A van driver who failed a drug driving test for cocaine and had TikTok on his phone has been jailed for over five years after his van was involved in a fatal collision which left a mother and daughter dead
Luke Flanagan, 28, was driving his Ford Transit van along the westbound carriageway of the A421 near Renhold just before 8am on 1 November 2021, when he struck a Peugeot 2008 which had slowed down and stopped due to stationary traffic ahead. Failing to see that the Peugeot had stopped, Flanigan hit the vehicle with […]
A woman who was the victim of domestic violence has said how the incident left her heartbroken after her former partner was jailed for more than two years
Mark Forder, 55, pleaded guilty of grievous bodily harm without intent after he threw an ashtray in the direction of the victim, causing significant injuries to her face and dislodging some of her teeth. The incident happened on 10 June 2021 whilst they were in the bedroom of their home address in Leighton Buzzard. The victim managed […]
A woman who was the victim of domestic violence has said how the incident left her heartbroken after her former partner was jailed for mo…
Mark Forder, 55, pleaded guilty of grievous bodily harm without intent after he threw an ashtray in the direction of the victim, causing significant injuries to her face and dislodging some of her teeth. The incident happened on 10 June 2021 whilst they were in the bedroom of their home address in Leighton Buzzard. The victim managed […]
A paedophile, who claimed he got involved in online chat forums by accident and encouraged a woman in Canada to sexually assault a child, has been jailed for more than 15 years
Simon Newham, 33, was initially arrested in October after police received information that he was using an online chat service to discuss his fantasies of sexually assaulting children and viewing material relating to child sexual abuse. During a search of his home address in Leighton Buzzard, five devices were found and seized, which contained indecent […]
A paedophile, who claimed he got involved in online chat forums by accident and encouraged a woman in Canada to sexually assault a child,…
Simon Newham, 33, was initially arrested in October after police received information that he was using an online chat service to discuss his fantasies of sexually assaulting children and viewing material relating to child sexual abuse. During a search of his home address in Leighton Buzzard, five devices were found and seized, which contained indecent […]
A doorman who killed a man with one punch has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison.
Wilfred Fantie, 44, struck Aaron Bateman, 28, from Dunstable, following an altercation outside the Wheatsheaf pub in Dunstable on 12 February last year. Mr Bateman was visiting the pub with his father and a group of friends having attended a local football match. When the group had been asked to leave the venue by doorman […]
A man who joked that he had killed a missing man despite having murdered him and hidden his body in a ditch days earlier has been jailed for at least 23 years
Lukasz Stachura, 41, told friends that he had killed Kamil Leszczynski when they questioned why they hadn’t heard from the 33-year-old. Stachura had already killed Mr Leszczynski on 27 June 2021 and dumped his body close to a farm track in fields off Turvey Road, between the villages of Carlton and Turvey. Luton Crown Court […]
A man who joked that he had killed a missing man despite having murdered him and hidden his body in a ditch days earlier has been jailed …
Lukasz Stachura, 41, told friends that he had killed Kamil Leszczynski when they questioned why they hadn’t heard from the 33-year-old. Stachura had already killed Mr Leszczynski on 27 June 2021 and dumped his body close to a farm track in fields off Turvey Road, between the villages of Carlton and Turvey. Luton Crown Court […]
A man who joked that he had killed a missing man despite having murdered him and hidden his body in a ditch days earlier has been jailed for at least 23 years
Lukasz Stachura, 41, told friends that he had killed Kamil Leszczynski when they questioned why they hadn’t heard from the 33-year-old. Stachura had already killed Mr Leszczynski on 27 June 2021 and dumped his body close to a farm track in fields off Turvey Road, between the villages of Carlton and Turvey. Luton Crown Court […]
Officers tracked down a jewel thief who stole rings worth more than £10,000 from businesses in Maidstone and Bluewater and pursued her into Bedfordshire
Constables from the Maidstone Victim Based Crime Team arrested Daiana Anghel after they travelled to the Luton area as part of an investigation into crimes committed at two jewellery stores last year. Officers were looking into claims that on August 17, 2022, a woman tried on rings from a display at a H Samuel store […]
Officers tracked down a jewel thief who stole rings worth more than £10,000 from businesses in Maidstone and Bluewater and pursued her in…
Constables from the Maidstone Victim Based Crime Team arrested Daiana Anghel after they travelled to the Luton area as part of an investigation into crimes committed at two jewellery stores last year. Officers were looking into claims that on August 17, 2022, a woman tried on rings from a display at a H Samuel store […]
Officers tracked down a jewel thief who stole rings worth more than £10,000 from businesses in Maidstone and Bluewater and pursued her into Bedfordshire
Constables from the Maidstone Victim Based Crime Team arrested Daiana Anghel after they travelled to the Luton area as part of an investigation into crimes committed at two jewellery stores last year. Officers were looking into claims that on August 17, 2022, a woman tried on rings from a display at a H Samuel store […]
A man dubbed a professional burglar by a judge after stealing firearms, cash and jewellery worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been…
Following an investigation by Bedfordshire Police’s specialist Op Maze burglary team, Vinny Guess was linked to seven burglaries, including one aggravated burglary, across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire between November 2021 and February 2022. Eight firearms were stolen during the spree along with significant quantities of cash and jewellery, the combined value of which is around […]
A man dubbed a professional burglar by a judge after stealing firearms, cash and jewellery worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for nearly 10 years
Following an investigation by Bedfordshire Police’s specialist Op Maze burglary team, Vinny Guess was linked to seven burglaries, including one aggravated burglary, across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire between November 2021 and February 2022. Eight firearms were stolen during the spree along with significant quantities of cash and jewellery, the combined value of which is around […]
A teenage burglar who targeted Essex and Bedfordshire homes for high-value, prestige vehicles has been jailed for two years and eight months
Patrick Clark, 18, was arrested on 24 March after an Audi S5 he was involved in stealing in Harlow failed to stop for officers on the A414 in St Alban’s, Hertfordshire, and drove off, reaching speeds of more than 150mph. When it was stopped, face coverings, an axe, cannabis and gloves were found inside. […]
Broken Britain: A teenager from Luton has been sentenced to rehabilitation for the manslaughter of a 63-year-old man
A teen who carried out a knife attack that killed a man has been sentenced to youth rehabilitation. The 17-year-old Luton resident, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of manslaughter last month after Ghulam Raja, 63, died in hospital from his injuries. The boy, who was 16 at the time, […]
Two Bedfordshire men and a man from Peterborough who kidnapped and tortured another man after accusing him of damaging a car, have pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and false imprisonment
Safed Rafiq, 36, of Claremont Road, Luton, Idnan Akbar, 32, of Blenheim Crescent, Luton and 24-year-old Dawud Safeer of Lyvelly Gardens, Peterborough were yesterday (Wednesday) convicted of carrying out a brutal attack lasting hours, following a hearing at Luton Crown Court. At around 12.30pm on 29 November, Rafiq had approached the victim on Ash Road […]
Two Bedfordshire men and a man from Peterborough who kidnapped and tortured another man after accusing him of damaging a car, have pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and false imprisonment
Safed Rafiq, 36, of Claremont Road, Luton, Idnan Akbar, 32, of Blenheim Crescent, Luton and 24-year-old Dawud Safeer of Lyvelly Gardens, Peterborough were yesterday (Wednesday) convicted of carrying out a brutal attack lasting hours, following a hearing at Luton Crown Court. At around 12.30pm on 29 November, Rafiq had approached the victim on Ash Road […]
