Tyneside dealer given a five-year prison sentence after being found with drugs, cash and weapons
Brazen Jordan Parker continued to offend despite being under investigation by officers. Crack cocaine, a knuckle duster and a taser – these are just a few of the items found inside a shameless Tyneside drug dealer’s house as he now begins a term behind bars. Jordan Parker has been given five years in prison after […]
A father and son who stole four vehicles in a single night during a shameful North East crime spree have been jailed
Ashley Lawson, 50, and his son Jamie, 28, have been convicted at Newcastle Crown Court after police apprehended the pair last year. Investigations found that both men were involved as they stole a Land Rover Evoque after taking keys from an address in Seaham in County Durham in the early hours of May 15 last […]
A 30-year-old man who violently attacked a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old has been jailed for more than two years
Buzz Smith, of Shields Road, Sunderland, pleaded guilty to two counts of ABH and one count of theft at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to 28 months in jail at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday 31 January. The court heard how on Thursday 8 April 2021, shortly after 21.00, Smith approached a 17-year-old boy […]
She had been badly beaten and stabbed 37 times in the chest
In April, a man accused of murdering Sunderland schoolgirl Nikki Allan over 30 years ago will go on trial. Nikki was seven years old when she was found stabbed in the then-derelict Exchange Building on High Street East in October 1992, after going missing from her grandparents’ flat. When charged with murder last year, David […]
A pair of thieves assaulted and stole from a pensioner who died of a heart attack
Amanda Yeaman and David McNeill were found guilty of assaulting the 75-year-old victim and stealing items from his home while he pretended to be unconscious. The court was moved by the victim’s description of Amanda Yeaman as a friend who paid frequent visits to his home. She returned later that night with David McNeill after […]
A carjacker who dragged a woman from her vehicle before being detained with the help of some Good Samaritans has been jailed
Alan Hutton appeared at Newcastle Crown Court on December 23 where he was jailed for four years after previously admitting robbery and possession of a Class C drug. The court heard how Hutton’s victim had been out for a meal with a friend on October 1 and walked to the car park on Lowrey’s […]
A relentless Sunderland burglar is finally behind bars in time for Christmas after being convicted of a crime spree spanning over two years
Luck soon ran out for prolific nuisance Dylan Newall who was jailed after being identified by police at the centre of a string of offences taking place between 2020 and 2022. Newall, 27, caught the attention of officers back in September 2020, when they were alerted to a burglary on Burnside Avenue in Houghton-le-Spring where […]
A Sunderland man has been sentenced after making indecent images of children and attempting to engage one of them in a sexual act
Darran Faith, 43, was interviewed in January 2021 after engaging in sexual communications with a child online. However, what he didn’t know was he was actually speaking to an undercover officer from the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU). As part of the investigation, a number of devices were also seized from his home […]
Two shameless burglars who were caught rifling through their haul after crashing a stolen car have been locked up for more than seven years combined
Luck soon ran out for Peter Hughes Atkinson, 40, and Jack Bush, 32, who were arrested and charged within a few short hours of targeting three Jarrow properties in an overnight crime-spree. It all started when officers were made aware of suspicious activity taking place at three houses in the early hours of June 25. […]
Two shameless burglars who were caught rifling through their haul after crashing a stolen car have been locked up for more than seven years combined
Luck soon ran out for Peter Hughes Atkinson, 40, and Jack Bush, 32, who were arrested and charged within a few short hours of targeting three Jarrow properties in an overnight crime-spree. It all started when officers were made aware of suspicious activity taking place at three houses in the early hours of June 25. […]
Two shameless burglars who were caught rifling through their haul after crashing a stolen car have been locked up for more than seven yea…
Luck soon ran out for Peter Hughes Atkinson, 40, and Jack Bush, 32, who were arrested and charged within a few short hours of targeting three Jarrow properties in an overnight crime-spree. It all started when officers were made aware of suspicious activity taking place at three houses in the early hours of June 25. […]
Two violent men have been convicted of murder after carrying out an horrific attack on a Sunderland man
Louis Whelan and Anthony Keating, both 23, have been convicted after brutally assaulting Blaine Hammond on the morning of December 3 last year. His injured body was then dragged to and abandoned in a disused exchange box across the street. Emergency services attended Saltburn Road and found the body of 22-year-old Blaine, who was later sadly […]
Two violent men have been convicted of murder after carrying out an horrific attack on a Sunderland man
Louis Whelan and Anthony Keating, both 23, have been convicted after brutally assaulting Blaine Hammond on the morning of December 3 last year. His injured body was then dragged to and abandoned in a disused exchange box across the street. Emergency services attended Saltburn Road and found the body of 22-year-old Blaine, who was later sadly […]
Two violent men have been convicted of murder after carrying out an horrific attack on a Sunderland man – (ID 533770)
Louis Whelan and Anthony Keating, both 23, have been convicted after brutally assaulting Blaine Hammond on the morning of December 3 last year. His injured body was then dragged to and abandoned in a disused exchange box across the street. Emergency services attended Saltburn Road and found the body of 22-year-old Blaine, who was later sadly […]
Violent thug behind bars after beating a woman unconscious before smashing through door of house she’d ran to for refuge
A violent thug is behind bars after beating a woman unconscious before smashing through the door of a house she had ran to for refuge. Daniel Chapman, 26, punched, kicked and choked his victim until she momentarily lost consciousness as a result of the prolonged attack in April this year. Following the sickening assault, which […]
A deprived sex offender has been sentenced after police discovered he had been making indecent images of children.
A deprived sex offender has been sentenced after police discovered he had been making indecent images of children. In October 2020, officers received intelligence from the National Crime Agency (NCA) regarding 30-year-old #Gateshead man, Adam Ward. Due to the intelligence received, Northumbria Police Paedophile Online Investigation Team sprang into action and attended Ward’s home address […]
A 21-year-old man has been jailed for 15 months, following a British Transport Police investigation
James Rutherford, of South Shields, pleaded guilty to affray and was sentenced to 12 months on Friday 23 September, at Newcastle Crown Court. He received an additional three month custodial sentence for other non BTP offences. The court heard how on Sunday May 2, officers responded to a report of an assault on board a […]
A woman faces life in prison after her husband was discovered dead in their home earlier this year
Janet Dunn, the mother, appeared in Newcastle Crown Court today and pleaded guilty to manslaughter.On March 15, the 73-year-old had a financial disagreement with her husband, Anthony Dunn, 81.Mrs Dunn was then reported to be holding a pillow over his face, and her husband of 53 years died as a result of her actions.She then […]
