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Alternative healer found guilty of manslaughter of diabetic woman at workshop
Hongchi Xiao was convicted by the jury at Winchester Crown Court of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Danielle Carr-Gomm.
Woman denies murder of baby found in woodland 26 years ago
Joanne Sharkey, 55, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court.
Government climate change adaptation plan ‘deficient’, High Court told
Campaign group Friends of the Earth and two individual activists affected by climate change are taking legal action against ministers.
Anjem Choudary faces life in jail after being found guilty of directing terror
The Islamist preacher was convicted on Tuesday of taking a ‘caretaker role’ in directing Al-Muhajiroun (ALM).
Mortgage broker who murdered his wife for financial gain is jailed for life
Robert Hammond had denied his wife’s murder, at the family home in Primes Corner, Histon, Cambridgeshire, but a jury found him guilty.
Activists accused of damaging roof of Rishi Sunak’s home were ‘reckless’ – trial
Four Greenpeace activists are on trial over the demonstration which saw Mr Sunak’s North Yorkshire mansion draped in black fabric.
Asylum seekers wrongly housed at ‘prison-like’ former RAF base, High Court told
Barristers for four former residents of RAF Wethersfield told the court that facilities at the site were ‘seriously inadequate’.
Man accused of plot to kidnap coroner tells trial he is ‘man of honour’
Matthew Martin, 47, denies conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to commit false imprisonment.
No-one wins in our system of dealing with medical negligence - Deirdre Heenan
A better way is needed, for healthcare professionals as well as patients
Wrongly jailed Andrew Malkinson ‘could have been freed 10 years earlier’
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Helen Pitcher was ‘unfit to fulfil her duties’ following the review into Mr Malkinson’s wrongful conviction.