Film 100

Builder held family hostage over £5,000 bill

A husband was told he and his family would come to an ‘untimely end’ if he called the police after his wife and child were kidnapped

Money-laundering tycoon jailed for six years

Daredevil businessman Trevor Baines has been imprisoned for laundering the profits of a massive Wall Street share fraud

Murder inquiry after woman dies in village

Police investigate death in village where Fiona Pilkington took her own life after being tormented by local youths

Wife posed as girl to trap paedophile husband

Cheryl Roberts, 61, pretended to be 14 during a sex chat on a website after becoming suspicious of his behaviour

Terror suspects excluded from plans to wipe DNA

Those arrested on suspicion of terror offences but released could have DNA kept on national database indefinitely

'Boss hired Russian hitman to kill me'

Financier who is suing the boss of an investment firm for sexual harassment tells tribunal that she feared for her life

Former MEP Tom Wise jailed for expenses fraud

Judge accuses politician of ‘sleight of hand’ after £39,000 was channelled into secret account to buy wine and clear debts

Man charged with 1977 Nairac murder

Kevin Crilly to face court three decades after undercover Army officer was abducted and murdered in Northern Ireland

Rapist attacked child after being spared jail

Teenager raped a five-year-old boy eight days after being spared custody for a sex assault on another child

Knife murderers to serve at least 25 years

Minimum terms for knife and gun murder will be brought closer after review prompted by family of Ben Kinsella

City executive says boss 'wanted her killed'

Jordan Wimmer tells employment tribunal that a man who looked like her boss tried to run her down on Kings Road

No sackings in prison transfer scandal

Two prison governors have been cleared of gross misconduct after attempts to swap prisoners prior to an inspection

Former MEP jailed for £39,000 expenses fraud

Tom Wise, a Ukip MEP, spent his secretarial expenses allowance on a new car, fine wines and clearing his credit card debt

DNA of the innocent 'to be held for 6 years'

Samples were to be kept for 12 years but the Government to retreat after ruling in European Court of Human Rights

Lindsay Ann Hawker murder suspect held

Tatsuya Ichihashi, wanted for killing of young British teacher found dead on his balcony, arrested at Osaka ferry port

Police to handle minor charges, says CPS

The Crown Prosecution Service is turning the clock back under proposals for police to handle offences to be tried by magistrates

Race hate murderer celebrated killing

Christopher Miller, who was caught on CCTV celebrating his knife murder of Indian naval officer Kunal Mohanty, has been jailed for life

Poppy cash theft couple are caught on camera

Police have released closed-circuit television images of a couple stealing a collection tin and putting it in a pram

Britain at risk from neo-Nazi 'lone wolves'

The country's leading anti-terrorism officer says more resources are being targeted against right-wing extremists acting alone

Cyber stalker waged hate campaign on teenager

Man is given a lifelong restraining order after terrorising a student he met briefly in a Manchester nightclub