Latest Trial Court News
ET trial postponed to 2012
The trial of two farmworkers accused of killing right-wing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche has been postponed to next year. The High Court sitting in Ventersdorp postponed the trial until 30 January. Chris Mahlangu (28) and a minor are accused of beating
Updated: 10/20/2011 08:08A
Cardy jury hears sex attack 'uncertainties'
The jury in the Jennifer Cardy murder trial have heard it is 'not definitively possible' to say the nine year old was sexually assaulted. The defence team began setting out their case at Armagh Crown court on Thursday. Scottish van driver and convicted
Updated: 10/20/2011 08:07A
Last updated at 11:31 AM on 20th October 2011
Prosecutors will call for her to be jailed for 38 years for two counts of premeditated murder when the case goes to trial, court documents revealed today. But defence lawyers will try to convince a jury Smith was not criminally responsible for her
Updated: 10/20/2011 08:05A
A courtroom sketch of Vincent Tabak in tears during his trial for the murder
He told Bristol Crown Court, where he has admitted her manslaughter but denied her murder: "The first time was when I was in Cambridge and I think that was that day or the day after Joanna's body was found and it put me in
Updated: 10/20/2011 08:04A
Man accused of murder had stabbed before
A MAN accused of murdering a Chester doorman, had stabbed a man in a city street after he kicked off his car wing-mirror, a court heard. On the fifth day of a trial into the murder of Boughton Heath man Martin Ithell, 49, the jury were told by
Updated: 10/20/2011 08:04A
Leading medical expert claims lifting MJ's chin could have saved his life
The jury in the trial of Murray at the Los Angeles Superior Court was also shown a dramatic video re-enacting how the singer stopped breathing after taking a deadly cocktail of drugs to help him sleep. Shafer also claimed that Murray didn't try the
Updated: 10/20/2011 08:03A
Last updated at 12:52 PM on 20th October 2011
Prosecutors will call for her to be jailed for 38 years for two counts of premeditated murder when the case goes to trial, court documents revealed today. But defence lawyers will try to convince a jury Smith was not criminally responsible for her
Updated: 10/20/2011 08:00A
Around the South Devon courts
Verdict: Found Guilty. Community order. Participate in Thinking Skills. Restraining order. TORBAY COUNCIL, Town Hall, Castle Circus. Complaint for liability orders for non-payment of council tax and costs for the defendant and 873 others.
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:55A
Sobbing Tabak Tells Court How He Killed Yeates
Vincent Tabak broke down in tears as he began giving evidence in his trial at Bristol Crown Court and said he had contemplated suicide after Miss Yeates' body was found. He also tearfully apologised to her parents as he explained how he dumped her body
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:53A
Lianne Smith to 'seek aquittal of murdering her 2 children on mental health
Prosecutors will call for her to be jailed for 38 years for two counts of premeditated murder when the case goes to trial, court documents revealed today. But defence lawyers will try to convince a jury Smith was not criminally responsible for her
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:53A