Amanda Knox retrial verdict: Recap updates as Italian court rules on Meredith Kercher murder charge

1EmailFollow the latest updates as Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito learn if they have been found guilty, for a second time, of murdering British student Meredith

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'Dierdre' tells court Bill Roache was always 'perfect gentleman'

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'Deirdre' tells court Bill Roache was always 'perfect gentleman'

Anne Kirkbride, a stalwart of the ITV soap as Deirdre Barlow, is called as a character witness for the actor who is accused of a series of sex assaults

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Andy Coulson became 'animated' after hearing Sienna Miller in hacked voicemail, court told

Coulson denies charge of conspiring to intercept communications but former News of the World journalist says he played former editor recording of hacked voicemail left by Miller on Daniel Craig's phone

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Plebgate: Mitchell And Policeman Set For Court

Both Andrew Mitchell and his accuser say they want to go on oath to state their conflicting versions of the 'plebgate' saga. 9:12pm UK, Tuesday 26 November 2013

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Pianist was not fondling girl, 15, but helping with her posture, court hears

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Cy Chadwick sex charge: Former Emmerdale star appears in court accused of indecent assault on boy

Emmerdale Star Cy Chadwick at Leeds Magistrate CourtRoss Parry

A former Emmerdale star has denied indecently assaulting a boy in the 1980s.

Cy Chadwick, 44, who played bad boy Nick Bates for more than a decade, appeared at Leeds magistrates court today.

He pleaded not guilty to the allegation which involves a boy under 14.

The alleged assault took place at a time when Chadwick regularly appeared in the ITV soap.

Magistrates were told the charge relates to an offence which took place between September 1985 and September 1988.

The actor was 16 years old and had joined the Yorkshire-based soap the previous year.

Chadwick, of Leeds, West Yorks., who left the show in the 1990s to work in TV production, confirmed his date of birth and address in court on Thursday morning before entering a not guilty plea.

Due to the nature of the alleged crime, JPs made the decision to move his case to Leeds Crown Court after a brief hearing.

He was released on bail to appear there later this month.

The actor was one of the longest serving in the hit soap. His character was sent to jail for arson.

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Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony tells court he 'would swerve truth' for client as he sues Paul Di Resta

5 Dec 2013 18:30Anthony Hamilton was being quizzed in the High Court where he is suing driver Di Resta over the wrongful termination of their contract

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Nick Clegg urged to help British mum defy Italian court order to return with son aged three

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been urged to intervene in the case of a British mother who has been ordered to go back to Italy after fleeing an abusive boyfriend with her three-year-old son.

The mother fears her child will be put in a home and she arrested after an Italian family court judge demanded she return under anti-kidnapping laws.

Now, Plaid Cymru leader Elfyn Llwyd has pleaded with the UK government to take action after the woman was subjected to controversial child abduction laws under the Hague Convention.

TheLiberal Democrat leader described the case as

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Nigella Lawson arrives at court for second day

Nigella Lawson arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in west London for a second day to give evidence in the fraud trial of her two former personal assistants 10:38AM GMT 05 Dec 2013

Nigella Lawson has arrived at court for a second day to finish giving evidence in the trial of two of her former personal assistants, Italian sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo.

As she got out of her vehicle at Isleworth Crown Court in west London, she was met by photographers, broadcasters and reporters.

Yesterday the TV cook admitted using cocaine and spoke of the "intimate terrorism" she suffered at the hands of former husband Charles Saatchi.

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Nigella Lawson denies Charles Saatchi was wiping cocaine off nose during Scott's row, court hears

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11:30AM GMT 05 Dec 2013

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Nigella Lawson has denied that her ex-husband Charles Saatchi was wiping cocaine off her nose when a row in a restaurant that led to their divorce.

Miss Lawson, giving evidence for a second day in the fraud trial of two former aides, said Mr Saatchi was guilty of "peddling" lies about the reason for the June bust-up in Scott's in Mayfair.

