A man who carried out a shooting spree at an address in Skelmersdale in a targeted attack has been jailed
Thomas Anderson, 22, of no fixed abode, appeared at Preston Crown Court to be sentenced for the incident which occurred at around 1.30pm on October 15th 2019. During the incident Anderson made his way through a house on Belfield with a handgun, shooting first at a 22-year-old man, causing injuries to his upper chest […]
A man who carried out a shooting spree at an address in Skelmersdale in a targeted attack has been jailed
Thomas Anderson, 22, of no fixed abode, appeared at Preston Crown Court to be sentenced for the incident which occurred at around 1.30pm on October 15th 2019.
Have you seen Jordan McManus, 23, from Blackpool ?
He is wanted after failing to appear at Preston Crown Court last Tuesday (6th April) in relation to the stabbing of a 17-year-old boy on Tuesday, April 14th 2020. McManus is described as being around 6ft, of slim build with dark hair. He also has links to West Yorkshire. McManus is aware that he […]
Blackpool man snared by police as he arranged ‘sickening’ child abuse
John Kenny, from Blackpool, arranged online to carry out sickening abuse of children.
A man has today been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 27 years for the murder of Susan Waring and a string of violent o…
Alan Edwards, 48, of Blackburn Road, Darwen was convicted of Susan’s murder last week following a trial at Preston Crown Court. He was also found guilty of 19 other offences against four other women he had been in relationships with, spanning twenty years. Susan Waring’s body has never been found. Susan (pictured below, right), a […]
A man has today been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 27 years for the murder of Susan Waring and a string of violent offences against four other victims
Alan Edwards, 48, of Blackburn Road, Darwen was convicted of Susan’s murder last week following a trial at Preston Crown Court. He was also found guilty of 19 other offences against four other women he had been in relationships with, spanning twenty years. Susan Waring’s body has never been found.
A teenager has been given a nine-year custodial sentence after stabbing a man in Blackburn
Officers were called to Dalton Close at 2.50pm on August 5, last year, to reports a man in his 20s had suffered a single stab wound to the abdomen. Although his condition was described as life-threatening at the time, thanks in part to the quick actions of his neighbours and officers at […]
A Blackpool woman has been jailed for the manslaughter of her baby daughter
Caitlin Jones, 21, of Willowbank Avenue, was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison at Preston Crown Court for the manslaughter of eight-month-old Francesca Haworth. Police were called by the Ambulance Service around 7.30am on November 7, 2018, following reports a baby had been found unresponsive at an address on Frederick Street. […]
A Blackpool woman has been jailed for the manslaughter of her baby daughter
Caitlin Jones, 21, of Willowbank Avenue, was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison at Preston Crown Court for the manslaughter of eight-month-old Francesca Haworth. Police were called by the Ambulance Service around 7.30am on November 7, 2018, following reports a baby had been found unresponsive at an address on Frederick Street. […]
A woman has been sentenced for the manslaughter of her grandad
Elizabeth Birtwistle, 32, of no fixed address, was given a hospital order at Preston Crown Court for the manslaughter of Raymond Conlan, 75. Police were called around 3.50am on March 6, 2020, to a report of a serious assault at an address in Cedar Grove, Longton. Emergency services attended with Mr Conlan, 75, found […]
A woman has been sentenced for the manslaughter of her grandad
Elizabeth Birtwistle, 32, of no fixed address, was given a hospital order at Preston Crown Court for the manslaughter of Raymond Conlan, 75.
Officers have urged all victims of such abuse to come forward, saying all incidents will be investigated thoroughly and sensitively
Police say they are again stressing their commitment to tackling domestic abuse – after a man was jailed for five years following attacks on a woman. Callum Astley, 28, targeted his victim in a number of assaults while living in Grange-over-Sands last summer.
A man who subjected his victim to years of physical and sexual abuse has been given a 22-year sentence for a string of violent offences
Umar Hamid abused the woman over a period of 14 years after they met when she was just 18. Most of the offending took place between 2006 and 2013 but resurfaced in the spring of 2020 when the victim, now 32, reported him to the police. Hamid, 29, previously Hazel Avenue, Darwen, was arrested […]
A man who subjected his victim to years of physical and sexual abuse has been given a 22-year sentence for a string of violent offences
Umar Hamid abused the woman over a period of 14 years after they met when she was just 18.
Two people have been jailed for their involvement in the murder of a Fleetwood man
David Carney, 38, of Argosy Avenue, Blackpool, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 16 years and seven months at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to the murder of Raymond Cullen in October 2019.
Two men have been jailed for a total of more than five years for carrying Class A drugs on the railway, following a British Transport Pol…
Jai Mistry, aged 23, of Lyne View, Hyde and Jacob Murray, aged 24, of Florence Street, Droylsden, both pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Supply Class A and Conspiracy to Supply Class B and were sentenced to 32 months each at Preston Crown Court. The court heard how information found on the defendants’ phones […]
Two men have been jailed for a total of more than five years for carrying Class A drugs on the railway, following a British Transport Police investigation
Jai Mistry, aged 23, of Lyne View, Hyde and Jacob Murray, aged 24, of Florence Street, Droylsden, both pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Supply Class A and Conspiracy to Supply Class B and were sentenced to 32 months each at Preston Crown Court. The court heard how information found on the defendants’ phones […]
A man has been sentenced after admitting to assaulting a fellow prison inmate who later died
Joshua Kettle , 30, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison at Preston Crown Court after attacking Richard Hamill, 39, at HMP Lancaster Farms last year.
