A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights Read the full story

A judge warned parents about the dangers of Facebook after a paedophile terrorised a schoolgirl on the website after duping her into accepting him as a ‘friend’. Robert Sumner stalked the teenager online and bombarded her with texts demanding she meet him. When she refused he told her he knew where she lived – and threatened to rape her, Manchester Crown Court heard. Read the full story

The US has said it is “disappointed” by Switzerland’s decision not to extradite the film director, Roman Polanski. A state department spokesman said it would continue to seek Mr Polanski’s arrest and extradition on charges he had sex with an underage girl in 1977. Read the full story