BT in the dock as £530m Italian fraud trial begins

BT on trial for £530m Italian fraud scandal: Communications giant accused of inflating revenues and concealing losses By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2021 BT will be in the dock today as a long-awaited trial over its £530million accounting scandal begins in … Read more

Motorcyclist who led police on 180mph chase leaps from court dock in bid for freedom

Motorcyclist, 19, who led police on 180mph chase leaps from court dock in desperate bid for freedom Marian Dragoi led police on chase across London and three counties in May Facing jail yesterday at Wood Green Crown Court, he vaulted barrier and managed to sprint down four flights of stairs He was caught near court … Read more

Russian navy commander ‘stole two 13-ton bronze propellers from destroyer while it was in dry dock’

Russian navy commander ‘helped steal two 13-ton bronze propellers from a destroyer while it was in dry dock – and replaced them with cheap ones’ The naval commander allegedly stole the propellers from his former warship He conspired with others to replace them with cheaper, lighter versions Russian navy have not revealed how he pulled … Read more

Pictured in the dock: Tearful Love Island star Zara Holland is seen facing justice

A tearful Zara Holland stood nervously in the dock today as she admitted she had been ‘foolish’ for breaking Barbados’ strict Covid laws.  The Love Island star, 25, clasped her hands together and wore a face mask as she took to the stand in Bridgetown and escaped with a £4,500 fine. It comes after the former Miss … Read more

City worker, 44, sobs in dock and screams ‘you killed her’ at handyman lover, 45

A £90,000-a-year financial consultant today burst into tears in the dock and screamed: ‘You killed her’ at her handyman boyfriend as they were both convicted of shaking their four-week-old baby to death. Clare Sanders, 44, and Thomas Vaitkevicius, 45, attacked Eva on at least three separate occasions during her short life, the Old Bailey jury … Read more

What’s up DOCK? Bugs Bunny joins other cartoon characters in court lists sent out in error by staff 

What’s up DOCK? Bugs Bunny joins other cartoon characters due before a JUDGE… according official court lists sent out in error by staff Cartoon characters like Buzz Lightyear, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook were all listed to appear before the courts in what has been blamed as a ‘testing error’  Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck … Read more

BT in the dock after £530m Italian accounts fraud

BT in the dock after £530m accounts fraud: Italian prosecutors claim firm inflated revenues and invented bogus supplier transactions By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 10 November 2020 Telecoms giant BT is facing a court trial over its £530million accounting scandal in Italy. The … Read more

The covid cruise ship graveyard: Passenger liners are stripped for scrap at Turkish dock

Cruise ships from Britain and the United States are being scrapped at a Turkish dock after the multi-billion pound industry was smashed by the coronavirus crisis. The coronavirus cruise liner graveyard at the port in Aliaga, a town 30 miles north of Izmir on Turkey’s west coast, bustled with work again on Friday as scrapyard workers … Read more

Ex husband of footballer Cesc Fabregas’s wife collapses and wails in dock as he is jailed

Property heir ex husband of footballer Cesc Fabregas’s wife collapses and wails in dock as he is jailed for seven months for ignoring court orders in divorce battle Elie Taktouk, 45, ‘wailed for ’25 minutes’ during sentencing, reports The Sun Appearing at Southwark Crown Court, London, he was jailed for seven months Taktouk, of Chelsea, … Read more

Italy allows rescue ship Ocean Viking to dock after week long stand-off

Almost 200 migrants rescued by a humanitarian aid boat in the Mediterranean Sea began to leave the vessel in Sicily late on Monday after nine days stuck on the ship which saw some attempt suicide and others threaten the crew. A journalist aboard the Ocean Viking watched as the migrants, in single file and carrying … Read more