MPs were told that Cheshire police ‘ignored or broke’ rules governing the conduct of investigations in its treatment of Lucy ...

Robin Garbutt and his wife Diana lived a quiet life – running a post office in the idyllic village of Melsonby, North ...

The head of investigations at the miscarriage of justice watchdog has been forced to step down from the Lucy Letby review ...

A group of campaigners has launched a daring effort to end the practice of sentencing children to life in prison. They aim to ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

Giving evidence during a criminal trial can be a daunting prospect for anybody and this is only likely to be magnified for those who are classed as vulnerable and who are complainants in sex cases.

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

A new code allowing victims to read out their own impact statements in court may make little difference to the victims or to sentencing, according to a leading barrister. The new v ictim’s code ...

Marking the ‘biggest electronic tagging expansion in British history’, thousands will be tracked and monitored as part of a ...