Justice Sweeney: Last News

A babysitter who battered a two-year-old girl to death on his 15th birthday could be freed from jail within weeks. Karl McCluney kicked, punched and bit Demi Leigh Mahon at a house in Eccles, Salford, leaving her with 68 injuries and suffering brain damage.

Rolf Harris died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age" on 10 May, according to a death certificate filed at Maidenhead Town Hall and seen by the PA news agency.The disgraced entertainer and convicted sex offender, 93, was a family favourite for decades before being convicted of a string of indecent assaults in June 2014.These included one on an eight-year-old autograph hunter, two on girls in their early teens and a catalogue of abuse against his daughter's friend over 16 years. His death certificate lists the causes of death as "metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of neck" and "frailty of old age" - he died at home in Bray, Berkshire. A statement from Rolf's family, released through his solicitor, said: "This is to confirm that Rolf Harris recently died peacefully surrounded by family and friends and has now been laid to rest.They ask that you respect their privacy.

A judge has named two “pure evil” 17-year-old boys as he jailed them for life for the “brutal” murder of a “vulnerable” musician.

Star Hobson’s mother has had her eight-year jail term for her role in her 16-month-old daughter’s death increased by Court of Appeal judges.

A woman who killed a seven-year-old girl by cutting her throat in a park on Mother's Day has lost an appeal against her sentence.

hereProsecutors had alleged Mr Burke had repeatedly shown a desire to leave the UK to return to Syria in order to fight for Kurdish militia.He was charged with three terror offences, including helping Daniel Newey, another British man who had allegedly gone to Syria last year.A hearing at the Old Bailey also heard that charges against Mr Newey’s father Paul, 49, and brother, Sam, 19, from Solihull in the West Midlands, who were both accused of helping him, had also been dropped.Prosecuting, Simon Davis said a review of the case had found there was no longer a 'realistic prospect of conviction'.Andrew Hall QC, for Mr Burke, told the court it was in the 'interests of justice' that the reasons for the decision were known.Mr Justice Sweeney