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Phone thief confronted
An incensed commuter records his late night confrontation with an unrepetant thief who has just stolen a mobile phone from a handbag accidently left on the train.
09 Feb 2012
London bomb plotters to walk after six years
Gang members that plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange were given reduced sentences for entering guilty pleas.
09 Feb 2012
Leveson Inquiry: Paul Dacre stands firm over Grant
Paul Dacre, the editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, today refused to withdraw an allegation that Hugh Grant made "mendacious smears", unless the actor withdrew his own suggestions that the group had been involved in phone hacking.
09 Feb 2012
London Stock Exchange bomb plot gang jailed for nearly 100 years
A gang of Muslim extremists inspired to launch deadly UK terror campaign in the run-up to Christmas 2010 by hate preacher Anjem Choudary are jailed for nearly 100 years today.
09 Feb 2012
Benefits-claiming pensioner too sick to feed himself filmed playing golf
Albert Davies, a pensioner who claimed £30,000 in mobility benefits because he was "too sick to feed himself", was filmed playing an 18 hole round of golf
09 Feb 2012
Married accountant 'stole from clients to buy lingerie'
Darren Upton, a married acountant, stole £250,000 from clients to buy Ann Summers lingerie and Mulberry handbags for the mistress he met on a dating website, a court heard.
09 Feb 2012
Leveson Inquiry: Heather Mills vows she did not play McCartney messages to Piers Morgan
The former wife of Sir Paul McCartney never authorised former News of the World editor Piers Morgan, or anybody else, to listen to her voicemails, she told the inquiry into press standards today.
09 Feb 2012
NotW editor 'told staff to mislead McCann campaign'
The News of the World's former head of news was told to deliberately mislead the McCanns' spokesman about the newspaper's plans to publish Kate McCann's diary, he said today.
09 Feb 2012
Leveson Inquiry: as it happened February 9
Coverage from the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking, hearinge evidence from the editors of The Times and The Sun.
09 Feb 2012
Step-daughter of Rolling Stones manager sent to rehab after staged kidnap
Harriet Murphy, the teenage stepdaughter of a former Rolling Stones manager, who staged her own kidnap was has been ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation course.
09 Feb 2012
'Fast Eddie' arrested after 19 years on the run
Eddie Maher, known as 'Fast Eddie', who has been on the run for 19 years after a £1 million raid on a security van, has been arrested in America.
09 Feb 2012
Baby P: record number of children taken into care after court action
Record levels of children were taken into care by local authorities last year, new figures have shown.
09 Feb 2012
Leveson Inquiry: as it happened February 8
Coverage from the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking, hearinge evidence from the editors of The Times and The Sun.
09 Feb 2012
Stockwell shooting: shots rang out, then my daughter fell
The mother of Thusha Kamaleswaran, a five-year-old girl paralysed in a shooting, yesterday described seeing her daughter collapse "as though her legs were going to give up on her''.
09 Feb 2012
Neighbour's pitbull dog kills elderly man
An 83-year-old man, Leslie Trotman, has died after being attacked by a pitbull-type dog that had escaped from a neighbour's garden.
09 Feb 2012
Harry Redknapp trial: police failed bid mirrors Fallon case
The City of London police’s failed bid to secure the conviction of Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric comes after a similar failure in another high profile case involving Kieren Fallon, the champion jockey.
09 Feb 2012
Con man duped victims by posing as millionaire Italian aristocrat
A penniless grifter who enjoyed a life of luxury by duping victims into believing he was a playboy millionaire Italian aristocrat was facing jail last night.
09 Feb 2012
Facebook bullies left rape victim 'terrified'
A 13-year-old rape victim and her family were threatened with revenge in a hate campaign by Facebook bullies for reporting her attacker to the police, it was reported.
09 Feb 2012
Labour: 90% of police job cuts have hit frontline
Nine out of 10 recent job losses in the police have hit frontline officers, according to Labour.
09 Feb 2012
Tweeter 'makes law look silly'
Paul Chambers, an accountant found guilty of sending a "menacing tweet" was the victim of a legal "steamroller" that threatened to make the law look silly, it was argued at the High Court today.
08 Feb 2012
Met arrest 121 gang suspects in raid
The Metropolitan Police have raided homes across the capital as part of Operation Valiant's crackdown on gangs.
08 Feb 2012
100 suspected gang members arrested in raids in London
More than 100 people, including a murder suspect, have been arrested as part of a Scotland Yard crackdown on gangs.
08 Feb 2012
Tweeter challenges conviction
Paul Chambers, who was found guilty of sending a menacing "tweet" about Robin Hood Airport, challenges his conviction at the High Court today.
08 Feb 2012
Teenage victim commits suicide after sex attacker trial collapses
Sex assault victim Dana Baker was found hanged after an unauthorised meeting with her lawyer led to the collapse of her attacker's rape trial.
08 Feb 2012
Leveson Inquiry: as it happened February 7
Coverage from the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking, hearinge evidence from the editors of The Times and The Sun.
08 Feb 2012
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