Crime Solicitors Nottingham

Paul Gallagher, 59, of East Finchley, north London, has denied rape and a series of other violent sexual offences. The charges, brought by Scotland Yard following an investigation that began last year, were first reported by The Telegraph in July.

A taxpayer has been criticised by a judge after relying on an artificial intelligence chatbot to fight his tax case in court.

Marc Gunnarsson appealed against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which sought to recover £12,918 in self-employment support payments he had claimed during the pandemic. Representing himself at the Upper Tribunal, Mr Gunnarsson used AI to draft his written submissions. However, the chatbot invented three tribunal cases that did not exist, which HMRC spotted in his skeleton argument filed the day before the hearing.

Prisoners at HMP Stoke Heath in Shropshire will keep their Saturday morning lie-ins after a quarry extension was approved with a delayed weekend start time. Shropshire Council, led by the Liberal Democrats, granted planning permission for Grundon Sand & Gravel to extend operations at its Tern Hill site—on the condition that no work begins before 9am on Saturdays.

The decision followed objections from prison officials concerned that early morning quarrying, including noisy blasting, would disturb inmates' sleep. The category C facility houses 734 prisoners, who are allowed to sleep in beyond their usual 7:30am wake-up time on Saturdays.