Crown Prosecution Service

A solicitor who swindled American investors out of $16 million (£13m) while acting for them in the purchase of the iconic Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, where Queen Victoria spent her honeymoon, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail — a term believed to be a new record for a lawyer

Bernie Ecclestone, former chief executive of Formula One Group, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday for a brief hearing and entered a not guilty plea for the fraud charge brought against him for over $472 million (c.£401m) in undeclared overseas assets.

A man has spent £30,000 of his children's inheritance fighting a £100 speeding fine.