Rioter who set fire to a police vehicle jailed for five years
A 31-year-old man who set fire to a police vehicle during the riot in Bristol city centre has today been jailed for five years. [block_2] Matthew O’Neill, of Patchway, South Gloucestershire, admitted charges of riot and arson at a previous hearing, on what would have been the first day of his trial.
A teenager who robbed a man of £340 and later bragged about it to his friend has been jailed for more than two years
. [block_2] Nathan Arliss, 18, forced the man to transfer all the money from his bank account to them on 16 February.
Seven year old hospitalised after traffic come incident
A 7 year old who was playing in a garden was rushed to hospital after being hit on the head by part of a traffic cone after someone threw it over a 6 foot fence in Burrell Court in Bewbush on Saturday evening. [block_2] If anyone saw who threw it please contact Police Ref 1366/21/05
A drug dealer who planned the supply of £800,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed for nine years and two months
John Germaine, 33, of Holt Drive, Burscough, Lancashire, was arrested on 27 September last year on Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan, by officers from the specialist Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership (OCP). [block_2] On the back seat of his white Ford Kuga was £13,000 in cash and a one kilo bar of cocaine with a purity […]
Letchworth Garden City man sentenced to 15 years for domestic violence offences
[block_2] Danny Braybrook of Allison in Letchworth Garden City committed a series of violent offences between May and April 2021 including threatening his former partner with a samurai sword before sexually assaulting her.
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 34-year-old woman in Newham
Asim Hasan, 32 of Burrard Road, E16 was charged with murder in the early hours of Friday, 20 May. He appeared in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court later the same day and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday, 26 May. This follows a call to police at 06:24 […]
Four men who were convicted of murdering student Bill Henham at a New Year’s Eve party in Brighton have been jailed for a minimum of 86 years
Bill was beaten unconscious and dropped into a recessed courtyard, within a disused building in North Street on January 1, 2020. The 24-year-old, from Henfield, suffered extensive injuries, having been savagely beaten, kicked, stamped on and struck with a wooden bannister spindle. Dushane Meikle, 28, of Amberley Drive, Hove, Gregory Hawley, 29, of no fixed […]
Kent Child sex offender receives increased prison sentence following referral to the Court of Appeal
A man who carried out multiple child sex offences has received an increased prison sentence after the Solicitor General Alex Chalk QC MP referred his case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. [block_2] Lewis Green, now aged 20, engaged in sexualised conversations with a child aged between 13 and 15 […]
A man from Tunbridge Wells has been jailed after making threats to murder and bury his partner during an abusive relationship which saw her also repeatedly beaten
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A 55 year-old man who raped a woman at a residential property in Gosport has been jailed for seven years
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Lady scammed using a parking meter in Hove
Police want to identify a man in this image in relation to an incident in Blatchington Road, Hove. [block_2] Around 1pm on Monday, May 9 a woman was approached by a man while she was in her car who said that she was going to get a parking fine as an attendant had taken a […]
A man from Telford has been jailed for the murder of 23-year-old Dawid Kurdziel
Robert Wieczorkowski, 32, of Hurleybrook Way, Telford, was sent to prison for 18 years. [block_2] He was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court today (Thursday 19 May).
Detectives investigating the death of Ania Jedrkowiak in Ealing have charged a man with murder
Dennis Akpomedaye, 29 (18.08.92), of Blewitt Street, Newport, was charged on the evening of Wednesday, 18 May. He will appear in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 19 May. Police were called at 12.10am on Tuesday, 17 May to reports of a stabbing in an alleyway off Church Gardens, South Ealing. Officers attended and […]
An officer has been dismissed from the Met after a misconduct hearing found she had failed in her duties to safeguard a woman who was later killed by her partner
PC Sandeep Khunkhun, attached to the North West Command Unit, faced allegations that her conduct breached the standards of professional behaviour in relation to Duties and Responsibilities. This follows an independent investigation carried out by the IOPC following a referral from the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards. On 16 April 2020, Denise Keane-Simmons, (pictured) aged […]
Four suspects have been charged as part of an investigation into an assault in Whitstable
Shortly after midnight on the morning of Saturday 14 May 2022, a man and a woman were assaulted in the town’s High Street. Both victims were taken to hospital by South East Coast Ambulance Service and have since been discharged. Following an investigation by East Kent Criminal Investigation Department: • Lewis Jones, 26, of Chapman […]
A woman has been found guilty of murdering a baby she wanted to adopt
Laura Castle had admitted fatally shaking 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill after her lawyer said she “lost it” over his crying. Her husband Scott Castle was cleared of causing or allowing his death at the couple’s home in Barrow, Cumbria, in January 2021. At Preston Crown Court, Mrs Castle, 38, was also found guilty of one […]
Two men involved in the kidnap, rape and assault of a 17-year-old girl have been found guilty following a complex investigation by Met officers
Following an eight-week trial at Isleworth Crown Court, Abdul Howe 21 of Fortunegate Road, Brent, was convicted of two counts of kidnap, seven counts of rape, one count of possession of an item with a blade or point, one count of sexual assault by penetration, one count of false imprisonment, two counts of actual bodily […]
A man who tried to gouge a police officer’s eyes out while being challenged over burgling a house has been jailed.
A man who tried to gouge a police officer’s eyes out while being challenged over burgling a house has been jailed. Shaun Watkins viciously attacked the PC as he was confronted after kicking the door in of the address in Peterlee last month. The PC was polite enough to let Watkins finish in the toilet […]