The results of court cases involving a suspected cocaine importer, 13 people accused of robbery and two people charged with failing to comply with the Sex Offender Act were also found to be missing, the government has admitted.

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An astonishing list of the 62 most serious cases where magistrates' records were missing because of a failure of court officials to record the outcome of cases has been published by Justice Minister Maria Eagle.

The list reveals the most serious cases prioritised by court inspectors probing what has been described by a cabinet minister as "lamentable" failings at the courts.

It includes one missing case of the following offences - murder, rape, arson, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, racially aggravated assault, possession of heroin with intent to supply, false imprisonment and unlawfully taking a person against their will.

In a parliamentary written answer, Ms Eagle assured MPs that the records of all of these defendants were eventually tracked down by using Crown Court records.

This means they were properly dealt with and had the details of their cases passed on to the Police National Computer.

However, checks continue in relation to 3,260 offences where adjudications were missing.

The inspector's damning report released earlier this month admitted that "the worse case scenario" is that 1,200 defendants have not had the results for 1,568 offences passed to the Police National Computer.

Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland today repeated his call for a criminal investigation into the scandal.

He said: "It is quite terrifying to think that the results of criminal proceedings including for rape and murder were missing.

"Yet this list scratches the surface; there are over 1,500 offences...where we still don't know what happened and even whether those involved were brought to justice for the offences they were charged with."

Blunders at the courts also meant 555 defendants had warrants for their arrest withdrawn as part of an agreement between the courts, police and Crown Prosecution Service.

Ms Eagle revealed that none of these have yet been brought before court and their cases are currently being reviewed by a criminal justice system team in Leeds.