Old Bailey

Kinahan leader ‘gave names’ to UK police over guns stash

Dublin criminal Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh’s barrister suggested he had ‘put himself at risk’

Wed Oct 23 2024 - 06:00

Liam Byrne ‘delighted’ with short sentence as Garda figures sceptical of honest life plans

Garda sources say Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, who will be 67 on release from prison, will face uphill battle if wishing to return to crime

Tue Oct 22 2024 - 17:46

Liam Byrne was smiling by the end as it became clear he could be out by next Christmas

Kinahan cartel member seemed relaxed by the end of his sentencing hearing at the Old Bailey

Tue Oct 22 2024 - 13:43

Kinahan crime boss plans to lead ‘honest life’ once released, sentence hearing told

Liam Byrne and fellow senior Kinahan crime group member Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh are before a court in London over weapons plot

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 14:00

‘Law subsists by power’: The Old Bailey in modern times

Most famous courthouse in England remains a beautiful bastion of the criminal justice system

Wed Sept 18 2024 - 05:00

Liam Byrne and Thomas Kavanagh firearms trial set to begin in Old Bailey

Case follows interception by National Crime Agency of messages on the secretive EncroChat system favoured by criminals

Mon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00

Hit-and-run driver jailed for killing Irishman on road in London

Javier Salazar (40) found guilty of causing death of Derek Kernan (62) by dangerous driving

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 15:54

London’s Old Bailey: First televised sentencing makes legal history

Judge sentences man to life imprisonment for the manslaughter of his grandfather

Thu Jul 28 2022 - 12:07

Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges in UK

Oscar-winning actor appears in London’s Old Bailey to deny five allegations relating to three men

Thu Jul 14 2022 - 10:34

UK terror suspect tells court he killed MP David Amess to stop him ‘harming Muslims’

Ali Harbi Ali (26) said to have been motivated by MP votes in favour of bombing Syria

Thu Apr 07 2022 - 13:00

Man arrested in Cork over threat to kill female British MP

Gardaí were alerted by UK police to the suspect after Labour politician received phone call

Sat Nov 06 2021 - 13:05

Wayne Couzens lodges appeal of sentence for Sarah Everard murder

Former police officer received whole-life tariff over death of marketing executive

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 12:03

Sarah Everard: Couzens will die in jail after ‘grotesque’ murder

Whole life order issued given seriousness of case and misuse of police officer’s role

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 14:12

Couzens given whole-life sentence for kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard

Police officer abused police powers to abduct woman on London street in March

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 12:33

Couzens used his police ID to falsely arrest and handcuff Sarah Everard

Officer killed 33-year-old after apprehending her under pretence she had breached Covid rules

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 16:06

Man who killed Invincibles informer was ‘victim of miscarriage of justice’

Patrick O’Donnell was hanged in 1885 for the murder of James Carey aboard steam boat

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 10:15

Police feel ‘betrayed’ after officer admits to Sarah Everard murder, says Met chief

Wayne Couzens faces mandatory life sentence for murder of 33-year-old in March

Fri Jul 09 2021 - 17:42

UK police officer admits raping and kidnapping Sarah Everard

Wayne Couzens accepts responsibility for killing marketing executive in London

Tue Jun 08 2021 - 10:43

Man who raped his son loses appeal against conviction

Boy gave testimony over nine days, with six days of cross-examination, court hears

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 17:19

Woman jailed over fatal poisoning of dance teacher Adrian Murphy

Diana Cristea sentenced to 16 years for murder of Irish choreographer in London

Mon Mar 29 2021 - 19:38

Essex lorry deaths: Members of Irish-Romanian gang jailed for up to 27 years

Three men from Ireland sentenced over deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in 2019

Fri Jan 22 2021 - 18:01

Julian Assange cannot be extradited from UK to US, judge rules

Extradition request for WikiLeaks founder rejected because of risk of suicide

Mon Jan 04 2021 - 15:15

WikiLeaks issues appeal ahead of Assange extradition decision

A judge will decide on Monday on whether the 49-year-old will be extradited from the UK

Sun Jan 03 2021 - 10:47

The Irish-Romanian clique behind migrant lorry deaths in Essex

Thirty-nine Vietnamese aged between 15 and 44 found dead in trailer in October 2019

Mon Dec 21 2020 - 18:18

Irish lorry driver found guilty of manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants

Eamonn Harrison (24), from Co Down, found guilty at Old Bailey

Mon Dec 21 2020 - 13:37

‘Yorkshire Ripper’ death: Police apologise over language used for victims

Chief constable says language used for sex workers at time of murders was ‘wrong’

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 19:29

Essex lorry deaths: victims pleaded for lorry doors to be opened, court hears

Calls of ‘open up’ could be heard in background of telephone message left by victim, Old Bailey told

Tue Oct 27 2020 - 20:20

‘I’m sorry’: Court hears of last message of dying Vietnamese migrant

Irish truck driver on trial at Old Bailey for manslaughter of 39 men, women and children

Fri Oct 09 2020 - 19:41

Co Down truck driver goes on trial for manslaughter over deaths in container

Thirty-nine men, women and boys were found suffocated in shipping container

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 21:09

Irish haulier to be sentenced in UK for drug smuggling, money laundering

Thomas Maher (39) is told he will likely be given a ‘substantial’ prison sentence

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 17:42

UK teenager who threw boy from Tate Modern roof jailed for 15 years

French child now spends his days in a corset moulded to his waist in a wheelchair

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 13:35

The Irishman known as the ‘Prince of Pickpockets’ who became a policeman

George Barrington, from Co Kildare, gained a reputation for his colourful escapades as a thief

Mon Jun 01 2020 - 07:00

Monaghan man alleged to be ‘ringleader’ of group which trafficked 39 migrants

High Court hears Ronan Hughes is alleged to have unlawfully killed 39 Vietnamese nationals found dead in back of trailer in UK

Wed Apr 29 2020 - 18:57

London jury clears three former Barclays bankers of fraud charges

Outcome is huge defeat for UK’s Serious Fraud Office

Fri Feb 28 2020 - 15:09