A man has been charged in connection with two robberies in Reading as a result of a Police investigation
Wayne McLeod, 44, of HMP Channings Wood in Devon, was charged on Tuesday with two counts of robbery.The charges stem from robberies that occurred at Coral on Erleigh Road around 6.55 p.m. on Saturday and Co-op Food on Erleigh Road around 4 p.m. on Sunday.McLeod was arrested and remanded in custody before appearing in Reading […]
A woman has been sentenced to more than four years’ imprisonment after she was convicted of robbing a 90-year-old woman in her own home in Bracknell
Jasmine Junor, aged 29, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to robbery in a hearing at Reading Crown Court.
A woman has been sentenced to more than four years’ imprisonment after she was convicted of robbing a 90-year-old woman in her own home i…
Jasmine Junor, aged 29, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to robbery in a hearing at Reading Crown Court. She was sentenced to four years and four months in prison for robbery. At just after midnight on 19 April this year, the victim was sitting in her living room in Crowthorne Road, Bracknell, when […]
A family who brought a Polish woman to the UK for the purpose of servitude have been jailed
Two men and two women have been were sentenced on Friday, 25 March, at Reading Crown Court after they were found guilty at Wood Green Crown Court on 2 December 2021, following a seven-week trial. They are:
Four men who were found guilty of killing Raheem Hanif in a violent attack in Tilehurst last February have been given prison sentences totalling 50 years
Twenty-six-year-old Raheem Hanif and his father had parked up in their van outside Raheem’s house on the evening of 6 February 2021, when they were set upon by four young men with baseball bats and large knives. Raheem was fatally stabbed during the attack. Abas Khan, 24, and Kamran Chowdhary, 18, who were convicted earlier […]
Four men who were found guilty of killing Raheem Hanif in a violent attack in Tilehurst last February have been given prison sentences to…
Twenty-six-year-old Raheem Hanif and his father had parked up in their van outside Raheem’s house on the evening of 6 February 2021, when they were set upon by four young men with baseball bats and large knives. Raheem was fatally stabbed during the attack. Abas Khan, 24, and Kamran Chowdhary, 18, who were convicted earlier […]
Two men have been jailed after a man was stabbed in Maidenhead
Daniel Franklin, aged 21, of Raymond Road, Maidenhead, was sentenced to nine years in prison at Reading Crown Court on Monday (28/2). Franklin must serve two-thirds of his sentence before being considered for release on licence as the judge considered him a dangerous offender. While Frankie Harris, ( 1st pic) aged 21, of Ellington Park, […]
Five men have been sentenced in connection with the death of Andrew Ballantyne in High Wycombe last summer, in a hearing at Reading Crown Court
Asher Anderson, aged 35, of Walton Gardens, Wembley was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of Andrew Ballantyne, and three months imprisonment for common assault, relating to an incident on the same evening, to be served concurrently.
Five men have been sentenced in connection with the death of Andrew Ballantyne in High Wycombe last summer, in a hearing at Reading Crown…
Asher Anderson, aged 35, of Walton Gardens, Wembley was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of Andrew Ballantyne, and three months imprisonment for common assault, relating to an incident on the same evening, to be served concurrently. James Scott, aged 32 of Hawthorne Road, High Wycombe, was sentenced to six years and […]
A man has been jailed for attempted murder in Reading
Patrick Benjamin, aged 43, of Lulworth Road, Reading, was sentenced to 13 years in prison at Reading Crown Court yesterday (23/2).
A 14-year-old female who admitted manslaughter after a 13-year-old boy was knifed to death over a social media row has had her sentence increased
The teenager had been given a sentence of three years and two months following the killing of Olly Stephens in Reading in January 2021. Three appeal judges concluded that the sentence was unduly lenient. They ruled the custodial term should be increased to five years. The teenager who was 13 at the time, admitted […]
A 14-year-old female who admitted manslaughter after a 13-year-old boy was knifed to death over a social media row has had her sentence i…
The teenager had been given a sentence of three years and two months following the killing of Olly Stephens in Reading in January 2021. Three appeal judges concluded that the sentence was unduly lenient. They ruled the custodial term should be increased to five years. The teenager who was 13 at the time, admitted […]
Seventeen year old boy charged as Police continue to investigate the murder of a 22-year-old man in Reading
The force was called to reports of a man stabbed in Romany Lane, Tilehurst on Sunday (31/10).
Seventeen year old boy charged as Police continue to investigate the murder of a 22-year-old man in Reading
The force was called to reports of a man stabbed in Romany Lane, Tilehurst on Sunday (31/10). The victim was formally identified as 22-year-old Reece Heffernan from Tilehurst. Our thoughts remain with his family at this difficult time and we continue to support them. A post-mortem concluded the cause of death to be a […]
A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by a judge for illegally letting out an outbuilding for more than three years
A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by a judge for illegally letting out an outbuilding for more than three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice which prohibited the outbuilding being used as a self-contained residence which he was letting out. The structure in the garden […]
Man jailed for more that 11 years over André Bent murder
An eleventh man involved in violent disorder in Maidstone which led to a murder has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison.
A man has been convicted of murder in relation to the death of a woman in Thatcham which occurred earlier this year.
Christopher Joseph Minards, aged 35, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty on Thursday (5/8) ahead of a trial at Reading Crown Court to one count of murder and one count of possession of a knife, blade or sharp pointed article in a public place.
A group of Doncaster men who broke into properties in Maidenhead armed with crowbars and baseball bats have been sentenced
The first raid took place at Denham Close at 1.15am on May 6 when the two men, 39-year-old Alan Finley and 23-year-old Ibrahim Ormangorem, forced entry into the property using crowbars and threatened the victim for her mobile phone.
