In Court

Following the trial of Anthony Williams from Peterborough who is accused of carrying out a multiple stabbing attacks on a train in Cambridgeshire in 2025, and separate attacks earlier that day and the day before. Eleven people were injured in the train attack. Join BBC Cambridgeshire’s Phil Shepka and BBC Journalist Luke de Costa as they follow this trial at Cambridge Crown Court. Anthony Williams...

In this episode we hear about another defendant who has changed their plea to guilty. It’s been over six weeks since the jury was first sworn in at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. In summary, a husband, in his 60s, from Stockport in Greater Manchester has pleaded guilty to a total of 62 charges against his wife, including raping his wife and sharing intimate images of her without her conse...

Join BBC Journalist, Mat Trewern and BBC Radio Manchester Presenter, Michelle Dignan, as they follow this major criminal trial.   In this episode we hear about fresh guilty pleas from the husband and one other defendant.   The husband, in this 60s from Stockport in Greater Manchester pleaded guilty to 15 charges in June this year, including raping his wife and sharing intimate images of her withou...

Join BBC Journalist, Mat Trewern and BBC Radio Manchester Presenter, Michelle Dignan, as they follow this major criminal trial. In this episode, whilst there is a gap in court proceedings, Mat and Michelle take a closer look at the role of a Defence barrister in a major criminal trial and speak to Barrister, Amelia Clegg. We will continue to follow the trial of 12 men who are accused of sexually a...

Join BBC Journalist, Mat Trewern and BBC Radio Manchester Presenter, Michelle Dignan, as they follow this major criminal trial. In this episode, whilst there is a gap in court proceedings, Mat and Michelle take a closer look at the role of the Prosecution in a major criminal trial and speak to Ben Samples, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) West Midlands. We will...

An update on the trial of a husband from Stockport accused of drugging and raping his wife, and 12 other men alleged to have committed sexual offences against the same victim. The husband, in his 60s from Stockport in Greater Manchester pleaded guilty to 15 charges earlier this year, including raping his wife and sharing intimate images of her without her consent. The husband has since pleaded gui...

An update on the trial of a husband from Stockport accused of drugging and raping his wife, and 12 other men alleged to have committed sexual offences against the same victim. The husband, in his 60s from Stockport in Greater Manchester pleaded guilty to 15 charges earlier this year, including raping his wife and sharing intimate images of her without her consent. The husband has since pleaded gui...

Join BBC Journalist, Mat Trewern and BBC Radio Manchester Presenter, Michelle Dignan, as they follow this major criminal trial from day one. Ahead of the prosecution opening speech, Mat and Michelle speak to Barrister Kirsty Brimelow-KC, who is chair of the Bar Council about delays in getting prisoners to court. The trial will follow a husband from Stockport accused of drugging and raping his wife...

Join BBC Journalist, Mat Trewern and BBC Radio Manchester Presenter, Michelle Dignan, as they follow this major criminal trial from day one. In this episode, ahead of the prosecution opening speech, Mat and Michelle, speak to Dr Hannah Fawcett, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University to find out what it’s like to be a member of a jury on a major criminal trial. The tr...

Follow the trial of a husband from Stockport accused of drugging and raping his wife, and 12 other men alleged to have sexually abused the victim The husband, who is in his sixties, has pleaded guilty to 15 charges, including rape but is set to stand trial on 33 other charges - he cannot be named to maintain his wife's anonymity. Twelve other men will stand trial at the same time. They are alleged...

Paul Doyle, who used his car as a "weapon" to drive into crowds at Liverpool FC's victory parade has been jailed for 21 years and six months. The judge told him he drove at crowds in a rage after his anger took hold of him. The 54-year-old has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, nine counts of causing GBH with intent and...

Paul Doyle's sentencing begins with court shown distressing footage from his own dashcam, on the day he drove his car into the crowd at Liverpool FC’s victory parade. Fans hurt that day share personal victim statements in court about how they have suffered, physically and psychologically. The 54-year-old has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bo...

Paul Doyle dramatically changes his plea to guilty, after ploughing his car into the crowd at Liverpool FC’s victory parade. The 54-year-old admitted dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, nine counts of causing GBH with intent and three counts of wounding with intent. Paul Doyle sobbed as he changed his pleas at Liverpool Crown Court. Presen...

