A Leeds man has been jailed after his DNA was found on a shotgun recovered following a police search
Levi Paterson from Leeds was sentenced to three years in prison at Leeds Crown Court on April 1, after admitting possessing a firearm at an earlier hearing at Leeds Magistrates Court in October 2020. He was also given two concurrent 12 month jail sentences for two separate robbery offences from 2019, adding to a […]
Three Men Jailed for Nearly 30 Years Over Brutal Kidnap and Knife Attack in Dewsbury
Three men have been sentenced to a combined total of nearly 30 years in prison for their roles in a brutal kidnap and serious knife assault that left an 18-year-old man with severe injuries in Dewsbury. The offenders — Conor Hinchcliffe, Zain Hussain, and Ateeq Rashid — were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday, […]
Five Scarborough men given life sentences for murder The gang must serve a minimum of almost 100 years in total before they can be consid…
At around 2am, on Sunday 20 October 2019, Stefan Selvage 19, Dawid Goral, 21, Callon Brass, 22, Kieran Watkinson, 19, and Stevie Low, 23, stabbed Solomon Robinson in a joint attack on St Nicholas Street before fleeing the scene. Mr Robinson was rushed to hospital where he died around three hours later after a single […]
Five Scarborough men given life sentences for murder The gang must serve a minimum of almost 100 years in total before they can be considered for release
At around 2am, on Sunday 20 October 2019, Stefan Selvage 19, Dawid Goral, 21, Callon Brass, 22, Kieran Watkinson, 19, and Stevie Low, 23, stabbed Solomon Robinson in a joint attack on St Nicholas Street before fleeing the scene. Mr Robinson was rushed to hospital where he died around three hours later after a single […]
Leeds Drug Dealers Caught With Gun Jailed For Nearly 20 Years
Two men who ran a large-scale cocaine dealing operation from house in a Leeds student area where they kept a gun have been jailed following an investigation by specialist detectives. Officers from Leeds District Precision Team, which supports the force-wide Programme Precision initiative to tackle serious and organised crime that impacts on local communities, […]
A 23 year old man from Newcastle has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison for terrorism offences at Leeds Crown Court
Luke Hunter admitted seven charges of encouraging terrorism and disseminating terrorist publications. Hunter was arrested last October as part of an investigation into Right-Wing Terrorism, led by Counter Terrorism Policing North East with support from Northumbria Police. Searches of Hunter’s home address revealed an obsession with Hitler and neo-Nazism and resulted in the seizure […]
A Cleckheaton man has been jailed for 30 years after using his car to deliberately run down six colleagues following an argument at a Chr…
Andrew Wrigglesworth (50) of Shirley Avenue, Birstall was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court after previously being found guilty of six counts of attempted murder for the incident outside a Cleckheaton pub on December 22 last year. His actions were described as ‘horrendous’ and ‘barely conceivable’ by officers from the force’s Homicide and Major Enquiry […]
A Cleckheaton man has been jailed for 30 years after using his car to deliberately run down six colleagues following an argument at a Christmas party
Andrew Wrigglesworth (50) of Shirley Avenue, Birstall was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court after previously being found guilty of six counts of attempted murder for the incident outside a Cleckheaton pub on December 22 last year. His actions were described as ‘horrendous’ and ‘barely conceivable’ by officers from the force’s Homicide and Major Enquiry […]
Criminals who bound, beat, and stabbed to death a kind hearted man in his own home have been jailed for a combined 48 years.
Criminals who bound, beat, and stabbed to death a kind hearted man in his own home have been jailed for a combined 48 years. Craig Stanton (43) of Southgate Huddersfield and Alexander MacKay (47) of School Crescent, Dewsbury were sentenced to 25 and 23 years in prison respectively for the murder of Mr Saleem Butt […]
Dewsbury Man Jailed For Life For Murder Of Stephen Freeman
A Dewsbury man who murdered a male he was staying with in a sustained attack has received a life sentence.
Soldier Steffan Wilson vicious and unprovoked attack on taxi driver results in nine years and nine months’ imprisonment
A soldier who carried out a vicious and unprovoked attack on a taxi driver has been jailed for nine years and nine months. Steffan Rhys Wilson, aged 26, of Maesyfro, Station Terrace, Llanybydder, Sir Gar, West Wales, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today – Tuesday 3 November 2020 – having pleaded guilty to […]
Evil child killer Roy Whiting feared he would be killed after being brutally attacked in prison with makeshift blades
Roy Whiting feared he would be killed after being brutally attacked in prison with makeshift blades. Pictured is the extent of the injuries suffered by the monster after he was battered behind bars while serving life for the murder of Sarah Payne.
A factory supervisor died after being stabbed more than 100 times by two youths wielding a samurai sword, a court has heard
Robert Wilson, 53, was attacked after he asked the pair to leave the car park of a factory in Huddersfield on 16 January, Leeds Crown Court was told. Kiyran Earnshaw, 18, and Luke Gaukroger, 16, both admitted murder.
Sweet factory worker convicted of attempted murder of six co-workers
Sweet factory worker convicted of attempted murder of six co-workers Cleckheaton sweet factory worker Andrew Wrigglesworth (50) has today (26 August) at Leeds Crown Court been convicted of the attempted murder of six men, after a fight at a Christmas party at Moorlands Working Men’s Club in Cleckheaton in the early hours of 22 December […]
Police are reminding motorists about the dangers they put themselves, other road users and pedestrians in when they speed
Police are reminding motorists about the dangers they put themselves, other road users and pedestrians in when they speed.
West Yorkshire Police cyber prevention officer downloaded sadistic images of babies being sexually abused
West Yorkshire Police cyber prevention officer downloaded sadistic images of babies being sexually abused A West Yorkshire Police cyber prevention officer downloaded sadistic images of babies being sexually abused, a jury heard. Jonathan Plummer is also accused of distributing child porn images and is alleged to have possessed images of animals being sexually abused. Jurors […]
Tommy Robinson has been arrested outside Leeds Crown Court
Tommy Robinson has been arrested outside Leeds Crown Court Tommy Robinson has been arrested outside the court for “incitement/breach of the peace” mid livestream while waiting for the verdict on a grooming gang trial. He is currently in custody. Robinson said he had come Leeds Crown Court where verdicts are due in part 2 of […]
Tommy Robinson has been arrested outside Leeds Crown Court
Tommy Robinson has been arrested outside Leeds Crown Court Tommy Robinson has been arrested outside the court for “incitement/breach of the peace” mid livestream while waiting for the verdict on a grooming gang trial. He is currently in custody. Robinson said he had come Leeds Crown Court where verdicts are due in part 2 of […]