She also denied a suggestion that she had "lied" to police about her drug use, or that her admission in court yesterday to using cocaine and cannabis amounted to "damage limitation".

Karin Arden, defending Francesca Grillo, who with her sister Elisabetta is accused of fraudulently spending £685,000 on a company credit card, asked Miss Lawson why her admission to taking drugs had not appeared on a police statement she gave when she said she no longer wanted to give evidence.

She had said in the statement that she did not want to give evidence because Mr Saatchi was spreading "false" claims about drug-taking, and Miss Arden said: "You were not frank with police officers. You told a lie because it's not correct to say stories about drugs were untrue."

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Miss Lawson said: "It was true in that what my ex-husband had been saying was he was getting cocaine out of my nose at Scott's and I had been completely off my head for 10 years."

Mimicking the motion of Mr Saatchi pinching her nose, she said: "He went like this. It was not only because I hadn't taken cocaine but it was also the case that Mr Saatchi was not examining me for cocaine. That was a story that he made up afterwards because I would not go back and clear his name."

Miss Arden wanted to show the jury a photograph of the incident but was prevented by the judge from doing so.

Miss Arden suggested that Miss Lawson had "used" the case "as a vehicle" to settle scores with Mr Saatchi in front of the world's press.

She replied: "I didn't want to come to court, I would prefer not to because I had been menaced...I prefer to keep my private life private and I was prevented from doing that."

She added: "I'm not proud of the fact that I have taken drugs but that does not make me a drug addict or habitual drug user."

Miss Arden said: "The simple fact is that yesterday in cross-examination only was the first time that you have publicly said that you have taken cocaine and cannabis, and I suggest that on your part was a case of damage limitation."

Miss Lawson said: "I was asked a question and I responded...I have been frank, I have said what I needed to say and I would rather be honest, if ashamed, and explain about the drug usage but I wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to be bullied and have lies told about an incident that took place in a very humiliating public place."

Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo deny fraud. The case continues.

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Rebekah Books approved £4,000 payment for photo of Prince William in bikini, court hears

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Rebekah Brooks approved £4,000 payment for photo of Prince William in bikini, court hears

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Selfridges beautician became gangster's moll with jet set lifestyle, court hears

Selfridges beautician Gemma Harvieu  Photo: Cavendish By News agencies

7:19AM GMT 03 Dec 2013

A Selfridges beautician enjoyed a jet set lifestyle with her fugitive boyfriend after he escaped from a courtroom and fled to the Costa del Sol, a court heard.

Gemma Harvieu, 29, became a ''gangsters moll'' to armed robber Andrew Moran and would join him at a string of exotic locations during his four years on the run, it was claimed.

In one 12 month period alone, Harvieu flew to Alicante to see Moran 23 times while earning a modest wage working on the cosmetics counter of the department store at the Trafford Centre, near Manchester, a jury was told.

Photos were taken of a variety of cars and motorcycles and showing luxurious destinations including Paris, Pisa, The Alps and Vienna where a Pedigree dog was purchased. She would go shopping at Bond Street in London.

Inquiries revealed Harvieu was helping wire money from Western Union outlets to Spain where 31-year old Moran collected it using an assortment of false identities, it was said.

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Before Moran escaped she was banking only £7,000 a year in her personal account.

Yet after he fled the UK, her account was used to field a string of deposits of up to £2,000 including a series of cash payments totalling £22,000 to help fund his life on the run.

It all ended on May 10 this year when Moran and Harvieu were caught by police as they relaxed by a pool at an exclusive villa near Alicante. Armed officers found firearms, live ammunition, mobile phones and evidence of false identities.

''This just wasn't some rich boyfriend she had picked up in Spain who was treating her to a celebrity lifestyle In the Costa del Sol away from her life back in Manchester,'' said Tim Brennand prosecuting at Preston Crown Court.

''There was much more to this. Moran was very much living the cliched lifestyle of a resident of the so-called 'Costa Del Crime' and the inference is she was living out a life effectively as a gangster's moll.

