A man has been jailed for eight years for stabbing his partner in the back during an incident in Chesterfield last year
Duncan Haslam, of Chester Road, Helsby, caused serious injuries to his partner using a kitchen knife during the incident in the early hours of Sunday 16 August.The 55-year-old delayed calling an ambulance for his partner, and told officers she had been assaulted in the street by some unknown people, and forced her to go along […]
An 18-year-old has today been jailed for a vicious attack on a boy that left him severely disabled
On November 13, 2018 we were called to reports that a 16-year-old boy had sustained a serious head injury after being assaulted earlier that evening in Middleton-by-Wirksworth. The teenage boy, who is now 17, remained in hospital for nine months and although he is now at home he requires full-time care and has a […]
A man who murdered his uncle, and tried to feed the dismembered remains to badgers, has been jailed for life.
Parts of Graham Snell, 71, were found down a badger sett, in a communal bin, and in woodland in Chesterfield. Daniel Walsh, 30, said he cut up the body after finding him dead on 20 June but was convicted of murder last month. At Derby Crown Court Judge Nirmal Shant said it was a […]
Poem-crafting drug dealers who texted punters with rhymes have been jailed for more than 10 years
A drug-dealing gang who texted punters with rhymes are now behind bars after admitting their crimes. Kieron Benbow and two accomplices, Louise Saunders and Sarah Faulconbridge, supplied crack cocaine and heroin from Nottingham into the Chesterfield area. They would often drive around in hire cars to try and avoid detection, along with a fourth […]
Poem-crafting drug dealers who texted punters with rhymes have been jailed for more than 10 years
A drug-dealing gang who texted punters with rhymes are now behind bars after admitting their crimes. Kieron Benbow and two accomplices, Louise Saunders and Sarah Faulconbridge, supplied crack cocaine and heroin from Nottingham into the Chesterfield area. They would often drive around in hire cars to try and avoid detection, along with a fourth […]
Two drug dealers have each been jailed for more than three years
Rooman Kheel and Seyed Sadat have been sentenced to 42 months for drugs offences. On June 26, officers stopped the pair in Macklin Street, Derby, after seeing them acting suspiciously around Kheel’s BMW, in the company of known drug addicts. Both men were found to be carrying a large amount of cash and 105 wraps […]
A trio of drug dealers have been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for their part in a multi-million-pound drug operation
The three dealers were caught red handed buying large quantities of high purity cocaine from two Chaddesden brothers. Ross Stroud, Bradley Fowles and Ben Rogerson would arrange to meet Kirk and Luke Guy (who have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs and will be sentenced at a later date) in pub […]
A woman has been handed a life sentence for murdering a vulnerable man in Derby earlier this year
Magdalena Kissova was sentenced at Derby Crown Court today, where Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant QC told her she will serve at least 24 years before she can be considered for parole. David Allsopp, who was 67, was found dead at his flat in Manchester Street on the afternoon of 15 February. He had […]
A man who murdered his ex-wife and her partner on New Year’s Day has been given two life sentenc
Rhys Hancock was sentenced at Derby Crown Court , where Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant QC told him he will serve at least 31 years before he can be considered for parole. Officers found Helen Hancock (nee Almey), 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, from Derby, at her home in New Zealand Lane, Duffield, […]
On arrival, they found Craig Morse, who was 33, with a fatal stab wound
A woman has been jailed for four years nine months after killing her partner in Langley Mill, in April this year. Officers were called to a flat in Frost Avenue in the early hours of 3 April. On arrival, they found Craig Morse, who was 33, with a fatal stab wound. Tonia […]
