A man has been jailed after admitting robbing a petrol station at knifepoint on New Year’s Day in Burton

Scott Appleby, aged 29, of Shakespeare Road, Burton-upon-Trent, was handed a seven-year and eight-month sentence at Stafford Crown Court on Friday (18 March) after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. During the same hearing, Appleby also pleaded guilty to previous offences of possession with intent to supply […]
Two men have been found guilty of manslaughter following the death of a man who passed away 13 years after being assaulted in Hednesford

Bernie Peter Smith, 30, of Rowley Close, Hednesford, and Kyle Neil Smith, 33, of Pebble Drive, Blackfords, Cannock, were found guilty of the manslaughter of Craig Robins today (Tuesday 5 October) following a trial at Stafford Crown Court.
A Stafford man has been jailed after pleading guilty to supplying heroin in the town

Simon McGuirk, also known as Simon Vella, aged 51, was jailed for three years at Stafford Crown Court after admitting possession with intent to supply heroin. The court heard that officers executed a warrant at the home address of 51-year-old McGuirk in Stone Road at 7.40am on 26 September 2019. McGuirk was detained and arrested. […]
A mother who inflicted severe injuries on her baby, causing permanent brain damage, has been jailed for 14 years.

A mother who inflicted severe injuries on her baby, causing permanent brain damage, has been jailed for 14 years. Sarah Ngaba, 27, previously of Brookside, Telford, was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court for causing grievous bodily harm with intent on her seven-week-old daughter resulting in life-threatening and life-limiting injuries. She had been convicted at an […]
A Stoke-on-Trent man has been jailed for 38 months for manslaughter following an incident where a man died in a Longton street

Ben Hunt was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court on Friday (April 16) after pleading guilty to the offence in an earlier hearing on 5 March.
A Stafford man has been jailed for eleven-and-a-half years for the rape of a teenage boy in the town

Richard Sherriff, aged 40, was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court. He was found guilty on 29 January of the rape of a boy aged between 13 and 15, between May 2008 and February 2009, following a trial at Stafford Crown Court. Sherriff, of Main Road, Little Haywood, was found not guilty of assault by […]
A Stafford man has been jailed for eleven-and-a-half years for the rape of a teenage boy in the town

Richard Sherriff, aged 40, was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court. He was found guilty on 29 January of the rape of a boy aged between 13 and 15, between May 2008 and February 2009, following a trial at Stafford Crown Court. Sherriff, of Main Road, Little Haywood, was found not guilty of assault by […]
A man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a 71-year-old woman in Knypersley

Kenneth Andrew McDermid, 43, admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility for the unlawful killing of Ann Wendy Morse last year. Wendy (as she was known) was found at her home in Tunstall Road, Knypersley, just after 7pm on Sunday 22 March 2020.
Uttoxeter man jailed for nearly four-and-a-half years over drugs and driving offences

An Uttoxeter man is starting a near-four-and-a-half-year jail term for a number of drugs and driving offences. Michael James Sergeant, aged 29, of Byrds Close, was sentenced to four years and five months on Monday (4 January) at Stafford Crown Court after being initially stopped by officers as a passenger in a white BMW 3 […]
Hashim Ajmar has absconded from HMP Sudbury

He left the open prison on 24th November The 22-year-old was convicted at Stafford Crown Court in 2019 for possession of heroin with intent to supply. Ajmal is an Asian male, 6ft tall and of slim build. He has brown eyes and brown hair. Ajmal has connections to the Dudley and Cradley Heath areas […]
A Tamworth teenager has been jailed for drugs offences and possessing weapons, including a crossbow and stun gun

Lyndon Sadler, aged 18, of Kettlebrook Road, was sentenced to seven years at Stafford Crown Court. The court heard Sadler had been arrested on 15 April after a Citroen C4 was stopped on the A4091 in Tamworth just after midday. Sadler was in the passenger seat. Officers found he had snap seal bags, electronic […]
A drug dealer from Wolverhampton has been detained for three years after being caught with substantial amounts of crack cocaine and heroin in Stafford – having been part of a County Lines operation

Rayon Saunders, aged 18, from Lakefield Road, was found by officers on Marston Road, Stafford, with 108 individual wraps of heroin and crack cocaine worth roughly £1,800, £360 in cash and two mobile phones at about 1.45pm on Thursday, 10 September. After trying to flee officers he was detained, with one officer receiving cuts […]
A drug dealer from Wolverhampton has been detained for three years after being caught with substantial amounts of crack cocaine and heroi…

Rayon Saunders, aged 18, from Lakefield Road, was found by officers on Marston Road, Stafford, with 108 individual wraps of heroin and crack cocaine worth roughly £1,800, £360 in cash and two mobile phones at about 1.45pm on Thursday, 10 September. After trying to flee officers he was detained, with one officer receiving cuts […]
Mohammed Hassan has been jailed for four years six months at Stafford Crown Court after pleading guilty to supplying crack cocaine

A man already serving a suspended sentence has been jailed after pleading guilty to drugs offences in Tamworth. Mohammed Hassan, 20, of Bromford Road, Birmingham, was jailed for four years six months at Stafford Crown Court after pleading guilty to supplying crack cocaine. He also pleaded guilty to possession of criminal property, £135 in […]
A Telford man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempted murder and a witness to the attack has been honoured for his bravery

Stephen Carless, aged 61 of Ketley Park Road, Telford, was sentenced today at Stafford Crown Court for attempted murder, GBH and stalking and harassment offences. He was given a 21 year jail term and a life-long restraining order regarding the victim and a witness. The attack took place in the early hours of 14 […]
A teenager has admitted raping and murdering an 18-year-old woman after she was stabbed eight times in the back in her own home
A teenager has admitted raping and murdering an 18-year-old woman after she was stabbed eight times in the back in her own home A teenager has admitted raping and murdering an 18-year-old woman after she was stabbed eight times in the back in her own home. Joseph Trevor, 19, today pleaded guilty to the murder […]
Burntwood couple found guilty of child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child following baby son’s death

Burntwood couple found guilty of child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child following baby son’s death A couple from Staffordshire have been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child and child cruelty after jurors heard their baby son had suffered injuries prior to his death in 2014. […]