A driver who caused the death of her 22-year-old passenger has been sentenced today after admitting a charge of causing death by dangerou…
Demi-Elise Michaud, of Blawith, Ulverston, admitted the charge at an earlier hearing and was sentenced today (5 April) at Preston Crown Court to 14 months in prison. She was also disqualified from driving for two years, and must take an extended retest prior to regaining her license. The court heard how Michaud had driven […]
A woman who who starved her daughter to death could have her prison sentence increased
Elaine Clarke, 49, was jailed for nine years and seven months after pleading guilty to gross negligence manslaughter after initially denying the offence. The emaciated body of Debbie Leitch, 24, who had Down’s syndrome, was found at her Blackpool home in August 2019. Conservative MP Scott Benton asked the Attorney General’s Office to review […]
A Lancashire man has been jailed for repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting two young children
Nigel Turner, 72, from Morecambe, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers in November 2021, after he distributed multiple indecent images of the children (IIOC) via an online messaging app. Some of the images, which he shared using an account created with a false name, showed him sexually abusing one of the children. When arresting […]
A man has been jailed for life for the murder of pensioner Bill Howard in Accrington
John Swannack, 59, of St Leger Court, Accrington, was told by Judge Robert Altham at Preston Crown Court he would have to serve a minimum of 30 years until he is eligible to go before the Parole Board. We were called to an address just before 2pm on August 28, last year, to St […]
A man has been jailed for life for the murder of pensioner Bill Howard in Accrington
John Swannack, 59, of St Leger Court, Accrington, was told by Judge Robert Altham at Preston Crown Court he would have to serve a minimum of 30 years until he is eligible to go before the Parole Board. We were called to an address just before 2pm on August 28, last year, to St […]
A man has been jailed for life for the murder of pensioner Bill Howard in Accrington
John Swannack, 59, of St Leger Court, Accrington, was told by Judge Robert Altham at Preston Crown Court he would have to serve a minimum of 30 years until he is eligible to go before the Parole Board. We were called to an address just before 2pm on August 28, last year, to St […]
A man has been jailed for life for the murder of pensioner Bill Howard in Accrington – (ID 522351)
John Swannack, 59, of St Leger Court, Accrington, was told by Judge Robert Altham at Preston Crown Court he would have to serve a minimum of 30 years until he is eligible to go before the Parole Board. We were called to an address just before 2pm on August 28, last year, to St […]
A teenager has today been jailed after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of an elderly man in Preston
Police were called shortly after 3pm on September 10th 2021 to The Paddock, Fulwood, following a report of an assault. Officers attended and found the victim, Frank Fishwick, aged 86, with facial injuries. He later attended the hospital but sadly died the following morning. A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be bleeding […]
A teenager has today been jailed after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of an elderly man in Preston – (ID 522339)
Police were called shortly after 3pm on September 10th 2021 to The Paddock, Fulwood, following a report of an assault. Officers attended and found the victim, Frank Fishwick, aged 86, with facial injuries. He later attended the hospital but sadly died the following morning. A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be bleeding […]
A teenager has today been jailed after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of an elderly man in Preston
Police were called shortly after 3pm on September 10th 2021 to The Paddock, Fulwood, following a report of an assault. Officers attended and found the victim, Frank Fishwick, aged 86, with facial injuries. He later attended the hospital but sadly died the following morning. A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be bleeding […]
A mother who ill-treated her disabled daughter, leading to her death from severe emaciation and neglect, has been jailed
Elaine Clarke, 49, of Garden Terrace, Blackpool, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after previously admitting to the gross negligence manslaughter of her daughter Debbie Leitch, who had Down’s Syndrome. Around 10.40pm on August 29, 2019, paramedics attended Garden Terrace after a family member sadly found Debbie, 24, dead in her bedroom. Ambulance crews […]
A man who lured a taxi driver to Blackburn before robbing him at knifepoint has been jailed for four years
At 8.40am on September 6 defendant Reece Waring called the taxi from a hotel in Blackburn and arranged for it to collect him from a nearby street. Waring got into the front of the taxi and claimed he was from Salford, but was unable to say exactly where from. When the taxi driver dropped him […]
A man who lured a taxi driver to Blackburn before robbing him at knifepoint has been jailed for four years – (ID 521300)
At 8.40am on September 6 defendant Reece Waring called the taxi from a hotel in Blackburn and arranged for it to collect him from a nearby street. Waring got into the front of the taxi and claimed he was from Salford, but was unable to say exactly where from. When the taxi driver dropped him […]
A man who lured a taxi driver to Blackburn before robbing him at knifepoint has been jailed for four years
At 8.40am on September 6 defendant Reece Waring called the taxi from a hotel in Blackburn and arranged for it to collect him from a nearby street. Waring got into the front of the taxi and claimed he was from Salford, but was unable to say exactly where from. When the taxi driver dropped him […]
A man who sexually assaulted two women and then forged a letter purporting to be from one victim claiming he was innocent has been jailed
Anthony Kirkbright sent the letter to a police station while on remand for the sex attacks in Accrington and Blackburn, Lancashire Police said. But the letter had a postage stamp from HMP Altcourse, where he was being held. The 54-year-old was jailed for four years at Preston Crown Court after admitting the assaults. Kirkbright, of […]
Two men have been charged with the murder of teenager Aya Hachem in Blackburn
Law student Aya, 19, was killed on Sunday, May 17th as she walked by Quick Shine Car Wash, King Street and was struck by a stray bullet shot from a passing Toyota Avensis. The bullet went through her body and was embedded in a telegraph pole. She had been walking to buy food for her family […]
Two men have been charged with the murder of teenager Aya Hachem in Blackburn – (ID 520328)
Law student Aya, 19, was killed on Sunday, May 17th as she walked by Quick Shine Car Wash, King Street and was struck by a stray bullet shot from a passing Toyota Avensis. The bullet went through her body and was embedded in a telegraph pole. She had been walking to buy food for her family […]
Two men have been charged with the murder of teenager Aya Hachem in Blackburn
Law student Aya, 19, was killed on Sunday, May 17th as she walked by Quick Shine Car Wash, King Street and was struck by a stray bullet shot from a passing Toyota Avensis. The bullet went through her body and was embedded in a telegraph pole. She had been walking to buy food for her family […]
