.

Evening Standard

Man accused of driving partner to suicide tells jury he isn’t a monster

Kiena Dawes left their eight-month-old daughter with a friend before taking her own life on July 22 2022

The Independent UK

Alleged abuse contributed to woman’s suicide, court told

Ryan Wellings denies the manslaughter of his partner Kiena Dawes.

Evening Standard

Kiena Dawes accused told her ‘hitting you is like hitting a man’, court hears

Ryan Wellings, 30, denies the manslaughter of the young mother who took her own life in 2022.

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Young mother wrote ‘I was murdered’ in suicide note after suffering alleged abuse, trial hears

Ryan Wellings is accused of manslaughter after his ex-girlfriend took her own life. In a final note she wrote: ‘He ruined every bit of strength I had left’

Evening Standard

Mother accused of squeezing baby to death cleared of murder

Laura Langley, 38, was alleged to have killed seven-week-old daughter Edith.

The Independent UK

Father’s double tragedy as son killed in parking row attack two months after wife dies from cancer

Anthony Harley’s father saw his son die following the attack in Blackpool - exactly two months after losing his wife of 57 years

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‘Abhorrent’ bogus taxi driver admits to raping vulnerable women

Nazim Asmal posed as a taxi driver and drove to secluded areas before raping his victims

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The Independent UK

What happened to James Bulger? The disturbing child murder and its troubled aftermath

Toddler led away from mother at Bootle shopping centre before being killed by railway line by two 10-year-old assailants on 12 February 1993, one of the most shocking crimes in recent British history, Joe Sommerlad reports

The Independent UK

Man who tortured puppy to death ‘because he enjoyed it’ given record jail time

Dudley Payne, 28, from Penwortham, Lancashire, tortured his 11-week-old puppy Rocko to death

The Independent UK

Murder-accused mother ‘squeezed baby girl to death’, jury told

Seven-week-old Edith Langley, from Blackpool, sustained 33 fractures, with virtually all her ribs broken, Preston Crown Court has been told.

Manchester Evening News

Former soldier's chilling threat to partner after ambushing her and attacking her in her own home

Ben Cotton, 41, was labelled a 'coward' by his victim as he was jailed by a judge

Manchester Evening News

Drug-crazed thugs threatened to 'bury' passengers after stealing Vauxhall Corsa and driving around like 'maniacs'

A judge was told 'things quickly got out of hand'

Liverpool Echo

Dad 'went to calm neigbours down' before he was covered in blood

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Manchester Evening News

GMP officer accused of swapping police information for sex favours was suspended for four years on FULL PAY

Mark Turner was found guilty of misusing police computers

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