A jury at Southwark Crown Court yesterday found the 74-year-old guilty of two counts of cheating the public revenue and one of fraud by false representation
His wife, 60-year-old Doris Stainer, had appeared charged with the same crimes but was found not guilty. During the trial, the court heard how money is taken from staff pay-packets and meant for HMRC was simply scooped up by Mr Stainer. The years-long swindle was said to total £473,097.07, jurors were told. Anthony Hucklesby, prosecuting, […]
A man has been jailed after he exposed himself to a group of school girls
Monuzar Hussain Hamza, 34, a stock taker, of no fixed address, followed the four girls, aged between 14 and 15, along Moat Road in East Grinstead around 3pm on 14 February. He whistled to get their attention and called out to them, and as they turned around, he was exposing himself and acting indecently […]
A man has been jailed for 9 years after raping a woman in Fareham
John Sommerville Taylor Horne, aged 39, was charged with two counts of rape and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after he attacked the woman, aged in her 20s, on the footbridge that crossed over Western Way, close to Fareham train station. The woman had told police that she left Slug and Lettuce […]
A woman who murdered a baby boy she wanted to adopt has been jailed for at least 18 years
A woman who murdered a baby boy she wanted to adopt has been jailed for at least 18 years. Laura Castle shook 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill at her home in Barrow, Cumbria, in January 2021. She had admitted manslaughter but at Preston Crown Court was found guilty of murder and child cruelty. Her husband Scott Castle […]
Firearm recovered after proactive stop by plain-clothed cops
Two plainclothes police officers recovered a gun and a hunting knife after a proactive stop in Sheffield on Friday (20 May). At 11.55am, the constables were travelling along Beaumont Road North when they witnessed a man wearing a balaclava riding an e-scooter. In a search of a rucksack he was wearing, the pair found […]
A detective has been commended in recognition of his tireless work securing convictions and significant prison sentences against a host of sex offenders over an 18-month period
Detective Constable Matthew McFall of South Cumbria CAST was recognised for his prolific record of bringing offenders before the courts and securing convictions. These included a guilty verdict following a six-day trial for a man convicted of seven child sex assault offences. The offender was sentenced to 12 years in custody. He also secured […]
Four people have been jailed for a total of 74 years for their role in the murder of Christopher George in Enfield
Christopher, 26, died after being shot in Sebastopol Road on 29 July 2020. Roshane Watson, 25 of Edmonton was jailed for 32 years for murder, 20 years for possession of a firearm with intent to engender life and four years for perverting the course of justice. Gizem Ozbahadir, 23 of Waltham Cross, Herts […]
A teenage boy who stabbed 12-year-old schoolgirl Ava White following a row over a Snapchat video has been found guilty of her murder
The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he accidentally stabbed the schoolgirl in the neck in self-defence during a Christmas light switch-on in Liverpool. He told the court he wanted to “frighten her away” after an altercation in the city centre on 25 November, 2021. The teenager admitted possessing the knife, […]
A man has been jailed for 21 years following a victimless prosecution after he violently stabbed a teenager in broad daylight in Hackney.
Jardel Jones – 21 of Homerton Terrace, E9 was found guilty on Monday, 23 May following a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court of conspiracy to murder and two counts of possession of an offensive weapon (knife and corrosive substance).He was sentenced at the same court on Tuesday, 24 May as follows:– conspiracy to murder – […]
Three men have been jailed for 13 years for supplying drugs in Worcestershire
James Blundell, Darell Keen and Robert Williamson were sentenced at Worcester Crown Court yesterday (Monday 23 May). The group were all involved in supplying cocaine and cannabis between and January and March 2022. Following an investigation by the Regional Organised Crime Unit, the three were arrested in March and subsequently charged. James Blundell, 41, […]
Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens has denied exposing himself four times while he was a serving Metropolitan Police officer
Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens has denied exposing himself four times while he was a serving Metropolitan Police officer. The 49-year-old is accused of four counts of indecent exposure in Swanley, Kent, in January and February 2021. The case could have been tried at a magistrates’ court but Couzens requested a jury trial last month. […]
A mum and her partner have today been jailed for the death of three-year-old Kemarni Watson Darby, who was murdered at a flat in West Bromwich in 2018
Nathaniel Pope, 32, was found guilty of Kemarni’s murder last month and sentenced to life in prison, he will have to serve a minimum of 24 years before being eligible for parole.Kemarni’s mother Alicia Watson was found guilty of causing or allowing the death of her son and was jailed for 11 years at Birmingham […]
