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Andy Burnham signals he will scrap plans to curb jury trials
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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is manipulating system, victims’ families say
Axel Rudakubana moved to psychiatric hospital after it was concluded he could not be safely managed...
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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital
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Expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales will put public at risk, watchdog warns
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‘They said: wear angelic white’: British women who accused US airman of rape tell of American military trial
Two women who alleged they were raped by Tyrion Davis in Suffolk had to testify at an invasive...
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US airman accused of exposing himself to 16-year-old girl avoided British trial
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Jake Richards announces measures to prevent abuse like that at Medomsley detention centre in County...