A former Staffordshire Police staff member has been jailed after pleading guilty to unlawfully accessing police computer systems to view …
Darren Collins, 56, of Stafford, a digital forensic specialist based at Police Headquarters in Stafford, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court today. Collins admitted misconduct in a public office after accessing over 3,000 images between January 2014 and December 2018 at the same court in November. A number of the […]
Sadistic blackmailer and paedophile jailed for 32 years after targeting nearly 2,000 people worldwide to commit sickening online sexual offences
A sadistic online blackmailer has been jailed for 32 years after targeting nearly 2,000 people globally to commit some of the most sickening sexual offending the National Crime Agency has ever investigated. Abdul Hasib Elahi, 26, masqueraded as a stockbroker or rich businessman on sugar daddy websites and promised payments of thousands of pounds for […]
Sadistic blackmailer and paedophile jailed for 32 years after targeting nearly 2,000 people worldwide to commit sickening online sexual o…
A sadistic online blackmailer has been jailed for 32 years after targeting nearly 2,000 people globally to commit some of the most sickening sexual offending the National Crime Agency has ever investigated. Abdul Hasib Elahi, 26, masqueraded as a stockbroker or rich businessman on sugar daddy websites and promised payments of thousands of pounds […]
An “exceptionally dangerous predator” targeted almost 2,000 victims to amass images of degrading sexual acts before selling the images to paedophiles
Abdul Elahi was described as being “in a league of his own” in terms of the scale of his online offending. Some women were blackmailed into abusing a baby or a sibling, with Elahi offering to pay off their debts. Elahi, 26, formerly of Allcroft Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, is due to be sentenced later. He […]
An “exceptionally dangerous predator” targeted almost 2,000 victims to amass images of degrading sexual acts before selling the images to…
Abdul Elahi was described as being “in a league of his own” in terms of the scale of his online offending. Some women were blackmailed into abusing a baby or a sibling, with Elahi offering to pay off their debts. Elahi, 26, formerly of Allcroft Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, is due to be sentenced later. He […]
Three men have been convicted for importing illegal firearms and ammunition into the UK in the post, before trying to sell them to organised criminals
The National Crime Agency launched an investigation after two semi-automatic pistols and hollow-point bullets were intercepted at Coventry Airport on 24 January 2020. Border Force officers recovered the weapons, which had been concealed in an electronic safe in a package labelled as car parts, sent from Orlando, Florida.
Three men have been convicted for importing illegal firearms and ammunition into the UK in the post, before trying to sell them to organi…
The National Crime Agency launched an investigation after two semi-automatic pistols and hollow-point bullets were intercepted at Coventry Airport on 24 January 2020. Border Force officers recovered the weapons, which had been concealed in an electronic safe in a package labelled as car parts, sent from Orlando, Florida. The parcel was addressed to a […]
A married #Solihull father had sick images of children as young as three being abused, people having sex with animals and even child characters from The Simpsons
Ian Draper had accessed more than 1,000 indecent images since 2011, including dozens in the most serious category. The 56-year-old blamed “difficulties” at various points in his life for slipping back into his depraved habit. He also had something installed on his laptop to allow ‘anonymous browsing. Draper pleaded guilty to six offences of […]
A married #Solihull father had sick images of children as young as three being abused, people having sex with animals and even child char…
Ian Draper had accessed more than 1,000 indecent images since 2011, including dozens in the most serious category. The 56-year-old blamed “difficulties” at various points in his life for slipping back into his depraved habit. He also had something installed on his laptop to allow ‘anonymous browsing. Draper pleaded guilty to six offences of […]
A mother has been convicted alongside her then boyfriend of killing her three-year-old daughter, days after threatening to do so in a text message
Kaylee-Jayde Priest was found dead at the flat in Solihull where she lived with her mother, Nicola Priest, 23, on 9 August last year.
A mother has been convicted alongside her then boyfriend of killing her three-year-old daughter, days after threatening to do so in a tex…
Kaylee-Jayde Priest was found dead at the flat in Solihull where she lived with her mother, Nicola Priest, 23, on 9 August last year. Priest and lover Callum Redfern, 22, were cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter. The youngster died from serious chest and abdominal injuries. The child’s mother rang 999 but a […]
Sadistic blackmailer and paedophile Abdul Elahi admits 158 charges and now faces years behind bars after targeting nearly 2,000 people globally
A sadistic online blackmailer is facing years behind bars after targeting nearly 2,000 people globally to commit some of the most sickening sexual offending the National Crime Agency has ever investigated. He:
Sadistic blackmailer and paedophile Abdul Elahi admits 158 charges and now faces years behind bars after targeting nearly 2,000 people gl…
A sadistic online blackmailer is facing years behind bars after targeting nearly 2,000 people globally to commit some of the most sickening sexual offending the National Crime Agency has ever investigated. He: blackmailed worldwide victims to horrifically abuse themselves, siblings and children; sold the footage as ‘box sets’ to other offenders; provided ‘master classes’ on […]
Cocaine dealers brought down after coded chats cracked
Two “cocaine wholesalers” who supplied up to £700,000 of high quality cocaine in just a few weeks have been jailed after their encrypted drug deal chats were cracked by police. Kieran Melody and Josh Boore thought their conversations through EncroChat – a phone messaging service used by criminals that promised private app chats – were […]
Two men who used the ‘dark web’ to supply drugs have been jailed for a total of 24 years following an investigation by the Met’s Specialist Crime South Command
Both men were part of an organised criminal network (OCN) who engaged in an online conspiracy to supply Class A drugs across the United Kingdom via the dark web and social media apps. As a result of the arrests, more than £100,000 in cash and cryptocurrencies were recovered. Jehanzeb Amar, 29 , of Staines Road, […]
Two men who used the ‘dark web’ to supply drugs have been jailed for a total of 24 years following an investigation by the Met’s Speciali…
Both men were part of an organised criminal network (OCN) who engaged in an online conspiracy to supply Class A drugs across the United Kingdom via the dark web and social media apps. As a result of the arrests, more than £100,000 in cash and cryptocurrencies were recovered. Jehanzeb Amar, 29, of Staines Road, Hounslow, […]
A babysitter who threw and violently shook a 21-month old girl, causing a “catastrophic” brain injury, has been found guilty of her murder
Lilly Hanrahan died two days after being found collapsed with six broken ribs in Northfield, Birmingham. Sean Sadler, who was in a relationship with her legal guardian at the time, claimed she had just fallen asleep and would not wake up. Experts found 40 recent injuries on the little girl’s body after her death. […]
Philip Peace has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his baby daughter
Five-month-old Summer Peace died in September 2017 from non-accidental injuries. She had been in the sole care of her father at their home, when she became unresponsive and paramedics were called on 8 September. Tragically she died in hospital the next day. Following a five-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court the jury found Peace […]
