The family of Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police sparked the 2011 London riots, appeal a High Court ruling that the jury at his inquest was right to rule he was lawfully killed. They claim the coroner misdirected the jury and there should have been an open verdict. The hearing is now complete and judgment has been reserved to a date TBC.
R (Duggan) v HM Assistant Deputy Coroner for North London.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, the partner of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake, appeals his whole life sentence for murdering her and their two children after learning she was going to leave him and take them with her. Watch the broadcast, in association with Sky News.
32-month prison sentence appealed: Joseph Smith was jailed in February for causing death by dangerous driving.
Appeal against sentence: Azhar Islam Khan, for tax evasion. Criminal defence solicitor jailed for 18 months in January for lying about income from his Wembley-based City Law Solicitors in order to steal more than £60,000.
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