A former director of music at a private school who indecently assaulted 10 pupils has been jailed today for 12 years for a number of sexual offences.

A man who inflicted multiple acute injuries on his victim, leaving him unconscious in a burning flat, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years.

A BMW driver has been jailed at Swansea Crown Court for causing the death of a taxi driver by driving dangerously in Pembrokeshire.

A woman who hit and killed a cyclist when she was driving with a frosted-over windscreen, speeding and under the influence of cocaine and cannabis has been jailed.

A Derbyshire father and son who planned to kill the owner of a Birmingham clothing shop following a dispute have been sentenced.

Rosemary Ainslie, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime Division, said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by Cheshire Police, we have authorised a charge of common assault against Mike Amesbury MP, 55.

A man has been sentenced for driving into a nurse and leaving her with severe injuries before fleeing the UK.

A man from Burton on Trent has been jailed for seven years and three months for attempted rape and sexual assault on a young woman looking for a safe taxi ride in Leicester.

An offender who attacked and sexually assaulted a woman in her own home has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.

A former surgeon, who was struck off the UK medical register in 2015, while working at Southampton General Hospital has been convicted today of causing actual bodily harm, child cruelty and administering a prescription only medicine to several young and vulnerable patients.