Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man who is wanted on warrant after fleeing Bradford Crown Court
Officers are seeking information on the whereabouts of Hamza Butt, 25, also known as Mohammed Butt. He was living in the Oulton area of Leeds but is known to have connections across West Yorkshire and West Midlands.Enquiries have been ongoing to trace Hamza and officers would like to hear from anyone who may have seen […]
A man from Bradford has been jailed today for 17 years for rape and multiple domestic abuse offences
Anthony Mawson, 39 from Bradford was found guilty of 12 offences after a trial back in May 2022. His offences included two rapes, three sexual assaults by penetration, five assaults occasioning ABH, one assault by beating and one controlling and coercive behaviour offence. He was sentenced earlier today at Bradford Crown Court to 17 […]
A man from Bradford has been sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in a Young Offenders Institute after admitting to raping a teenager
Harry Webster (20) from Bradford was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court yesterday (3 October) after admitting to 1 count of rape in court on 22 August. The offence took place on 22 February 2020 when Webster subjected his victim to a serious sexual assault. Webster was also given a 10 year restraining order and ordered […]
A man from Leeds was found guilty today of murdering his wife at their family home
A jury at Leeds Crown Court today found Mark Barrott (55) guilty of the murder of Eileen Barrott ( Thursday 28th July). Mark Barrott Police were called to the couple’s home on Sunday, August 15, last year, after Eileen’s adult son discovered her unresponsive. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene, and it was later […]
A drug dealer was sentenced to prison after fatally stabbing a man in a North Yorkshire park
Brooklyn Bell, 19, murdered Simon McMinn following an argument over Bell’s attempt to sell cocaine to schoolchildren. Bell, from Keighley, worked for a West Yorkshire-based county lines drug gang. He’d gone to Skipton’s Aireville Park to sell drugs, including £60 worth of heroin and crack cocaine to Mr McMinn and a friend. Mr McMinn […]
A man who killed a young woman in Bradford and seriously injured another has been sentenced to life in prison
Zbigniew Soj, 24, of Bradford, admitted murder and attempted murder on March 30 at Bradford Crown Court.Borbala ‘Bori’ Benko, 24, died on November 21 after being stabbed multiple times by Soj in the accommodation block they shared on Sherbourne Road.Klaudia Rogozinska, 21, was critically injured in the attack and is still recovering from physical and […]
A man who killed a young woman in Bradford and seriously injured another has been sentenced to life in prison – (ID 527377)
Zbigniew Soj, 24, of Bradford, admitted murder and attempted murder on March 30 at Bradford Crown Court.Borbala ‘Bori’ Benko, 24, died on November 21 after being stabbed multiple times by Soj in the accommodation block they shared on Sherbourne Road.Klaudia Rogozinska, 21, was critically injured in the attack and is still recovering from physical and […]
A man who killed a young woman in Bradford and seriously injured another has been sentenced to life in prison
Zbigniew Soj, 24, of Bradford, admitted murder and attempted murder on March 30 at Bradford Crown Court.Borbala ‘Bori’ Benko, 24, died on November 21 after being stabbed multiple times by Soj in the accommodation block they shared on Sherbourne Road.Klaudia Rogozinska, 21, was critically injured in the attack and is still recovering from physical and […]
The mother of murdered toddler Star Hobson has had her sentence for causing or allowing her daughter’s death increased to 12 years
Frankie Smith was handed an eight-year prison term at Bradford Crown Court in December. Attorney General Suella Braverman said this was “unduly lenient” and referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal, Three senior judges considered the case and extended the original term by four years. During the hearing, Lady Justice Sharp said Smith had […]
Halifax Man Jailed for Murder of Casey Badhams
A Halifax man who stabbed his friend following an argument has been jailed. On Thursday 24 February at Bradford Crown Court, Jake Wilkinson was sentenced for the murder of Casey Badhams in August last year. Jake Wilkinson, 21 of Furness Drive, Halifax was given a minimum term of 22 years minus 199 days spent on […]
A serving West Yorkshire Police officer has today been found guilty of rape at Bradford Crown Court
Ben Lister, a sergeant based in the Bradford District was convicted of the offence which took place while he was off duty in August 2016. Lister, 36, denied one count of rape and one count of sexual assault against his female victim. He was convicted by a jury today and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. […]
Retired music teacher jailed for 17 years for raping boy in the 1980s
Specialist detectives have brought a retired music teacher to justice for sexually abusing a boy at the former Malsis School at Glusburn, Crosshills, in the Craven District. David John Hope, aged 74, of Granby Close, Headingley, Leeds, was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment at Bradford Crown Court today – Monday 28 February 2022 – […]
Two drug dealers who attempted to bring cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.4 million onto the streets of West Yorkshire by hiding it in a gas cannister have been given lengthy jail sentences.
Bradford men Faruk Miah and Safraz Latif hid a total of 14 kilos of the Class A drug inside the body the gas cannister. Such was the sophistication of the device that it even released real gas from the valve when officers turned it. Also found in the raid, on 9 February last year, was […]
Two drug dealers who attempted to bring cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.4 million onto the streets of West Yorkshire by hiding it in a gas cannister have been given lengthy jail sentences.
Bradford men Faruk Miah and Safraz Latif hid a total of 14 kilos of the Class A drug inside the body the gas cannister. Such was the sophistication of the device that it even released real gas from the valve when officers turned it. Also found in the raid, on 9 February last year, was […]
Two drug dealers who attempted to bring cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.4 million onto the streets of West Yorkshire by hidi…
Bradford men Faruk Miah and Safraz Latif hid a total of 14 kilos of the Class A drug inside the body the gas cannister. Such was the sophistication of the device that it even released real gas from the valve when officers turned it. Also found in the raid, on 9 February last year, was […]
Witnesses said these four acted “like a pack of hyenas” as they hacked a man with shovels
Four offenders have been jailed after a man was hacked with shovels, leaving him with severe injuries. A witness described the attackers as “like a pack of hyenas to meat” during the incident in Sowerby near Thirsk. The victim’s van and car, which contained young children, were also smashed up and one of the group […]
The jail sentence handed to the mum of murdered toddler Star Hobson was “too low”, the attorney general says
Star died in 2020 after months of “neglect, cruelty and injury”. Her mother Frankie Smith, 20, was sentenced to eight years for causing or allowing her death. Smith’s partner, Savannah Brockhill, 28, was jailed for a minimum of 25 years for murder Suella Braverman said she had referred Smith’s sentence to the Court of […]
A man from Bradford has been jailed for the murder of his father
Phillip Badwal, aged 25, was sentenced today to life with a minimum term of 20 years at Bradford Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to murdering Santokh Singh at the house they shared in Airedale Road in Barkerend. Badwal was arrested on suspicion of murder after emergency services were called to the address on […]
