Frank Williams, the Dad’s Army actor, has died at the age of 90
In the hit 1970s comedy, Williams portrayed vicar Timothy Farthing.In many episodes, he became entangled in the platoon’s misadventures, often by accident.Williams was born in London and attended Ardingly College in West Sussex and Hendon School (then Hendon County School).Williams began his acting career in repertory theatre, most notably at the Watford Palace Theatre, which […]
A man who made sexual remarks to two young girls in a shop and then attempted to kidnap them has been sentenced to prison
Leslie Foster approached the children, all of whom were under the age of 13, on September 25, 2021, in Home Bargains in Liverpool’s St Johns Shopping Centre.The 71-year-old man, who had no fixed address, was arrested in the shopping centre after store employees alerted police.At Liverpool Crown Court, he was sentenced to nine years and […]
Five small boats carrying 231 migrants passed through the English Channel on Friday
According to statistics, 837 people have made the crossing in small boats in the last week.So far this month, 2,595 people have crossed from France, bringing the total number of people who have crossed this year to 12,159.The total for this year is more than double what it was for the same period last year.In […]
A football player who verbally abused another player was found guilty of homophobic hate crime
Tower Hamlets FC’s Ayokunle Odedoyin, 32, used a homophobic slur against Sheppey United’s Jahmal Howlett-Mundle during their FA Cup match on 7 August last year. Mr Howlett-Mundle had publicly declared himself to be bisexual about ten days before the incident. Tower Hamlets FC were losing the game when Odedoyin launched a late tackle and verbally […]
Drink driver who brought Gatwick airport to a standstill after crash is charged
On Friday, June 24, a man was arrested at #Gatwick Airport after a vehicle was abandoned at the north terminal. He was charged with drink-driving. While the vehicle was being investigated, a cordon was put in place. Andris Sibu, 34, of Dublin, Ireland, is scheduled to appear in court in August.
A suspect has been charged after a man was stabbed during a street fight
Officers were dispatched to reports of a disturbance in Radford’s Independent Street/Alfreton Road area around 4.30pm on Wednesday (22 June 2022). Two men suspected of being involved were taken to the hospital. One person was stabbed in the shoulder. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-altering at this time. The other […]
For a series of sexual offences, a 29-year-old man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison
For a series of sexual offences, a 29-year-old man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Reece Larkin, of Norwich’s Humbleyard, appeared in Norwich Crown Court yesterday (Thursday, June 23, 2022), after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault at an earlier hearing. The charges stem from an incident that […]
A Nigerian senator has been charged with conspiracy to transport a boy to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, appeared earlier on Thursday at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in west London.The alleged victim, a 15-year-old boy, has been taken into custody. The Met Police stated that agencies were working to assist him.Mr Ekweremadu, a politician and a barrister, was deputy president of the Senate, according […]
A man who used his victim’s phone to film himself raping her while she slept was sentenced to ten years in prison
Cameron Hassan, 32, changed his plea to guilty after the jury saw the video of the rape in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.At Swansea Crown Court, Judge Geraint Walters told him that it was “difficult to imagine a greater act of degradation to a woman.Hassan, who has no fixed address, must also register as a sex offender for […]
A murder trial heard CCTV footage of a 15-year-old boy being hit more than 100 times in 30 minutes
Agnieszka Kalinowski and her partner Andrzej Latoszewski deny murdering Sebastian Kalinowski in August 2021.A clip taken two weeks before the teen’s death of Mr Latoszewski repeatedly hitting him at their Huddersfield home was shown in Leeds Crown Court.Mr. Latoszewski has confessed to manslaughter.Sebastian is grabbed by the shirt and pulled around the family’s living room […]
A man in Cambridge who was in charge of the ‘active’ drug line was sentenced to more than four years in prison
Daniel Bari was found guilty of supplying class A drugs such as crack cocaine and heroin throughout the city between September and December of last year (2021). When police seized his phone in Roseford Road in September, they arrested the 23-year-old for a separate offence. His phone was later linked to the ‘active’ drugs line, […]
Sonachi Obasi, aged 22, of Invicta Grove, Northolt, London, was sentenced to three years in prison at Aylesbury Crown Court
He pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A, namely crack cocaine and heroin, and one count of possession of criminal property. At around 11.40am on 22 January, an officer observed two known drug users at the top of the alleyway that separates Castle Street […]
A man who pretended to be a police officer before stealing a bank card from an elderly resident and then using it to make numerous purchases has been sentenced to prison
Detectives looking into a string of distraction burglaries in Bognor Regis were able to connect James Beaney, 45, of Gravits Lane, Bognor Regis, to at least two of them.He called at the home of an 89-year-old man in town around 8 p.m. on May 16. He pretended to be a plainclothes police officer and insisted […]
Thanks to the county’s local bus operators, children and young people in Kent are once again being offered free bus travel during the summer holidays as part of KCC’s Reconnect scheme
Every young person in school Years 6 to 13 can receive a free bus pass to help them travel around the county during the school holidays, which can be used on Stagecoach and Arriva buses, as well as other services subsidised by KCC, between 23 July and 31 August 2022. By […]
Pair to appear in court over football disorder
Following an incident at the end of a football match between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United, two men have been served with summonses. Rhian Brewster, 22, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, and Oli McBurnie, 26, of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, will be charged with common assault in relation to disorder after a game at the City Ground […]
Following a Cumbria Police investigation, a man who led an Organized Crime Group (OCG) from Liverpool was sentenced on Friday 10th June at Newcastle Crown Court for drug supply
Yacine Djalti, 20, of Liverpool but with no fixed address, was sentenced today to nine years and nine months in prison for A heroin supply conspiracy Crack cocaine supply conspiracy Criminal property damage Being in public with a knife blade Racially charged public order The charges stem from the operation of a […]
A man from south London has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for historical sexual abuse of two young children
Anthony King, 54 , of Bennetts Close, Mitcham, was sentenced on Wednesday, 22 June at Kingston Crown Court for historical sexual abuse against two children between 2003 and 2007. The investigating officer, Detective Constable Alison Way, stated, “This is a fantastic result, and I am grateful that all of my hard work […]
A couple who kept vulnerable people as slaves and forced them to work for free at a car wash business in Bristol were sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison
Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska, both 46, were the ringleaders of a Bristol modern slavery and human trafficking operation, convincing vulnerable people to travel from Slovakia to work for them. Tancos would recruit victims using his connections to orphanages and camps in Slovakia, promising them transportation, a place to live, food, and a better life. […]
