Nine people have appeared at the Old Bailey accused of causing more than £1m worth of damage to a weapons factory in Kent.

A sex offender travelled to Kent hoping to meet a boy after bombarding him with obscene messages, images and videos over several weeks.

One of two men bludgeoned with an axe at the side of the A2 has told a jury he feared his friend had died in the early morning attack.

The inquest has opened into the death of an alleged murder victim who died three months after being punched in the head.

A 38-year-old man who was “drunk as a skunk” before he got behind the wheel of his mum’s car and ploughed into a cyclist has been jailed.

An 82-year-old man who committed several sexual offences against children, spanning decades, has been jailed.

A child rapist has been jailed for 19 years for a campaign of abuse carried out over many years.

A lorry driver chasing a “bigger pay day” was caught trying to smuggle almost £3 million worth of heroin into the UK via Dover.

A former Stones striker who boasted he was “making so much money he didn’t know what to do with it” by selling laughing gas has been locked up.

An armed robber who left his victims in “genuine fear for their lives” has been sentenced to a total of nine years and four months’ imprisonment.

A closure order barring anyone from entering a high street flat linked to drugs and problem behaviour will remain in place for another three months.

Two men involved in a robbery, which ended with a man being flown to the hospital for life-saving treatment, have been sentenced.

A 35-year-old man who sexually assaulted a young girl after plying her with alcohol and drugs has had his sentence increased.

A “fit and healthy” man died as a result of injuries sustained when he was hit by an Audi a year before his death, an inquest has heard.

A violent axe and cricket bat attack on two men as they drove along the A2 ​had its background in human trafficking, a jury has heard.

Footage shows the moment police stopped Tommy Robinson in a Bentley at the Channel Tunnel terminal in Kent.

Three men have pleaded not guilty to a murder charge after a man was hit by a car in a town centre.

An alleged robber has appeared in court, accused of threatening staff at a petrol station with an imitation firearm before fleeing with cash.

A gambling-addict who swindled her local authority employers out of huge sums of cash while in charge of housing benefit payments has avoided jail.

A psychiatric patient on unescorted day release from a hospital has been convicted of attempted murder.