Man Jailed Over Son’s Murder Following 2001 Attack – (ID 523045)

A man who smothered his toddler son, leaving him with severe disabilities, has been given a life sentence after being convicted of his murder following his son’s death as an adult 18 years later. Alan Bird was found guilty of murder by a unanimous jury verdict at Leeds Crown Court following a trial which […]
Man Jailed Over Son’s Murder Following 2001 Attack

A man who smothered his toddler son, leaving him with severe disabilities, has been given a life sentence after being convicted of his murder following his son’s death as an adult 18 years later.
Man Jailed Over Son’s Murder Following 2001 Attack

A man who smothered his toddler son, leaving him with severe disabilities, has been given a life sentence after being convicted of his murder following his son’s death as an adult 18 years later.
A man has been jailed after he sent his brother to do a DNA test in his place so he could avoid paying maintenance for two of his children

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Gary Lewis, 25, and his brother Robert Lewis, 24, both from Potternewton in Leeds, conspired together so that Gary Lewis would not have to pay maintenance.
A man who twice fired shots from a handgun while committing a robbery and a kidnap in Leeds has been jailed for 25 years following an inv…

The deadly weapon was discharged by Benjamin Mills when he and accomplice Ruwen James targeted the Neil’s Superstore shop, in Reginald Row, Chapeltown, shortly after 6pm on Saturday, December 1, 2018. The loaded gun was pointed at a male customer’s face while demands were made, before James, who was armed with a […]
A man who twice fired shots from a handgun while committing a robbery and a kidnap in Leeds has been jailed for 25 years following an investigation by specialist gun crime detectives

The deadly weapon was discharged by Benjamin Mills when he and accomplice Ruwen James targeted the Neil’s Superstore shop, in Reginald Row, Chapeltown, shortly after 6pm on Saturday, December 1, 2018.
A man who twice fired shots from a handgun while committing a robbery and a kidnap in Leeds has been jailed for 25 years following an investigation by specialist gun crime detectives

The deadly weapon was discharged by Benjamin Mills when he and accomplice Ruwen James targeted the Neil’s Superstore shop, in Reginald Row, Chapeltown, shortly after 6pm on Saturday, December 1, 2018.
Two people have been charged with firearms offences in relation to an incident alleged to have happened Huddersfield in January

Leon Flynn, aged 37, of Kirkstone Avenue, Huddersfield and Harley McCluskey, aged 24, of Sheepridge Road appeared before Leeds Magistrates Court on Friday 4 March charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Both were remanded in custody to appear before Leeds Crown Court. The man and woman were charged in relation […]
Two people have been charged with firearms offences in relation to an incident alleged to have happened Huddersfield in January

Leon Flynn, aged 37, of Kirkstone Avenue, Huddersfield and Harley McCluskey, aged 24, of Sheepridge Road appeared before Leeds Magistrates Court on Friday 4 March charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Both were remanded in custody to appear before Leeds Crown Court. The man and woman were charged in relation […]
Two people have been charged with firearms offences in relation to an incident alleged to have happened Huddersfield in January – (ID 521…

Leon Flynn, aged 37, of Kirkstone Avenue, Huddersfield and Harley McCluskey, aged 24, of Sheepridge Road appeared before Leeds Magistrates Court on Friday 4 March charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Both were remanded in custody to appear before Leeds Crown Court. The man and woman were charged in relation […]
A man from Wakefield has admitted to posting online messages fantasising about abusing children and possessing thousands of child sexual abuse images

Jack Mallinson, 25, a trainee solicitor and special police constable with West Yorkshire Police, was identified by NCA investigators as username winterz100, who used instant messaging app Wickr to send encrypted content. He was arrested on 7 January last year by NCA officers who seized several of his electronic devices. Officers found 3,710 indecent images […]
A man from Wakefield has admitted to posting online messages fantasising about abusing children and possessing thousands of child sexual …

Jack Mallinson, 25, a trainee solicitor and special police constable with West Yorkshire Police, was identified by NCA investigators as username winterz100, who used instant messaging app Wickr to send encrypted content. He was arrested on 7 January last year by NCA officers who seized several of his electronic devices. Officers found 3,710 indecent images […]
A lorry driver has been jailed for causing the death of a woman in a multiple vehicle crash on the M62 motorway

Nicholas Liever was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) at Leeds Crown Court in relation to the collision, which occurred on the eastbound carriageway in Huddersfield in September 2019. Liever, 49, of Clifton Road in Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, was driving a Volvo HGV which collided with a Volkswagen Passat, an Iveco Vehicle Transporter and a Volkwagen Touareg at about […]
Northern Gas Networks Ltd were sentenced today for safety breaches after a fire and gas explosion at residential premises in Mirfield resulted in the death of the homeowner

Leeds Crown Court heard that, on 11 February 2019, West Yorkshire Fire service were called to a fire and explosion in Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, West Yorks. The occupier, Elena Frunza, was discovered during a search of the property, whilst it was still on fire. She was taken to Pinderfields General Hospital where she died the […]
Northern Gas Networks Ltd were sentenced today for safety breaches after a fire and gas explosion at residential premises in Mirfield res…

Leeds Crown Court heard that, on 11 February 2019, West Yorkshire Fire service were called to a fire and explosion in Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, West Yorks. The occupier, Elena Frunza, was discovered during a search of the property, whilst it was still on fire. She was taken to Pinderfields General Hospital where she died the […]
A Leeds man who spat in the face of a police officer will now be spending Christmas behind bars

Simon Carlin (37) of Morris Lane was jailed for two years at Leeds Crown Court yesterday (December 22) after pleading guilty to two assaults on police officers and other unrelated offences including harassment. Leeds District Police have welcomed the sentence and said the force remains committed to protecting its staff from abuse and assaults.
A sex offender caught trying to meet children in an undercover police sting has been jailed for 12 years

Richard Chappell, 44, of Thornhill in West Yorkshire, was messaging officers when he thought he was speaking to parents offering their children for sex. He was found guilty of attempting to arrange a child sex offence and inciting child exploitation. His partner, Cherie Scott, 29, was also jailed for sex offences. The couple were […]
A man who sexually assaulted a child has been found guilty following a trial

The incidents began in 1989, when the victim was around six years old. Shahid Walayat, who was around 16 at the time, began abusing the girl by touching her inappropriately at a house in Wakefield. The abuse stopped prior to 1992, and the victim did not see Walayat again following his conviction for the murder […]