A dangerous driver who caused the death of his girlfriend after colliding with a truck has been jailed
Cameron Holdsworth ploughed into the heavy goods vehicle on the evening of October 1, 2019 after driving at excess speed on the wrong side of the road. The collision on Coniston Road in Blyth sadly killed passenger Hannah Inman, 21, who was in a relationship with Holdsworth. An investigation later confirmed that Holdsworth – driving […]
Officers made short work of putting a car thief back behind bars… just 24 hours after left prison
Colin Jones, 43, was last week jailed for four and half years after he broke into an Ashington home and stole a car in the early hours of December 15 last year. Less than 24 hours earlier, on the morning of December 14, he had been released from prison after serving a sentence for a […]
Thomas and James Lee planned and carried out two shootings during a 48-hour crime spree in Newcastle in 2019
Two brothers who tried to murder a mother in her home by firing a sawn-off shotgun through the window have been jailed. Thomas and James Lee planned and carried out two shootings during a 48-hour crime spree in Newcastle in 2019. The first incident on the night of October 3 saw the brothers fire a […]
An arsonist who was caught on camera setting fire to her partner’s ex-wife’s home has been jailed
Chloe Shotton will spend Christmas behind bars after she was spotted on CCTV pushing a rag through a letterbox before setting it alight. Emergency crews were called to an address in North Shields in the early hours of July 31 after the occupant of the house awoke to find her fire alarms blaring and hall […]
A man has been handed a life sentence and told he must serve a minimum of 24 years in prison for murdering David Teague in a horrifying attack
Robert Askew killed the 33-year-old after holding him captive for several hours before fatally assaulting him with weapons. The attack took place at Askew’s home in Esh Winning, near Durham City, in April this year. Despite the efforts of members of the public and the emergency services, Mr Teague was sadly pronounced dead at […]
A man has been handed a life sentence and told he must serve a minimum of 24 years in prison for murdering David Teague in a horrifying a…
Robert Askew killed the 33-year-old after holding him captive for several hours before fatally assaulting him with weapons. The attack took place at Askew’s home in Esh Winning, near Durham City, in April this year. Despite the efforts of members of the public and the emergency services, Mr Teague was sadly pronounced dead at […]
A teenager has been found guilty of two rapes and six sexual assaults of four girls aged between 13 and 17 years old
Kieran Kindley and was convicted of preying on the four girls after carrying out the attacks in the Ashington area in 2020 The 20-year-old denied all the allegations put to him but on Friday 24 September was found guilty of two counts of rape and six counts of sexual assault at Newcastle Crown Court. […]
A predatory paedophile who raped and sexually assaulted a child has been jailed
Paul Hunter preyed on the young girl over a two year period subjecting her to a campaign of sexual abuse. The victim bravely came forward in 2019 and an investigation was launched by Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding department.
A sex predator from Blyth who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed
David Gallon, also known as David Storey, began abusing one of his victims when she was just 12-years-old, subjecting her to multiple and repeated sexual assaults. At first she was too frightened to report it to police but she bravely spoke out years later and an investigation was launched by Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding Unit. […]
A predatory taxi driver who sexually assaulted a passenger as she slept in the front seat of his car has been jailed
Bozlul Hoque, 44, has been sentenced to eight years behind bars after he drove his 21-year-old victim to a secluded street and abused her in April 2019. Newcastle Crown Court was told how the black cab driver had picked up the female student from outside a Newcastle city centre bar in the early hours […]
‘I had my dignity ripped from me’ – the words of a brave survivor that were read aloud in court as a judge jailed paedophile David Gallon…
Gallon, also known as David Storey, began abusing one of his victims when she was just 12 years old, subjecting her to multiple sexual assaults. At first she was too frightened to report it to police but she bravely spoke out years later and an investigation was launched by Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding Unit. And in […]
‘I had my dignity ripped from me’ – the words of a brave survivor that were read aloud in court as a judge jailed paedophile David Gallon for abusing two children.
Gallon, also known as David Storey, began abusing one of his victims when she was just 12 years old, subjecting her to multiple sexual assaults. At first she was too frightened to report it to police but she bravely spoke out years later and an investigation was launched by Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding Unit. And in […]
A man who attempted to rape a woman on a busy Newcastle street has been jailed
Istvan Stoberl attempted to rape his victim, who was in her 50s, on City Road in the afternoon in October last year. Two good Samaritans who witnessed the incident called police and officers were able to arrest Stoberl at the scene. An investigation was launched by Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding Unit and Stoberl was later […]
Heartless bully who blackmailed his vulnerable neighbour and threatened to hurt him unless he handed over savings convicted
Steanson and Smith have been remanded in custody until they are sentenced later this year A heartless bully who blackmailed his vulnerable neighbour and threatened to hurt him unless he handed over his savings has been convicted.
A predatory paedophile who raped a teenager and sexually assaulted another has been jailed
Wayne Thompson, who preyed on the girls while they slept, was originally charged with rape after one of his victims came forward after being abused in 2019. While awaiting trial, a second victim came forward to say she had been sexually assaulted more than 15 years earlier. Thompson, 34, denied both allegations and the […]
A prolific paedophile who repeatedly attacked seven girls in a campaign of abuse which spanned more than 40 years has been jailed for life
Anthony Burn began abusing one of the victims in Northumberland in the early 80s and repeatedly raped her for two years. He then began repeatedly abusing two other victims over a two-year period. And in the early 90s, Burn who is originally from Northumberland, then began a campaign of abuse on two further victims, […]
Three men caught up in botched firearms conspiracy jailed after police uncovered two home-made guns
Pictured left to right, Ciaran Anderson, John Nimmo & Dale Elliott were all handed custodial sentences Three men caught up in a botched firearms conspiracy are behind bars after police uncovered two home-made guns. Ciaran Anderson approached Dale Elliott and John Nimmo in April 2020 asking whether they could make him a gun following a […]
A predatory paedophile who subjected three children to sexual abuse has been jailed.
A predatory paedophile who subjected three children to sexual abuse has been jailed. Paul Berry began abusing his first victim in 1988 when he indecently assaulted a young girl. He then began abusing two young boys in 2007 when he would make sexual advances towards them and sexually assault them. The victims all bravely came […]
