Two women have been found guilty for causing death of a 16-month-old baby in Keighley
Star Hobson was just 16 months old when she was taken to hospital on 22 September 2020 after suffering a cardiac arrest and sadly died the same day. Her mother Frankie Smith and partner Savannah Brockhill were arrested by police. Following a forensic post-mortem, the extent of Star’s injuries was discovered – she had […]
A mother accused of killing her 16-month-old daughter has admitted making “cruel” videos of her shouting at the toddler
Star Hobson suffered a cardiac arrest and died in hospital on 22 September 2020. Her mother Frankie Smith, 20, and Savannah Brockhill, 28, both from Keighley, West Yorkshire, deny murder. A jury at Bradford Crown Court was shown mobile phone footage of Ms Smith shouting at the girl. One clip showed Ms Smith telling the […]
A Bradford man has been jailed today after pleading guilty to offences of abduction and blackmail
On 9 May this year, a 14-year-old boy was approached by a male suspect outside Mahmood’s takeaway on Leeds Road, Bradford and bundled into a nearby parked car. The car was driven away from the scene and contained a number of other suspects. The suspects made demands to the victim’s mother for a substantial […]
Saleem Raza Sadik from Bradford has been jailed for five years and four months for his part in a “county lines” drug dealing operation ta…
Sadik, 42, of Toller Lane, Heaton, was jailed at Bradford Crown Court on 19 August after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply class A drugs – cocaine and heroin. He was part of a drugs supply chain in partnership with his brother, 38-year-old brother Naim, also of Toller Lane, who was jailed […]
Saleem Raza Sadik from Bradford has been jailed for five years and four months for his part in a “county lines” drug dealing operation targeting addicts and users in Skipton
Sadik, 42, of Toller Lane, Heaton, was jailed at Bradford Crown Court on 19 August after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply class A drugs – cocaine and heroin. He was part of a drugs supply chain in partnership with his brother, 38-year-old brother Naim, also of Toller Lane, who was jailed […]
A mum whose seven year old son was killed after she left him ‘home alone’ has been jailed for four and a half years
Wendy Hall, 33, abandoned her little boy Malakye in a locked house with no gas or electricity so she could go and visit her partner. But the youngster unlocked the door and wandered onto a busy city centre road, where he was struck and killed by a taxi. A court heard that ‘popular’ schoolboy Malakye […]
A man has been found guilty of the murder of Bradford taxi driver Mohammed Basharat – almost 20 years after it happened
Ricardo Linton, aged 47, was convicted today (Wednesday) by a jury at Bradford Crown Court of the murder of Mr Basharat, who was 33 and the attempted murder of his colleague Jamshad Khan, at taxi offices on 20 October 2001. He was remanded in custody to be sentenced on Monday, 27 September. Mr Basharat was involved in […]
A man who sexually abused a child over a five-year period has been jailed for almost two decades following a nine-day trial
The incidents began in 1995, when the victim was eight-years-old. Nigha Hussain, who was around 22 at the time, began exposing himself in front of the girl, on several occasions in Bradford. The abuse stopped in 2000 and the victim reported the incident to West Yorkshire Police in 2014. Hussain, now 48, of Court Road, […]
A convicted drugs trafficker is now set to lose his house after a court imposed a confiscation order on him, totalling more than £108,000
Mazhar Abbas, 47yrs, is currently serving a 12 year and six months prison sentence after being convicted in April 2018 for his part in a conspiracy to traffic 40 kilos of heroin across West Yorkshire. He was arrested in November 2017 as part of Operation Rangeland – an operation led by the north east Regional […]
A police officer has made his first appearance in court this morning charged with rape and sexual assault
Police Sergeant Ben Lister, 35, appeared before magistrates at Bradford Crown Court. Lister only spoke to confirm his date of birth. A West Yorkshire Police officer in the Bradford district, Lister is currently suspended from the force due to the allegations. He was charged on March 15 with rape and sexual assault relating to […]
A man has been sentenced for seriously injuring two police officers during an incident last year
The incident happened on 20 May 2020, when officers attended an address in The Grove, Idle on enquiries relating to firearms intelligence. On gaining entry to the property, the suspect was brandishing a machete and assaulted the attending police officers. Two of the officers were taken to hospital where they received treatment for serious […]
Two men have been jailed in connection with the serious assault of a man in Bradford
The incident happened on 12 April this year and officers were called to a property on Hopbine Avenue in Bradford. David Stewart inflicted a violent and sustained attack on his male victim. When emergency services arrived at the address, they found a man with serious injuries and he was rushed to hospital for emergency […]
A Bradford woman has been jailed for five years for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs
Jane Bateman, 30, of Clervaux Court, Bradford was charged with possession with intent to supply cannabis and cocaine on the 20 December 2019 following a full investigation. Bateman pleaded guilty to being in possession of cannabis with intent to supply but denied supplying cocaine. Following a trial, she was found guilty of possessing cocaine […]
A Keighley man has been jailed for 21 years for rape and indecent assault of a child
The offences took place between 2000 and 2003 when the victim was between 11 and 14-years-old. Brian Willoughby, 51, of North Dean Road, Keighley has been found guilty of five offences including rape and several indecent assaults of one female victim. In 2005, the victim disclosed that she had been sexually abused as a […]
Man Jailed for Sexual Abuse in Bradford
A Bradford man has been jailed for sexual abuse of a child under 16. Ahmed Thakar, 64, of Cleckheaton Road, in Bradford appeared before Bradford Crown Court yesterday (2 November) after pleading guilty last month to two offences of sexual activity with a girl under 16. Thakar was sentenced to a total of 5 years […]
A paedophile continued to abuse a 13-year-old girl from behind bars by making more than 3,500 “disturbing” phone calls to her from prison
Vile Thomas Adams, 29, was arrested in June last year after police found the teenager in his bedroom after she had been reported missing just hours before but he continued to contact her from his cell. Bradford Crown Court heard police were made aware in October 2019 that Adams was still calling his victim […]
X FACTOR star Danny Tetley was today jailed for NINE YEARS after begging children to send him indecent pictures in exchange for thousands of pounds
X FACTOR star Danny Tetley was today jailed for NINE YEARS after begging children to send him indecent pictures in exchange for thousands of pounds X FACTOR star Danny Tetley was today jailed for NINE YEARS after begging children to send him indecent pictures in exchange for thousands of pounds. The creep, 40, “abused his celebrity […]
X FACTOR star Danny Tetley was today jailed for NINE YEARS after begging children to send him indecent pictures in exchange for thousands…
X FACTOR star Danny Tetley was today jailed for NINE YEARS after begging children to send him indecent pictures in exchange for thousands of pounds X FACTOR star Danny Tetley was today jailed for NINE YEARS after begging children to send him indecent pictures in exchange for thousands of pounds. The creep, 40, “abused his celebrity […]
