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A teen was recruited by a gang to approach jurors with £500 to return a 'not guilty' verdict during a trial but “got her words WRONG” - and asked them to find the defendants GUILTY, a court heard. The girl, 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was part of a trio who allegedly approached five members of a jury to attempt to bribe them with cash to find the defendants not guilty. Leeds Crown Court, West Yorks., heard...

A vulnerable teenage girl with learning difficulties was forced into prostitution by an 18-year-old man she had just met, a court heard. The girl, who was just 17 at the time of the alleged offence in 2005, was tricked into meeting defendant Shane Whiteley in a car with another male. Whiteley, 30, who was 18 at the time, asked to meet his victim under false pretenses and it was only when she got into his car with another unknown male...

This is the moment rowdy football away fans were given a lift to the PUB after a match - in the back of a police riot van. Leeds fans said officers spotted them heading towards a pub popular with Bristol City fans after their 0-3 victory on Sunday and quickly ushered them away. But instead of marching the 40-strong gang of fans three miles to the train station in the pouring rain, officers from Avon and Somerset Police offered them...

A man 'chiselled' a cross into his forehead so he would be taken to hospital for treatment - and then abused a Muslim doctor by telling him to ‘get back to Iraq’. Joe Edgar, 50, hurled racial insults at the A&E doctor in front of other patients and hospital staff which made him feel ‘degraded, distressed and disgusted’. Edgar was admitted to Scarborough Hospital after he carved a cross into his forehead, a court heard. While he was being seen...

CCTV footage showing the moment a father of three was struck by a car which then failed to stop in Birmingham, as the hunt continues for the driver.Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver who was caught on CCTV knocking down a 65-year-old man before speeding away. The father-of-three was left for dead in the middle of the road after he was mown down as he crossed a junction. Shocking footage of the crash, which happened at around 10.15pm on Thursday...

A stroke sufferer with mobility problems has been left struggling to WASH after a social landlord bodged renovation work on his bathroom. Workmen left pensioner Adam Mohammed, 74, with wallpaper peeling off the wall, dirty floors and shower area and without a handrail to use while bathing at his home. He was due to have a replacement to his bathroom in August but work to replace the bathroom is still ongoing two months later - despite the fact he relies...

A much-loved Cocker Spaniel has been named Britain's cutest pub dog. Rudi, a show-type Spaniel, was handed the accolade in new book Great British Pub Dogs, and was also nominated for 'top pub dog'. The adorable 18-month-old puppy lives with owners Chris and Gillian French and their 10-year-old daughter Mia at the Mitre pub in Richmond-upon-Thames, south west London. Chris, 40, said Rudi was an 'instant hit' with locals in the posh gastropub. He said: "He’s a great pub dog,...

A property developer has spent the past 30 YEARS transforming a home into his own Venetian palace.A property developer has spent the past 30 YEARS transforming a home into his own Venetian palace. Trevor Wynne-Jones bought a featureless bungalow in 1966 for £13,500 and demolished it, building a new home in its place. A property developer has spent the past 30 YEARS transforming a home into his own Venetian palace. But in the 1980s he embarked on a staggering project...

A peacemaker was stabbed and beaten with a glass tube after he tried to break up a fight. Detectives are hunting two suspects after the 23-year-old victim was left with a broken rib and a laceration to his lung. The man had tried to diffuse an argument between two men and a group of other people on September 23. After an exchange of words, he was chased by the pair into a newsagent in King's Cross, central London. One man...