''The couple were spending time with one another. It is inconceivable that she was ignorant of the life she had chosen for herself with Moran. She was inextricably linked to his flight from justice and criminal lifestyle.''

Moran had gone on the run in March 2009 as he was standing trial over a £25,000 gunpoint raid on a Royal Mail delivery van.

Realising he was about to be remanded in custody at Burnley Crown Court, he vaulted over the dock and ran out into the street before officers had the time to take hold of him.

He later fled the UK after buying a flight on Monarch Airlines to Alicante using a false passport.

But while police were hunting Moran, from December 2009 to May 2011, Harvieu flew 22 times with Monarch from Manchester to Alicante – sometimes twice a month to see him, it was alleged.

In 2010 she flew to Alicante 23 times with some of the flights paid for by Moran himself, his sister and friends. She would arrive back in the UK after trips only to very quickly return to Europe on the Eurostar.

A European arrest warrant was issued for Moran in 2010 and in November 2012 Spanish police set a roadblock to trap him.

But Moran spotted the officers in uniform and rammed his 4x4 car through the police cordon and drove off in the opposite direction.

Police searched his flat and found firearms, cash, drugs and false identities which were seized but the trail went cold until he was tracked down to the villa in Alicante with Harvieu.

Mr Brennand added: ''He was using a variety of false passports, and mobile phones and they were enjoying the high life. Photos showed a variety of cars and motorcycles and Andrew Moran posing with weapons.

''It demonstrates more about the brazen personality of Andrew Moran and a fascination for ammunition and drugs and that he had done very well for himself after leaving the dock at Burnley Crown Court.''

Police analysed Harvieu's Halifax Ultimate Reward Current Account and spoke to work colleagues who said she had no longer wanted to work at Selfridges after meeting a man in Spain.

Between March 2009 and November 2012 a total of £38,930 in cash deposits were made including cash payments totalling £22,335 in 2010. On occasions between £100 and £300 were banked and on others, £2000.

She was entrusted to send money to allocated names in five transaction totalling £4,000 between November 2010 and December 7, 2010, all being collected in Spain.

Mr Brennand said: ''The cash lodgments were the sort that would not trigger money-laundering alarm bells. It was deposit after deposit after deposit.

''The location was consistent, we can see spending in shops, establishments in Manchester, Bond Street in London and locations in Spain and Europe where monies are going in and out of the UK."

The court heard Harvieu denies ever knowing Moran was a fugitive or a criminal – even though his escape was reported in newspapers and on BBC's Crimewatch programme.

Mr Brennand said: '''The television is a funny thing, when it touches you the natural thing we do is tell friends, family, you tell anybody and everybody you possibly can.

Looking at their relationship, it is simply inconceivable that she was not aware of who he was or what he was. Applying common sense she would have discovered the truth."

Harvieu, from Chorlton, Manchester denies assisting an offender and money laundering. The trial continues.

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Lee Rigby trial: court shown moments after alleged murderers were shot by police

The court at the Old Bailey has been shown footage of the moments the men accused of murdering soldier Lee Rigby approach police, before they are shot and then given first aid 9:05PM GMT 03 Dec 2013

At the trial of the alleged murderers of soldier Lee Rigby, the court was shown footage of Michael Adebolajo charging towards the police officers and flying into the air as he was shot. Michael Adebowale was also seen falling to the ground as he was shot.

Footage released by police also shows the moments immediately after the suspects were shot when police officers began administering first aid to the pair.

Adebolajo and Adebowale are accused of murdering Fusilier Rigby near Woolwich Barracks in south-east London on May 22, as well as attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer on or before that day.

They both deny the charges. The trial was adjourned until tomorrow.

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Lee Rigby trial: police woman thought she was going to die as man ran at her with meat cleaver, court hears

In an image released by the Metropolitan Police, Michael Adebowale is shown on the south footpath of Artillery Place  By Tom Whitehead, Security Correspondent

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The moments when armed police shot two Islamist fanatics suspected of murdering soldier Lee Rigby were shown to a jury on Tueday.

