Smash hit

Burglars on bail ‘embarking on crime sprees’

Metropolitan Police Commissioner warned that career criminals released between charge and conviction had nothing to lose

Three men jailed over killing

Love rival of murder victim is given life sentence after body was found in a drain in Lancashire

7/7 bombers to share victims' inquest

Relatives react angrily to news that the London bombers' deaths will also be investigated at their loved ones' inquests

Security Minister stopped under Terrorism Act

Lord West announces that he was searched as new figures reveal powers were used a record number of times last year

Aristocrat took £1.6 million from family charity

The Hon Jonathan Davies is spared jail after using a charity set up by his grandfather as a 'bottomless piggybank'

Belmarsh warders' use of force criticised

Officers use 'extremely high' levels of force, report reveals, while inmates consider the prison to be 'unsafe'

Jail sentence for drunken grope overturned

Banker convicted for sexual assault at cocktail party will be supervised for six months after ruling by Court of Appeal

Teenager ‘held door shut as girlfriend burnt’

Forensic science expert tell Jessica McCaugh murder trial that the burning teenager was unable to escape from her room

Former royal aide recaptured at budget hotel

Jane Andrews is back in a secure jail after escaping from open prison and being found in the company of three others

Cocaine-snorting rabbi cleared of drug dealing

Rabbi Baruch Chalomish, who spent £1,000 a week on cocaine, wept in court after being cleared of dealing drugs

Rape victims 'face police culture of disbelief'

Report by Sara Payne, the Victims Champion, highlights postcode lottery in the way rape victims are treated by agencies

Religious studies teacher jailed for pupil affair

Madeleine Martin lured 15-year-old boy into sexual relationship through a fake account she set up on Facebook

Policing model ‘undermined by G20 tactics’

Political leadership is urgently needed after years of drift and piecemeal initiatives, says Chief Inspector of Constabulary

Government backs ‘name and shame’ initiative

Police and councils are to be urged to publish photos and details of offenders so the public can see justice has been done

Police protest training in chaos, report finds

Policing of events such as G20 exposed poor leadership, widely varying tactics and misunderstanding of protester rights

Former royal aide Jane Andrews recaptured

Family of murdered man attacks 'incompetent' Justice Ministry after former aide to the Duchess of York is found

Man wanted over Madeleine fraud arrested

Kevin Halligen was hired by Find Madeleine fund as security consultant, but allegedly disappeared with £300,000