Detectives investigating the death of a 76-year-old woman in Newham have charged a man with her murder
Donovan Miller, 30 of Kent Street, E13 was charged with murder on Friday, 26 March. He will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates Court on Saturday, 27 March
A Derby man has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of raping a young woman in his van
Sudesh Kumar, of Carsington Crescent, in Allestree, denied the offence which took place back in August 2018 but was found guilty and sentenced during the hearing last week. He had been with the victim, a woman in her 20s, and friends who were drinking at a pub in Peartree during the evening. The group then […]
A high risk paedophile who raped a schoolgirl as his wife filmed the horrific abuse has been jailed for 10 and a half years
Damien and Mary McCann preyed on the victim who was as young as ten at the time of her ordeal. A judge heard Mary McCann “encouraged” her sick husband’s attacks – which only ended when police swooped after a tip-off. Despite being arrested and charged, Damien McCann, 35, claimed the girl was “happy” during the […]
A police officer was outed as a paedophile after being caught hoarding a sickening haul of child abuse images at the home he shared with his wife and children.
Traffic cop Alan Mitchell was found to have kept the vile files of abuse for more than four years at the family’s detached cottage. Mitchell lost his job, had to leave the family home, is banned from seeing his children and will now lose the property, after holding his hands up to his sordid offence […]
Two men have been jailed after stealing more than £40,000 in cash and perfume following a series of robberies in the West End
Alfie Atherton, 29, of Saxon Road, Tower Hamlets, and Reed Roberts, 30, of Compton Passage, Islington, were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 26 March. Atherton was sentenced to 10 years and six months’ in jail, while Roberts was sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment. At an earlier hearing, Atherton pleaded guilty […]
A man who sexually abused young children has been jailed for eight years
Michael Taylor from Aberdeen was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday. The 71-year-old was found guilty of serious sexual assaults and indecent offences towards five children aged between six and 12 in Aberdeen between March and October 2020. A full investigation was launched by a range of specialist detectives after the family […]
A man has received a prison sentence of eight years, with 18 months suspended, for raping a young woman as she slept in her own bedroom.
The Central Criminal Court heard Conor Quaid, 26, was in the victim’s home on the night because he was a trusted family friend. Justice Mary Rose Gearty said that he abused this trust and noted that he has not shown any remorse since. Quaid of Monaree, Dingle, Co Kerry had pleaded not guilty to rape […]
A 34-year-old man has been jailed for terrorism offences following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East
Sohaib Embarek, a Spanish national of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty on 20 January to: Five counts of possession of material likely to be useful to a person preparing to commit acts of terrorism contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 One count of dissemination of terrorist publications contrary to Section 2 of […]
A jail term has been imposed on a man who filmed a woman in the shower and posted footage online
Six people have been jailed after a specialist Met team shut down a sophisticated network of Brazilian criminals who couriered and supplied drugs across London
During the operation, detectives recovered what is believed to be the largest quantity of GBL seized by police in the United Kingdom. More than 2,000 litres of the drug were recovered, with an estimated value of £2.2 million.