One officer told the court she feared she was about to die as a man ran at her vehicle waving a bloodied cleaver, but her colleague “instinctively” shot him in a split-second decision.

Three armed officers arrived at the scene in Woolwich, south-east London, after bystanders saw 25-year-old Fusilier Rigby run over and then hacked to death in daylight in May.

His alleged attackers, Michael Adebolajo 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, waited for police to arrive before running at them. CCTV footage was shown to the Old Bailey jury on the third day of the murder trial.

One officer, identified only as E48 and giving evidence from behind a screen, said he had “very little time” to act as Adebolajo bore down on their police car with a meat cleaver and knife.

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“He almost instantly broke into a sprint and I realised we were being attacked,” said the officer. “I seemed to react instinctively.”

He said a female colleague who had been driving was “defenceless” in the front seat, adding: “The second he started sprinting at us still in possession of that knife I made the decision to fire.”

In a written statement, his female colleague, referred to as D49, said: “I saw a black male running at me waving both his hands in the air in a chopping motion. In his right hand I saw what I call a meat cleaver or a machete.

“I instantly thought, 'He’s going to kill me’.”

The force of E48’s shot threw Adebolajo to the ground and the three officers then leapt out of the car and saw Adebowale, who was holding a gun.

D49 said: “I thought, 'Oh my God he’s going to shoot me’. I feared for my life.” The third officer then shot Adebowale but the attacker raised his gun while lying on the ground.

E48 told the jury: “I’ve still got a distinct image in my mind of him holding a black revolver in his hand which I clearly saw, which struck me as unusual because he’d just been shot.”

Police fired again at the hand holding the gun and shot Adebowale’s thumb off.

The officers then immediately administered first aid, said E48, adding: “Once the threat is neutralised we have a duty of care to all persons to save life, no matter who they are.”

Earlier, the court was shown a video clip of Adebolajo telling members of the public he had attacked Fusilier Rigby in retaliation for British soldiers killing Muslims. He then told paramedic Nicholas Goh: “I don’t want anyone to die, I just want the soldiers out of my country.”.

Adebolajo also told him he wished the bullets had killed him, Richard Whittam QC, prosecuting, said.

In a statement, Stephen Berry, another paramedic, said Adebolajo told him that “British soldiers deserved to die” for raping and killing women “in our lands”.

The defendant later told Pc Melita Vejnovic in hospital that he had never intended to hurt civilians, only the military.

Michelle Nimmo, a witness, said in a statement that one of the alleged attackers had a “smirk” on his face and both men appeared “proud” of what they had done. “They stood around looking proud and posing with the gun and knives. They made no attempt to run away.”

Her mother, Tina, broke down in tears as she gave evidence in person. She said she had pleaded with the two attackers to stop, shouting and swearing at them.

Sarah Riordan, another witness, who was heavily pregnant at the time, said in her statement that she began experiencing “contracting pains” as events unfolded, but was given the all clear at hospital.

Abebolajo and Adebowale both deny murdering the soldier, as well as counts of attempted murder of a police officer and conspiracy to murder.

The case continues.

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Twitter and Facebook users given court warnings on high profile trials

Dominic Grieve QC, the Attorney General, will send out advisory notes which are normally given to the media on a “not for publication” basis

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Nigella Lawson court appearance live updates

Follow the trial of Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi's former aides, who are accused of fraud as the celebrity chef gives evidence By Gordon Rayner, Claire Carter and Theo Merz

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Chief executive handed over £600k after being duped by lover, court hears

A chief executive was duped by her lover into handing over thousands of pounds after the man, who had been living with his mother, claimed he was a wealthy investor, a court hears

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Concert pianist 'smooched' fan while fondling her teenage daughter at same time, court hears

Oxford-educated pianist Robin Zebaida, 49, a graduate of the Royal College of Music, allegedly groped the teen secretly while making advances on her mother

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