Crime

A paedophile tried to blame his wife after a stash of vile images of child abuse were found on his computer.

A man threatened to shoot door security staff and rape police officers wives.

Here’s the fifth and final instalment of our series, Crime Files.

A doctor who refused to visit an ill disabled woman – instead diagnosing her over the phone – has told of his regret at an inquest into her death.

A court has ordered a dog be put to sleep after police identified it as an illegal breed following an attack on a child.

Former TV presenter John Leslie was a "perfect gentleman" when dancing in a club with a woman he is accused of sexually assaulting, a court has heard.

A former officer in the Royal Navy who groped a junior member of crew while serving as second in command of a naval ship will be sentenced.

Police have confirmed that a man charged with infecting two women with the HIV virus must seek written permission before he has sex.

Here is the latest round-up of some of the cases at Blackpool Magistrates Court.

An opportunist thief helped himself to a bag left inside a car parked outside a Blackpool restaurant – before hurriedly walking off.

The racially-motivated murder of a refugee by a mental health patient who had been released from a psychiatric hospital was "avoidable", a review has found.

A London Marathon impostor who swiped a lost race number to see "a dream come true" has been jailed for 16 weeks.

A paedophile who used innocent childhood games to launch sexual attacks on three young children has been given an extended jail sentence by a sickened judge.

Around a fifth (19%) of motorists have taken penalty points for another driver, a survey suggests.

Mystery surrounds the identity of a woman whose body was found severely decomposed.