Tennis legend Boris Becker gave £120,000 in backhanders to his wife and his ex to evade bankruptcy rules, court hears Boris Becker, 53, was declared bankrupt four years ago after spending fortune Tennis ace allegedly hid money following bankruptcy order to paying creditors Court hears he hid proceeds from £3m sale by sending them to … Read more
Husband, 61, hanged himself in garage of his Surrey home after struggling to cope with isolation during Covid pandemic, inquest hears Ray Herridge’s body was found by his wife at garage in Epson, Surrey, on Feb 2 Inquest was told combination of isolation and his cancer diagnosis got too much The 61-year-old hand wrote a … Read more
Aristocrat, 26, whose birthday party at family’s Perthshire estate featured in Tatler magazine joined pro-Palestinian activists to spray red paint on London HQ of Israeli defence firm, court hears Doone Stormonth Darling accused of attacking Elbit Systems in London last year Stormonth Darling, and 4 others, used paint-filled fire extinguishers paint it Was in protest … Read more
Surveyor, 26, killed herself after being sexually assaulted by man who videoed attack at 21st birthday party, inquest hears Sophie Clarke was revising for exams while working for Savills, an inquest heard A GP revealed that Sophie was left distressed by a sexual attack by the man Inquest was told she was too embarrassed to … Read more
The skipper of a fishing trawler which sank another boat and killed three anglers on board was distracted by his Whatsapp messages, a court heard. David Marr, 55, was sending messages to a friend as his 85ft vessel the Vertrouwen steamed down on the tiny fishing boat known as the James 2. Brighton Crown Court … Read more
A lottery winner killed a pensioner in a Christmas Day car crash after taking his eyes off the road to find his two-year-old son’s teddy bear, a court has heard. Matthew Topham, 31, reported to be Britain’s youngest EuroMillions jackpot winner after pocketing £45 million in 2012, had been visiting his wife’s family before the … Read more
The Government unlawfully failed to publish details of more than 500 coronavirus-related contracts on time, a High Court judge has today said. Government officials have 30 days to publish online details of contracts for public goods or services worth more than £120,000. But a High Court judge today said the Department of Health and Social … Read more
Heartwarming moment a deaf baby boy hears for the first time in his grandmother’s arms after his new hearing aid is switched on Harrison Rex received his first hearing aid when he was just six-weeks-old His mother, Eisha-Marie Stone, filmed the moment he first heard her voice Ms Stone is seen calling out his name … Read more
Desmond Ziggy Mombeyarara, pictured at an earlier hearing last year, is on trial accused of obstructing police officers and drink driving A father pulled over for speeding was Tasered by police in front of his young child on a petrol station forecourt after allegedly ‘refusing to comply’, a trial has heard. Desmond Ziggy Mombeyarara, 35, … Read more
Tommy Robinson will represent himself in a libel trial next month because he ‘cannot afford a lawyer’, the High Court has heard. The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is being sued by a Syrian refugee who was filmed being attacked in a school playground. A video showing Jamal Hijazi, then … Read more