Rapper’s conviction for killing Holby City actor’s daughter Louella Fletcher-Michie is overturned

A rapper who was jailed after filming the daughter of a Holby City actor dying from a party drugs overdose has had his manslaughter conviction quashed – after a Court of Appeal judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove she could have lived if he had called for help. Ceon Broughton, 31, supplied John Michie’s daughter … Read more

Birmingham woman has manslaughter conviction for stabbing partner 12 times quashed by Appeal Court

Girlfriend’s conviction for killing her partner by stabbing him 12 times in frenzied knife attack is quashed by Appeal Court judges Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow stabbed Gary Cunningham 12 times in February 2019 Acquitted of murder but guilty of manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court But Court of Appeal has quashed 18-year sentence concluding it to be ‘unsafe’ Judges said burden of … Read more

Car thefts are soaring with 300 cases every day – but just 0.6% end with a conviction

At least 300 cars are stolen in Britain every day – but only 0.6 per cent of the thefts result in convictions. Police said 106,291 vehicles were taken last year, a rise of 50 per cent in six years, according to the Office of National Statistics. But the Ministry of Justice said only 666 offenders … Read more

Car thefts are soaring with 300 cases every day – but just 0.6% end with a conviction

At least 300 cars are stolen in Britain every day – but only 0.6 per cent of the thefts result in convictions. Police said 106,291 vehicles were taken last year, a rise of 50 per cent in six years, according to the Office of National Statistics. But the Ministry of Justice said only 666 offenders … Read more

Son of ‘Lady In The Lake’ killer loses his appeal against his father’s conviction for murdering wife

Breaking news: Son of ‘Lady In The Lake’ killer loses his appeal against his late father’s conviction for murdering his wife with an ice axe and dumping her body 44 years ago Gordon Park was jailed for life in 2005 for killing estranged partner Carol in 1976 Park later dumped Carol’s body in Coniston Water … Read more