Two men and a 15-year-old boy, have been found guilty of their roles in the death of Doncaster man Jerry Appicella, in what was described as a ‘feral attack’ in Denaby Main in 2019
Jerry, who was 51, was attacked by a group of young men brandishing a brick and a metal bar, as he made his way home from his local shop on 3 December. Officers discovered Mr Appicella’s body at his home, on Craganour Place, 12 days later, when his family reported him missing. Today (25 […]
A total of 14 people have been charged after officers from six police forces carried out warrants across the UK
On Wednesday, 24 March, officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command executed 29 warrants across London and the UK as part of an operation to arrest individuals involved in the sale and distribution of Class A and B drugs. Fourteen people were charged on Wednesday, 25 March with multiple offences:
A drug dealer is starting a prison sentence after detectives identified he was running a cocaine and heroin delivery network from Maidstone
A man has been sentenced for dangerous driving and drug offences in Reading
Patrik Jankoczky, aged 21, of Benson Close, Reading was sentenced in a hearing at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday (23/3) to two years and six months’ imprisonment. He pleaded guilty to one count each of dangerous driving, possession with intent to supply a class A drug, namely heroin, and possession with intent to supply a […]
A babysitter who threw and violently shook a 21-month old girl, causing a “catastrophic” brain injury, has been found guilty of her murder
Lilly Hanrahan died two days after being found collapsed with six broken ribs in Northfield, Birmingham. Sean Sadler, who was in a relationship with her legal guardian at the time, claimed she had just fallen asleep and would not wake up. Experts found 40 recent injuries on the little girl’s body after her death. […]
Police havre charged Devanni Goodwin, from Lewisham in London, in relation to county lines drug dealing in Andover
The 22 year-old man has been charged with four offences relating to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, and possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He was arrested last Thursday night, after the vehicle he was travelling in failed to stop for police on the A303 near […]
A man who assaulted police officers has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment
Reece Narayan, 22 of Bessborough Road, Harrow appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 March where, having pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to a seven-month custodial sentence. He pleaded guilty to:
Two men have been arrested in connection with a burglary at an elderly woman’s home
The 82-year-old victim was at her home off Sycamore Close, Canvey, when the incident took place on 17 December last year.Two men were arrested on Saturday 20 March in connection with the investigation.Robert Sims, 28, of High Road, Fobbing, was subsequently charged with burglary and fraud by false representation.He appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on […]
A suspect has appeared in court charged with drugs and fraud offences following an arrest near Dover
Two assassins who executed a convicted killer in a drive-by shooting are facing life sentences
Irwin Constable, 20, Rajae Heslop, 29, pulled up on a stolen moped and shot 38-year-old Leon Maxwell dead in north London on May 1, 2018. In 2003 he was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 12 years, for murdering Irish traveller Patrick Fitzharris over a £75 cannabis deal. Constable […]
Police appealing for the public’s help to identify ten people we’d like to speak to as part of our investigation into the violent disorder in Bristol on Sunday
A total of 21 officers were injured – two of them seriously – when they were violently confronted by people gathered outside the Bridewell Police Station in Bridewell Street.
Three Men Jailed for Nearly 30 Years Over Brutal Kidnap and Knife Attack in Dewsbury
Three men have been sentenced to a combined total of nearly 30 years in prison for their roles in a brutal kidnap and serious knife assault that left an 18-year-old man with severe injuries in Dewsbury. The offenders — Conor Hinchcliffe, Zain Hussain, and Ateeq Rashid — were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday, […]
More than eight year’s imprisonment has been given to a man who raped a woman at his home in Dartford
Abubakar Lawal committed a series of offences against the victim after she attended his property on 15 May 2020.
A man who punched and kicked a woman in the face has been jailed
Daniel Bonser, 24, attacked the woman at an address in Mansfield as she was on the phone to the police about this aggressive and confrontational behaviour towards her. After grabbing her by the hair and punching her to the floor, Bonser then kicked her in the face as she lay on the ground.
Fifteen FPNs issued after police called to party at Amesbury business premises
Fifteen people have been issued with £200 fines for breaching Covid-19 restrictions after officers were called to a party at a business in Amesbury last night.Yesterday (22/03) Police received information about potential lockdown breaches at a business premises in Bence Court.At around 10pm last night officers attended the address and found a group of people […]
A man who set up an illegal Money Service Business (MSB) and bought a £700,000 house with the profits, has been ordered to pay back nearly £1 million
Shunjian Jiang, 30, was arrested in August 2016 after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators found that he was operating an unregistered and unregulated MSB. Jiang was living in London and buying upmarket fashion items in the UK and selling them on to customers in China. His customers were purchasing the goods with the Chinese […]
A man has been sentenced for harassing and stalking a woman in Tower Hamlets
Misbah Ali, 22 of Repton Street, Tower Hamlets appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday, 8 March where, having pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment [suspended] and a five-year restraining order for stalking and disclosing sexual images. The restraining order prohibits Ali from contacting or referring to the victim on any social […]
A man has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after he physically assaulted a teenage girl in #Bushey
A man was jailed for seven years at Inner London Crown Court after a loaded handgun was seized by officers executing a firearms warrant.
Leonard Paynter, 30 of Stanthorpe Road, Streatham, was sentenced on Wednesday, 17 March after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm, two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (heroin and cocaine) and possession with intent to supply Class B drugs (cannabis). On Wednesday, 29 January 2020 officers from Viper, part of […]
A suspect has been charged with multiple offences including two incidents of spitting at police officers