Liverpool football fans were in the city centre to watch the club's Premier League victory parade on 26th May 2025. Shortly after fans see the team bus pass, a car crashes into the crowd on Water Street. Over 130 people are injured. Paul Doyle is arrested. The former Royal Marine Commando from Liverpool is on trial for charges including dangerous driving and multiple counts of causing grievous bod...

Yostin Mosquera is on the run and everyone is about to find out what’s in those suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge. A manhunt is underway. But what brought Mosquera to Bristol - and where is he now? The police quickly link him to a flat in London. When officers break down the door, they find blood everywhere. On the floors, the walls, the ceilings. There’s a bloodstained hammer, and a chest fr...

Yostin Mosquera is a killer. He’s got two bodies on his hands and big decisions to make. He books a man-with-a-van saying he needs to move some heavy cargo. But where is he going and what is he going to do with the bodies? He heads for Bristol – parts of Paul Longworth’s body in a silver trunk, parts of Albert Alfonso’s body in a red suitcase. He ends up in Clifton, a leafy suburb of Bristol. He m...

Exploring the events which led to the murders of Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso's in their west London flat. While Albert is doing a lifeguard shift in a nearby gym, Columbian porn performer Yostin Mosquera searches the internet for, “Where on the head is a knock fatal?”. Then he takes a hammer to the skull of Paul Longworth. Once dead, Mosquera puts Paul’s body in storage space under the bed....

Yostin Mosquera, 35, is been found guilty of the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, who lived together in Shepherds Bush in London. Mosquera is an online porn maker from Columbia who meets Alfonso online through videos of extreme sex, something that eventually brings Mosquera to London. As Alfonso sends money, funds flights and plans day trips out in the capital, Mosquera is al...

Two bodies, two suitcases, one man, one bridge. Yostin Mosquera was on trial for the murders of Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth after their body parts were found in Bristol. Uncovering the story of how the body parts of the two men from Shepherds Bush in London came to be discovered in suitcases left on Clifton Suspension Bridge. The court case followed a trail of extreme sex, where one of the m...

In the summer of 2024, three young girls are murdered whilst at a dance class in Southport, Merseyside. 10 others are also injured in the knife attack, including eight children. Teenager Axel Rudakubana, arrested at the scene, is in court accused of murder, attempted murder and a terrorism charge. As his trial begins, he unexpectedly enters guilty pleas to all charges. Jailed for a minimum of 52 y...

In the summer of 2024, three young girls are murdered whilst at a dance class in Southport, Merseyside. 10 others are also injured in the knife attack, including eight children. Teenager Axel Rudakubana, arrested at the scene, is in court accused of murder, attempted murder and a terrorism charge. As his trial begins, he unexpectedly enters guilty pleas to all charges. We ask why he appeared in co...

In the summer of 2024, three young girls are murdered whilst at a dance class in Southport, Merseyside. 10 others are also injured in the knife attack, including eight children. Teenager Axel Rudakubana, arrested at the scene, is in court accused of murder, attempted murder and a terrorism charge. As his trial begins, he unexpectedly enters guilty pleas to all charges. We examine his violent past.

In the summer of 2024, three young girls are murdered whilst at a dance class in Southport, Merseyside. 10 others are also injured in the knife attack, including eight children. Teenager Axel Rudakubana, arrested at the scene, is in court accused of murder, attempted murder and a terrorism charge. As his trial begins, he unexpectedly enters guilty pleas to all charges. We take you inside the court...

In the summer of 2024, three young girls are murdered whilst at a dance class in Southport, Merseyside. 10 others are also injured in the knife attack, including eight children. Teenager Axel Rudakubana, arrested at the scene, is in court accused of murder, attempted murder and a terrorism charge. As his trial begins, he unexpectedly enters guilty pleas to all charges. In this series, we’ll take y...

Follow the trial of Metropolitan firearms officer Martyn Blake, who was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba. Chris died from a single gunshot after being stopped by police in Streatham, south London, on Tuesday 5 September 2022. Martyn Blake, who was previously known only as NX121, was found not guilty to murder.    In this final episode, reporters Ross Ryan and Adina Campbell assess the impact...