Two men have been jailed for a total of more than five years for carrying Class A drugs on the railway
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 on Friday, 11 December. The court heard how information found on […]
A pensioner who sexually assaulted a woman with learning difficulties on a train has been jailed for more than two years, following a British Transport Police investigation
Phillip Clive Butterworth, aged 70, of New Oceans Hotel, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and was sentenced to 27 months behind bars at Preston Crown Court on Monday, 7 December. He was also issued with a restraining order to prevent him from contacting the victim and placed on the sex offenders register for […]
A pensioner who sexually assaulted a woman with learning difficulties on a train has been jailed for more than two years, following a Bri…
Phillip Clive Butterworth, aged 70, of New Oceans Hotel, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and was sentenced to 27 months behind bars at Preston Crown Court on Monday, 7 December. He was also issued with a restraining order to prevent him from contacting the victim and placed on the sex offenders register for […]
A 72-year-old man has today been banned from the road and given a curfew after causing the death of a biker
At around 1.30pm on May 19th 2019 Stewart Anthony’s Toyota Yaris collided with a Triumph motorcycle on New Road, Burnley. Paramedics attended the scene but sadly the rider of the motorcycle, who has since been named as Chris Raw, 62, from Huddersfield, died at the scene.
Men jailed for Blackpool manslaughter
Christopher Carrington 26, of no fixed address and Kevin Gracia 26, of Hilltop Avenue, London were found guilty by the jury at Preston Crown Court of the manslaughter of Kris Kam (pictured below). Carrington and a third man, Shaquille Cumberbatch (pictured far right), 27, of Montrose Avenue, Edgware, were also convicted of the robbery of […]
Six people have been jailed for running a brothel which exploited young Romanian women to work as prostitutes.
The gang’s business model was to advertise the sexual services of young women on the internet and to move women from town to town. They applied a particular premium to the feature that a girl was “new in town;” often the banner headline on the Viva Street website, for example offering a woman for […]
A drunk driver who crashed into another car while trying to do a U-turn on the M6 has been jailed
Moses Khombe (pictured left), 41, of Lake View, Dunstable, appeared at Preston Crown Court yesterday (Monday, November 23rd) where he was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison, was handed a driving ban of four years and five months and was told he must take an extended test and pay costs to his […]
A man who robbed and attacked an elderly couple in their Accrington home has been sent to prison for 12 years
Jason McCash was also given an extended licence period of three years after Judge Beverley Lunt, sitting at Preston Crown Court, deemed him to be a dangerous offender. Officers were called to Marlborough Road at 11pm on January 27 following the break-in. The victims, a woman in her 60s and a man in his […]
Daniel Swarbrick has been jailed after pleading guilty to two knifepoint robberies and sexual assaults
An 18-year-old man been jailed after pleading guilty to two knifepoint robberies and sexual assaults. Daniel Swarbrick, of Oxford Road, Burnley, was given a six and a half year custodial sentence, with an extended licence of one and a half years, at Preston Crown Court yesterday (Thursday, November 5). Swarbrick, 17 at the time […]
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A man has been jailed for nine years after slitting his friend’s throat and stabbing him multiple times in the back with a kitchen knife
During the frantic 999 call that you can hear in this video, the victim can be heard shouting in the background that he was going to die. Today Lindsay Harkin, 29, previously of Swift Close, Blackburn was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to section 18 wounding, robbery and possession of a bladed […]
A child rapist who bribed young girls with treats in a sickening bid to stop them from speaking out about his abuse has faced justice in court
Tobias Neilson, 38, was last week jailed for more than ten years for sexual abuse of three girls, one of whom was just five when he began his reign of terror upon her. Preston Crown Court heard how Clitheroe man Neilson was a teenager when he started kissing, groping and touching his victims, with his […]
A child rapist who bribed young girls with treats in a sickening bid to stop them from speaking out about his abuse has faced justice in …
Tobias Neilson, 38, was last week jailed for more than ten years for sexual abuse of three girls, one of whom was just five when he began his reign of terror upon her. Preston Crown Court heard how Clitheroe man Neilson was a teenager when he started kissing, groping and touching his victims, with his […]
A paedophile who committed a number of sex offences against two girls in Blackpool ‘to satisfy his own depraved sexual desires’ has been jailed for 11 years.
Richard McAdam, of Rixton Grove, Thornton, was arrested in August 2017 after Lancashire Police received a complaint from a victim who alleged she had been raped by the 60-year-old in 2001, when she was 12. Another victim was identified by police and reported that she had been indecently assaulted as a child by McAdam […]
A paedophile who committed a number of sex offences against two girls in Blackpool ‘to satisfy his own depraved sexual desires’ has been …
Richard McAdam, of Rixton Grove, Thornton, was arrested in August 2017 after Lancashire Police received a complaint from a victim who alleged she had been raped by the 60-year-old in 2001, when she was 12. Another victim was identified by police and reported that she had been indecently assaulted as a child by McAdam […]
Three men have been sent to prison after Police unearthed one of the largest cannabis set-ups ever found in Lancashire – worth £2.6million
Three men have been sent to prison after our officers unearthed one of the largest cannabis set-ups ever found in Lancashire – worth £2.6million. They were sentenced today at Preston Crown Court to a combined total of just over 10 years imprisonment. The three men were all convicted of producing a class B drug. Aurel […]
A martial arts teacher has been jailed for three years after admitting online child sexual abuse offences and refusing to hand over the passcode to his phone
A martial arts teacher has been jailed for three years after admitting online child sexual abuse offences and refusing to hand over the passcode to his phone A martial arts teacher has been jailed for three years after admitting online child sexual abuse offences and refusing to hand over the passcode to his phone. Aron […]
A martial arts teacher has been jailed for three years after admitting online child sexual abuse offences and refusing to hand over the p…
A martial arts teacher has been jailed for three years after admitting online child sexual abuse offences and refusing to hand over the passcode to his phone A martial arts teacher has been jailed for three years after admitting online child sexual abuse offences and refusing to hand over the passcode to his phone. Aron […]
