Celebrity lawyer ‘Mr Loophole’ Nick Freeman’s claims that pedestrians must ‘light up’ at night have been branded ‘ludicrous’ by Manchester Withington MP John Leach.

A foul-mouthed Wigan robber has been given an extra six months in jail on top of an eight-year sentence – after calling the judge ‘knobhead’ as he was being sent to the cells.

Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been sentenced to an extra two and a half years in jail after being found guilty on one count of indecent assault last week.

Paul Maxwell, who was serving a life sentence for a Wakefield murder in a botched 1996 robbery, admitted escaping lawful custody.

Hard-nosed Dawn Lowe, 50, was paid around £24,000 of taxpayers’ cash to look after needy children while accepting almost £300,000 from debtors

Juliet Adebowale blamed the ‘evil ones’ of Islam

Freddie Kendakumana was initially arrested in 2008

Carl Anthony Weston was convicted of rape

Michael Bell was jailed for eight years

Anita Cregan, Kathryn Smith and Sean Booth pleaded not guilty

Ashley Byrnes was jailed for 18 months