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Life sentence for date rapist convicted of three more rapes

A convicted date rapist has today been sentenced to life imprisonment for three more rapes on teenage women, Scotland Yard said.

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Two judges at the High Court declared that being filmed and having to give the police personal details as the price of release was a step too far. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA

Met protest treatment ruled ‘unlawful’ by High Court

Police acted unlawfully when they filmed a “kettled” legal observer and required the handover of personal information before they would release her, the High Court ruled today.

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Mark Duggan was shot by police marksmen last August.

Mark Duggan death: application for judicial review into police protocol rejected

The mother of a man whose death by police sparked riots across Tottenham and London had an application for a judicial review into police protocol rejected.

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The premises in Green Street in Upton Park that was the subject of the court case.

Judge overturns Newham Council betting shop decision

Another betting shop has been given the green light to open up after Newham Council lost their legal battle against gambling chain Paddy Power today.

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‘I thought I was safe - then they raped me’: Girl tells of alleged sex ring attack

A teenage girl thought she was escaping an argument when she got into a car with a Chadwell Heath man – but he took her to a house and raped her, a court heard today.

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Carole Waugh's body was found inside a car in a lock-up garage. Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire

Carole Waugh death: Accused deny murder of former oil executive

One of the men accused of killing wealthy oil executive Carole Waugh, whose body was found in a lock-up in New Malden, today admitted attempting to dispose of her body.

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Alexander Litvinenko, pictured in 2002. Picture: AP Photo/Alistair Fuller

Alexander Litvinenko death: Ruling over public inquiry due in July

A ruling into whether a public inquiry should take the place of an inquest into the death of the poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko is due early next month, the High Court was told today.

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Carole Waugh's body was found inside a car in a lock-up garage. Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire

Carole Waugh death: Men accused of murder to appear in court

Two men accused of the murder of former oil executive Carole Waugh are to appear in court today.

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Danny O'Shea was stabbed to death in Canning Town

North London man convicted of teen murder yards from mother’s home

A man from Pinner was today convicted of murdering an 18-year-old man in a “revenge” attack over a BlackBerry phone.

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High Court judge issues Morden abduction plea

The courts “will not give up” in their search for a woman who abducted her daughter after custody was awarded to her father, a High Court judge said today.

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Stratford pensioner feared death during rape ordeal, court hears

Hazel Backwell, 66, was assaulted in her home in Stratford 16 years ago and died in 2002 having never seen her attacker brought to justice.

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The case was heard by two judges at the High Court in central London. Picture: PA Wire

Man on US drugs charges must be extradited with anonymity, High Court rules

A man from west London who is wanted in the US for conspiring to import crystal meth must be extradited without the public knowing his identity, the High Court ruled today.

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Girl tells court of escape from alleged child prostitution ring hours before friend ‘raped’

A teenage girl fought off the advances of an alleged sexual predator in an Ilford hotel hours before he allegedly raped her friend, a court heard today.

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Smiley Culture: Demonstrators marched on New Scotland Yard to call for a public inquiry. Picture: PA

Reggae star Smiley Culture ‘plunged knife into his own chest’, inquest hears

A reggae star whose death prompted protests outside New Scotland Yard plunged a kitchen knife into his own chest after police arrested him at his home, an inquest jury has been told.

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A 30-year-old man was handed a community order for slapping a woman on a Bakerloo line train.

Man slapped woman on Tube in ‘unprovoked assault’

A man who slapped a woman across the face in an unprovoked assault on the Tube has been sentenced to an 18-month community order.

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Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif who is due to launch his latest appeal over his match-fixing conviction. Photo: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire

Pakistan cricketer Asif loses London court appeal for match-fixing

Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif has lost his appeal over his match-fixing conviction.

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Wood you believe it? Rescue full of coincidences

A series of “unbelievable” coincidences saw a firefighter named Woods rescue a tree surgeon from Woodland Way in Petts Wood.

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