Steven Wales is due to be sentenced today after admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of Paul Smith

This Week in Court: The chair of Walton prison's watchdog intervened over a soiled cell and set in motion a chain of events which left her behind bars herself

Helen Spree exchanged sexually explicit messages with three serving convicts and kept pillows emblazoned with pictures of killer Dylan Westall

This Week in Court: Four men and a woman robbed Paul Foster, one of them stabbed him dead, fingers were pointed but nobody owned up

Elsadig Abrahim, Zayd Alasaly, Dylan Blundell, Michael Fields and Sarah Kasseum will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court

This Week in Court: Liverpool Crown Court has started to see its first three-year suspended sentences, with prison terms under 12 months often not being served

George Gordon is due to stand trial later this year charged with murdering 65-year-old Delia McInerney after human remains were found in a flat

Sean Garner's 'family pet' Toretto had to be shot 10 times by police after savaging pensioner John McColl

Paul Foster died aged 47 after being knifed once in the back by a gang of 'tooled up' men on Muirhead Avenue in West Derby

The ex-footballer is accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent following the incident near to Huyton and Prescot Golf Club last month

This Week in Court: When John McColl was killed on the way home from his weekly Monday visit to the pub, Sean Garner set about covering his tracks from a Pizza Hut car park

The tradesman was said to have "appeared like he was just having a pint after work" hours before he embarked upon the brutal and unprovoked assault

Police had to shoot Sean Garner’s ‘family pet’ 10 times after it attacked and killed 84-year-old John McColl

This Week in Court: A 'placid man of integrity', Gary Youds' advocacy of the class B drug has remained undiminished for more than 20 years in spite of the consequences

Miguel Pirjani was left with numerous broken bones and a bleed on the brain after being 'systematically abused' by his parents Klevi and Nivalda Pirjani

Walter Chahwanda claimed to be a 'man of God' but was today told by a judge that he was 'nothing of the sort'

This Week in Court: Proposals to scrap jury trials in many cases has moved a step nearer, but opposition within the legal profession remains fierce

Kevin Weetman, Kylie Maynard and Lee Owens were convicted of the manslaughter of 77-year-old Eric Greener and 83-year-old Sheila Jackson

Kevin Weetman, Kylie Maynard and Lee Owens were convicted of the manslaughter of 77-year-old Eric Greener and 83-year-old Sheila Jackson

But Kevin Weetman and Kylie Maynard were convicted of the manslaughter of Eric Greener and Sheila Jackson, a charge which Lee Owens admitted

This Week in Court: Ryan Walsh-Westhead was captured on camera saying four words which proved his involvement in the murder of Rikki Berry beyond all doubt

Ryan Walsh-Westhead has been convicted of murdering Rikki Berry after the 36-year-old was fatally shot outside his girlfriend’s house

This Week in Court: Author, singer and entrepreneur Walter Chahwanda's charisma allowed him to build a devoted following in a converted former printing shop

Special investigation: Three men claim they were promised grand returns on art deals pitched by their neighbour and friend that never materialised. The police said there was no case to answer

This Week in Court: A trial which was expected to take six weeks lasted nearly four months but was never short on twists, turns and flashpoints

James Byrne, Simon Allen and David Harrison were found guilty of the murder of Jackie Rutter while Barrie Glynn was convicted of manslaughter

James Byrne, Simon Allen and David Harrison were found guilty of the murder of Jackie Rutter while Barrie Glynn was convicted of manslaughter

Simon Allen called James Byrne a 'f***ing k***head' after being attacked in the dock

Kylie Maynard, Lee Owens and Kevin Weetman are accused of murdering Eric Greener and Sheila Jackson

A raw account of Nilani Nimalarajah's death, given by her teenage daughter, was among the most distressing pieces of evidence heard by the courts

This Week in Court: A three-time convicted drug dealer sets up his own chocolate factory and joins what has become a growing trend

Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam admitted murder after knifing 44-year-old Nilani Nimalarajah 18 times

Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam subjected his estranged partner Nilani Nimalarajah to a "merciless, sustained and brutal" assault in the shop where she worked

Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam was said to have knifed Nilani Nimalarajah 18 times due to his 'anger' over not being invited to a family celebration

Jamie Fernandes and Matthew Greenhalgh died when the taxi they were taxi to Liverpool Airport was crushed between two HGVs

This Week in Court: The image of one mum being left a nervous wreck in the dock should act as a stark warning

Steven Naylor drunkenly reached speeds of up to 120mph on the M62 after his wife's birthday party before crashing into 23-year-old Owen Baugh's motorbike

This Week in Court: The calm before the storm with major changes to jury trials expected in 2026

This Week in Court: Experienced lawyers were taking guesses how long he would get and they were mostly wrong

Daniel Barr heroically jumped into the back seat and yanked the parking brake on as scenes of carnage unfolded during Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade

The 54-year-old drove his vehicle into more than 100 men, women and children, leaving them with broken bones, gruesome wounds and lasting psychological harm

The 54-year-old amassed a string of convictions more than 30 years before he ploughed his car into 134 fans at Liverpool FC's Premier League title parade

Paul Doyle, 54, tearfully pleaded guilty to a total of 31 charges on the day he was due to stand trial

Paul Doyle, 54, tearfully pleaded guilty to a total of 31 charges on the day he was due to stand trial

This Week in Court: Joey Barton's latest brush with the law and the next high profile case for the city's top judge to grapple with

Landmark new report confirms appalling actions of police officers from two forces before, during and after 1989 tragedy led to the unlawful killing of 97 Liverpool fans and subsequent attempts to blam...

Stephen Bates has been jailed for life after running over and killing his girlfriend's brother on the night they first met

More than 100 pedestrians, aged between six months and 78, were injured when a car was driven into crowds of fans in Liverpool city centre

More than 100 pedestrians, aged between six months and 78, were injured when a car collided with fans in Liverpool city centre