“I can’t even walk. It is just overwhelming. After 10 years and having been there, I had to clench my fist not to really cry.

Sentencing CJ Slate at Ipswich Crown Court, Judge Nicola Talbot-Hadley said he had taken the sword from the woman’s garden and used it to enter her home. “You hacked your way in and hid in the loft,” ...

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Scottish Government ministers are “considering” a report on chemically castrating sex offenders, which has been recommended south of the Border as a measure to reduce the prison population.

A Swindon man who sent sexual messages to an undercover officer believing it was a 14-year-old boy has appeared in court.