Shocking news emerged from Derby Crown Court as a man admitted to keeping his former flatmate’s body in a freezer for nearly two years
Damion Johnson pleaded guilty to the charge of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body between September 1 2018, and August 22 2020. However, he denied the allegations of using the deceased’s bank card to withdraw cash. John Wainwright, who was 71-years-old at the time of his death, passed away in September […]
A former Derbyshire County Council employee has been sentenced after she fraudulently applied for tens of thousands of pounds worth of charity vouchers which were intended to support children living in poverty across the UK
Gemma King claimed a total of £90,000 worth of vouchers from the social enterprise Family Fund Business Services over a nine-month period between November 2018 and August 2019. The 39-year-old did so under the guise of legitimate funding requests via her role as Family Support Worker at the council. She continued to claim vouchers whilst […]
A former Derbyshire County Council employee has been sentenced after she fraudulently applied for tens of thousands of pounds worth of ch…
Gemma King claimed a total of £90,000 worth of vouchers from the social enterprise Family Fund Business Services over a nine-month period between November 2018 and August 2019. The 39-year-old did so under the guise of legitimate funding requests via her role as Family Support Worker at the council. She continued to claim vouchers whilst […]
A 30-year-old man from Derbyshire has been sentenced to six years, four months imprisonment following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East and East Midlands Special Operations Unit
With support from Derbyshire Police, Junaid Yunus of Arkwright Street in Derby, was arrested in June as part of an intelligence led investigation into firearms possession and supply. He was subsequently charged with possessing firearms and ammunition, in addition to six separate offences of breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order. Yunus pleaded guilty to all […]
A 30-year-old man from Derbyshire has been sentenced to six years, four months imprisonment following an investigation by Counter Terrori…
With support from Derbyshire Police, Junaid Yunus of Arkwright Street in Derby, was arrested in June as part of an intelligence led investigation into firearms possession and supply. He was subsequently charged with possessing firearms and ammunition, in addition to six separate offences of breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order. Yunus pleaded guilty to all […]
A Derby man who threatened his ex-partner by pointing a gun in her face has been sent to prison for five years
Sunil Sidhu, of Sinfin Lane in Derby, threatened to “put my guns on you” in a terrifying text message to his former partner days before seeing her dancing with a friend in a Derby nightclub. Sidhu confronted the woman in The Blue Note in Sadler Gate at 10pm on Friday 7 October 2022 accusing her […]
A mother and father have been found guilty of Christmas Day killing of their baby son in a “savage and brutal” crime.
Cannabis-smoking Stephen Boden, 30, and Shannon Marsden, 22, burned and abused their newborn “in repeated acts of severe violence” in the days leading up to his death in December 2020, while the COVID was in lockdown. After a five-week trial at Derby Crown Court, both were convicted on Friday. Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden had […]
A man who stabbed a teenager in an unprovoked attack has been jailed
James Hill had been ejected from the Rubigo bar in Matlock on August 12 last year (2022) after an altercation involving his girlfriend. Hill, along with a group of others returned to the bar at 8.30pm, an hour after the initial confrontation, and attempted to get into the bar. The bar manager closed the door […]
A father has admitted to murdering his 11-year-old son
Ambulance crews were called to Thorpes Road, near to the park in Heanor, on the afternoon of Saturday 18 June 2022 to reports that Mikey Harrison had suffered serious injuries – he died later that day. His father, Michael Harrison, was charged with his murder in July 2022, and had previously admitted a charge of […]
A father has admitted to murdering his 11-year-old son
Ambulance crews were called to Thorpes Road, near to the park in Heanor, on the afternoon of Saturday 18 June 2022 to reports that Mikey Harrison had suffered serious injuries – he died later that day. His father, Michael Harrison, was charged with his murder in July 2022, and had previously admitted a charge of […]
Buxton man jailed for putting partner through two years of abuse
A man from Buxton has been jailed after putting his partner through two years of abuse. William Goodayle of Monsal Avenue in Fairfield was found guilty of controlling and coercive behaviour at Derby Crown Court. The 39-year-old was sentenced on Friday 24 February to 15 months imprisonment and is subject to a seven-year restraining order. […]
A drone pilot who nearly caused a serious accident at a memorial flight in Buxton has been fined £3000 and handed a six-month suspended sentence for endangering an aircraft
Mark Bagguley, of Chatsworth Road, Fairfield, pleaded guilty to charges of endangering an aircraft and operating an aircraft out of the visual line of sight in January. It is after he flew his drone close to the wing of an RAF Hurricane during a Battle of Britain memorial fly-past at the Buxton Carnival in July […]
A drone pilot who nearly caused a serious accident at a memorial flight in Buxton has been fined £3000 and handed a six-month suspended s…
Mark Bagguley, of Chatsworth Road, Fairfield, pleaded guilty to charges of endangering an aircraft and operating an aircraft out of the visual line of sight in January. It is after he flew his drone close to the wing of an RAF Hurricane during a Battle of Britain memorial fly-past at the Buxton Carnival in July […]
A man has admitted murdering a woman and three children, and raping one of the children
Damien Bendall, who had been in a relationship with Terri Harris, raped and murdered her 11-year-old daughter Lacey Bennett. He also murdered Ms Harris, 35, her 13-year-old son John Paul Bennett, and Lacey’s 11-year-old friend Connie Gent. Their bodies were found at a house in Chandos Crescent, Killamarsh, Derbyshire, on 19 September 2021. Bendall, 32, […]
A Derbyshire pensioner and registered sex offender who paid to live stream the sexual abuse of children has been jailed
David Stevenson, 70, from Chaddesden, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers in May 2020 after an investigation revealed he paid individuals in the Philippines and Ghana to carry out child sexual abuse. These included a 32-year-old Filipino woman who was arrested in February 2020 for the production and possession of indecent images of […]
A pervert from Derbyshire has lost his home, wife, and job after “using and sexually abusing” an underage girl for sex for two years and …
Prosecutors gave a graphic and detailed account of Michael Scott’s abuse to the court, and his family was present.Scott, 48, started abusing the girl after they began communicating on social media. A victim’s friend then noticed naked pictures being exchanged between the two on her phone.Scott, of no fixed abode, was also found with videos […]
A pervert from Derbyshire has lost his home, wife, and job after “using and sexually abusing” an underage girl for sex for two years and threatening to kill her if she spoke out
Prosecutors gave a graphic and detailed account of Michael Scott’s abuse to the court, and his family was present.Scott, 48, started abusing the girl after they began communicating on social media. A victim’s friend then noticed naked pictures being exchanged between the two on her phone.Scott, of no fixed abode, was also found with videos […]
A man has today been jailed for life for the murder of Ricky Collins in Killamarsh
Bradley Ward was found guilty of murder in December following a three-week trial at Derby Crown Court. Officers were called to reports of an assault on Westthorpe Road in the late evening of Monday 29 March. Ricky, from Sheffield, had suffered two serious stab wounds to his body and arm. The 31-year-old staggered […]
