A county lines gang responsible for supplying crack cocaine and heroin from Liverpool to Macclesfield have been jailed for a combined tot…
Four members of the ‘Mitch’ gang were sentenced at Chester Crown Court for their part in a drugs conspiracy with a potential value of between £71,000 to £142,000. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs at an earlier hearing. Between July 2019 and July 2020, Jamal Conteh and Zakaira Ahmed worked […]
A county lines gang responsible for supplying crack cocaine and heroin from Liverpool to Macclesfield have been jailed for a combined total of more than 25 years
Four members of the ‘Mitch’ gang were sentenced at Chester Crown Court for their part in a drugs conspiracy with a potential value of between £71,000 to £142,000. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs at an earlier hearing. Between July 2019 and July 2020, Jamal Conteh and Zakaira Ahmed worked […]
A 25-year-old has been jailed after shooting another man in the leg in Winsford
Daniel Evans, who was living in Chirkdale Street, Liverpool, committed the serious offence after having a row with a woman in the early hours of Monday 14 October 2019. The woman’s brother assisted her in removing Evans from an address in Denbigh Drive, Winsford. Shortly afterwards, Evans returned to the property with a handgun […]
A nurse accused of the murders of eight babies connected to a hospital neonatal unit over a period of 12 months
The names of the eight babies who died were confirmed this morning at Warrington Magistrates Court, where 30-year-old Lucy Letby appeared by video-link from Blacon police station in Chester. They are Cemlyn Bennett, Joseph Johnson, Elsie McNall, Barney Gee, Daisy Parkin, Maddie Freed, Joseph Gelder and Eli Gelder, all aged under one year […]
A woman who stole almost £1 million from the company she worked for has been jailed for five-and-a-half years
Amanda Rees, of Olive Mount, St Helens, joined the manufacturing firm based at Runcorn’s Astmoor Industrial Estate in 2010.Three years later she began siphoning money belonging to the company into her personal bank accounts.The 34-year-old continued to do so until last November, the point at which the firm realised what Rees had been doing.The company […]
Man jailed for 25 years for killing Northwich pensioner
A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to brutally stabbing to death his friend in Northwich. Gary Solomon, previously of Castle Court, initially denied the murder of 72-year-old John Hammerton. However, after hearing the opening statement and realising the strength the evidence against him, he changed his plea to guilty just one […]
Arkadiusz Kaczmarek denied stabbing 47-year-old Slawomir Kulesza to death in the home they shared in Blakemere Court.
A 22-year-old man has been convicted of murdering his housemate in Ellesmere Port. Arkadiusz Kaczmarek denied stabbing 47-year-old Slawomir Kulesza to death in the home they shared in Blakemere Court. Kaczmarek claimed that he was so drunk on the night that dad-of-one Slawomir was killed that he has no memory of what took place. However, […]
Korben Bell appeared at Chester Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to possession of a knife, affray and criminal damage
A man who went on the rampage with a machete in Chester city centre has been jailed. Korben Bell appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday 14 September where he pleaded guilty to possession of a knife, affray and criminal damage.
Man given life imprisonment after shooting innocent passer-by in Ellesmere Port
A man who shot an innocent passer-by in Ellesmere Port on a busy Saturday afternoon has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Liam Cameron, aged 26, pulled the trigger in the town centre missing his intended target and hitting the leg of a 66-year-old man. He was actually attempting to […]
A 44-year-old man from Chester has been jailed after admitting carrying out a series of burglaries across the city.
A 44-year-old man from Chester has been jailed after admitting carrying out a series of burglaries across the city. Stephen Collins, of Hatton Road, broke into homes in Gladstone Avenue, Sealand Road, Newton Lane and Dickson Drive. He stole large quantities of valuable items and cash during the crime spree between the Fridays of 10 […]
After being on the run for 21 years this man has finally been caught
After being on the run for 21 years this man has finally been caught A British fugitive has been tracked down by National Crime Agency officers and arrested in South Africa after 21 years on the run. PYATTBrandon William Pyatt, now 64, was convicted of a serious of fraud and deception offences at Chester Crown […]
After being on the run for 21 years this man has finally been caught
After being on the run for 21 years this man has finally been caught A British fugitive has been tracked down by National Crime Agency officers and arrested in South Africa after 21 years on the run. PYATTBrandon William Pyatt, now 64, was convicted of a serious of fraud and deception offences at Chester Crown […]
