Ten teenagers have been jailed for a total of 124 and-a-half years for murdering an 18-year-old as he walked home from a funfair
In October of last year, Jack Woodley was stabbed in the back after an evening out at the fair in Houghton-le-Spring.He died the next night in the hospital.Ten males, aged 14 to 18, were convicted in June after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court in which witnesses described Jack being “isolated” by a mob that […]
Ten teenagers have been jailed for a total of 124 and-a-half years for murdering an 18-year-old as he walked home from a funfair
In October of last year, Jack Woodley was stabbed in the back after an evening out at the fair in Houghton-le-Spring.He died the next night in the hospital.Ten males, aged 14 to 18, were convicted in June after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court in which witnesses described Jack being “isolated” by a mob that […]
Ten teenagers have been jailed for a total of 124 and-a-half years for murdering an 18-year-old as he walked home from a funfair – (ID 53…
In October of last year, Jack Woodley was stabbed in the back after an evening out at the fair in Houghton-le-Spring.He died the next night in the hospital.Ten males, aged 14 to 18, were convicted in June after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court in which witnesses described Jack being “isolated” by a mob that […]
An armed robber in Washington was apprehended by the public, who detained him at the scene
An armed robber who terrified workers on a shopping mall stall has been apprehended, thanks to a taxi driver, security personnel, and members of the public who detained him at the scene.
A sexual predator who assaulted a woman in a Wallsend park has been sentenced to prison
At around 4 p.m. on March 28, Alan Anthony Rothwell preyed on his victim as she walked through the Rising Sun Country Park.The 34-year-old sexually assaulted and attempted to rape the woman in her 60s before fleeing the scene, taking the victim’s phone and a five-pound note from her phone cover.The victim, who had suffered […]
Following a Cumbria Police investigation, a man who led an Organized Crime Group (OCG) from Liverpool was sentenced on Friday 10th June at Newcastle Crown Court for drug supply
A violent robber who preyed on a vulnerable pensioner has been apprehended
Thomas Smith, 63, was sentenced to ten years in prison for an unprovoked attack in Houghton-le-Spring.
A murderer who stabbed a man to death with a kitchen knife has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison
Dean Johnson, a violent man, appeared in Newcastle Crown Court today and was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Paul Wilkinson.Johnson met the 47-year-old on December 3 and stayed at his flat on Church Walk in Walker, according to the court.They stayed at the flat together until the following lunchtime, when, for […]
A man who has been charged with the 1992 murder of Sunderland school girl Nikki Allan has made his first crown court appearance
Nikki was found dead in the then derelict Exchange Building in Hendon after going missing near her family home on 7 October 1992. The seven-year-old had been at her grandparents’ flat but a desperate search was launched when she failed to make it back to her own home in the same block. The following […]
A man has appeared in court accused of the murder of Sunderland schoolgirl Nikki Allan who was brutally killed in 1992
David Boyd, 54, of Chesterton Court, Stockton-on-Tees, did not enter a plea to the allegation at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court this morning.Seven-year-old Nikki vanished after leaving her grandparents’ flat in the Wear Garth area of the city on Wednesday 7 October 1992.Nikki’s body was later found in the then derelict Old Exchange building a few […]
Members from a South Tyneside drugs ring which joined forces with a Merseyside organised crime group have been jailed for a total of 46 y…
Six convicted criminals are now behind bars for the roles they played in the shipping of high purity cocaine and amphetamine into the region – with a further two due to be sentenced at a later date. During the 22-week trial, drugs linchpin John Allcock and his cronies repeatedly denied their roles in the conspiracy, […]
Members from a South Tyneside drugs ring which joined forces with a Merseyside organised crime group have been jailed for a total of 46 years
Six convicted criminals are now behind bars for the roles they played in the shipping of high purity cocaine and amphetamine into the region – with a further two due to be sentenced at a later date. During the 22-week trial, drugs linchpin John Allcock and his cronies repeatedly denied their roles in the conspiracy, […]
A sex predator who planted a secret camera in a teenage girl’s bedroom for his own sexual gratification has been jailed
Ryan France secretly set up the device at his teenage victim’s home without her knowledge between September 2018 and May 2019. There he captured various clips of the girl including as she was getting dressed and spending time with her boyfriend. But the 25-year-old’s deception was exposed when another woman spotted the illegal images […]
Members of a drugs ring which wreaked havoc on Wearside have been jailed for a combined total of almost 36 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to supply illegal drugs
In November 2019 more than 160 officers from across the North of England joined forces as part of a coordinated crackdown aimed at dismantling the criminal organisation once and for all.
Members of a drugs ring which wreaked havoc on Wearside have been jailed for a combined total of almost 36 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to supply illegal drugs
In November 2019 more than 160 officers from across the North of England joined forces as part of a coordinated crackdown aimed at dismantling the criminal organisation once and for all.
Members of a drugs ring which wreaked havoc on Wearside have been jailed for a combined total of almost 36 years after pleading guilty to…
In November 2019 more than 160 officers from across the North of England joined forces as part of a coordinated crackdown aimed at dismantling the criminal organisation once and for all. A total of nine men were arrested in strikes that saw 15 properties raided, including those belonging to ringleader Leighton Hackett and […]
A bid to move the killer of Joanne Tulip to an open prison has been blocked by Dominic Raab
The Justice Secretary rejected the transfer of Steven Ling, overruling a Parole Board recommendation. Ling was jailed for life in December 1998 after he admitted to the murder of Ms Tulip in Stamfordham, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1997. A spokesman for Mr Raab said he had acted “in the interest of public protection”. This is […]
A man has been jailed for a vicious assault on a homeless man outside Newcastle Central station
