Man Faces Multiple Rape Charges After Dark Dating Encounters

Court Round-Up: Driving Offences, Order Breaches and Suspended Sentences Across Bromley and Surrounding Areas

  High Wycombe Man Charged Over Horrific Sex Attacks Andrew Dent, 54, from Desborough Road, High Wycombe, was charged with a string of chilling offences following a Thames Valley Police probe. On Tuesday, 24th February, Dent was hit with nine counts of rape, five counts of sexual assault by penetration, three counts of intentional strangulation, […]

Reading Drug Dealers Busted and Banged Up

Two local men have been slammed with prison time for running a drug supply racket in Reading. Michael Shackleford, 39, and Scott Barnes, 38, were locked up last week at Reading Crown Court. Crack and Heroin Supply Nets Heavy Jail Terms Shackleford, from Portman Road, copped four years and two months inside. Barnes, of Basingstoke […]

Chertsey Man Jailed for Rape and Strangulation in Berkshire

A man from Chertsey has been locked up for eight years after a chilling sexual assault in Berkshire. Farai Maumbe Found Guilty of Multiple Sex Crimes Farai Maumbe, 43, of Nightingale Avenue, Chertsey, was convicted by a unanimous jury at Reading Crown Court. He was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault by penetration, […]

Reading Man Locked Up for Dealing Massive Haul of Class A Drugs

A 27-year-old man from Reading has been sentenced to nearly three years behind bars for dealing an enormous stash of illegal drugs. Piotr Florek’s Big Bust Piotr Florek, of Basingstoke Road, was handed a two-year and nine-month prison sentence at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, 11 February. He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to […]

Notorious Reading Burglar Chloe Keates Jailed for 59 Weeks

A homeless woman has been locked up for nearly a year after a string of crimes in Reading. Chloe Keates, 30, was slammed with a 59-week prison sentence following a Thames Valley Police investigation. Multiple Crimes Land Keates Behind Bars At Reading Crown Court on 22 December 2025, Keates pleaded guilty to a shocking spree […]

Maidenhead Man Locked Up for Pushing £44k Worth of Cocaine

  Drug Dealer Busted After Police Raid Robert Appleton, 49, from Wessex Way, Maidenhead, was sentenced to 27 months behind bars at Reading Crown Court on Friday 30 January 2026. The Crown slapped him with possession with intent to supply a class A drug — cocaine. £44,000 Worth of Drugs Seized in Police Crackdown Last […]

Teen Jailed Over Drug Supply in Reading

A 19-year-old man has been locked up for over two years after being caught dealing drugs in Reading, Thames Valley Police confirmed. Drugs, Cash, and Phones Seized Archie Hales, of no fixed address, admitted to possession with intent to supply heroin and cocaine, plus possession of criminal property, during a Reading Crown Court hearing on […]

Reading Man Jailed for Horrific Domestic Abuse

A Reading man has been locked up for over three years after subjecting his former partner to relentless violence and control. Michel Yanni, 47, was sentenced to three years and two months

Young Dealer Caught Red-Handed

A 19-year-old man has been locked up for drug supply crimes in Reading following a Thames Valley Police crackdown. Archie Hales, who has no fixed address, pled guilty to possession with intent

Slough Man Jailed Nearly 3 Years for Cocaine Bust

Quick Justice at Reading Crown Court A 21-year-old Slough man has been locked up for nearly three years following a swift police crackdown on drugs. Haneef Sheraz, from Greystoke Road, was sentenced