Two suspected drug dealers are to appear in court following the seizure of Class A drugs and a stun gun in Ashford
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 […]
Two men have been jailed for their part in an attack which left a Bridgend response officer unconscious
Jay Curnock, 26, and Georgie Cox, 20, were both jailed at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court this week. On 28th January, at approximately 8pm, Pc Paul Evans and a colleague attended Brynmenin House following reports that people were fighting outside the premises. When he arrived, he was told by the centre manager that Jay Curnock was […]
Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Hussain Chaudhry in Walthamstow have charged a man with murder
Marvin Ward, 18 of Westwood Road, Ilford will appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 March.
Susan Tyler, aged 59, from Surrey pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to committing one count of money laundering in February 2017
Winchester Crown Court heard that during a search of an address at which Tyler resided, documentation linked to fraudulent activity was located by officers. Investigators later discovered that she had made 123 separate PayPal transactions, using two separate PayPal accounts, over a period of 12 months. During this time she also made several payments […]
A man who bit and attacked two police officers, leaving one with a fractured hand, has been jailed for two-and-a-half-years
One of the police officers suffered a deep bite wound and fracture to his hand and had to have bone fragments removed from the wound, while his female colleague was left with injuries to her back and legs after she was repeatedly kicked and thrown to the ground.Following the hard work of detectives, Alfie Butler […]
A Portsmouth man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after he stalked and harassed his ex-partner over a period of ten months
Billy Griffiths, 28, of Ship Leopard Street, pleaded guilty to stalking from September 2019 to November 2020 He pleaded not guilty to controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship, having a bladed/pointed article in a public place and burglary. The court heard how in the evening of September 30th last year, […]
A man jailed for the sexual abuse of nine children has had his sentence extended on appeal
Jonathan Richard Maertens, 35, of Freshwater, recorded himself abusing the girls, aged between four and 17. Following an investigation, during which almost 2,500 pieces of footage and 12,000 indecent images detailing his direct offending were found on hard drives, he pleaded guilty to 34 separate indictments: • 10 multiple incident counts of rape of […]
A man has been jailed for five years after police discovered a sawn-off shotgun and a pistol during a raid on his home.
Nick Miller, 56 of Sutherland Court, Westminster, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, 18 March, where he pleaded guilty to possession of two prohibited firearms.
A married police officer who strangled his lover after she exposed their affair has had his prison sentence increased on appeal
Timothy Brehmer was jailed for 10-and-a-half years after admitting the manslaughter of 41-year-old Claire Parry in Dorset on 9 May. He had claimed she died accidentally during a “kerfuffle” in his car. The Court of Appeal ruled that Brehmer’s sentence should be increased to 13-and-a-half years. Brehmer, of Hordle, Hampshire, had pleaded guilty to […]
The father of an eight-week-old girl who died at her home in Crowborough, Sussex, has been convicted of her murder and the baby’s mother has been found guilty of allowing her death
Paramedics found Holly Roe not breathing and with no heart activity when they arrived in the early hours of 10 September 2018. Despite attempts to revive her, she was pronounced dead a couple of hours later.
A woman is facing a murder charge for drowning her four-year-old son in the bath
Oluwakemi Badare, 36, killed Kingswealth Bayode (corr) at their home in Plumstead, southeast London. Duncan Atkinson, prosecuting said: ‘The defendant is charged with the murder of her four-year-old son who was found drowned after the defendant called the emergency services on 27 December 2020.’ Badare, of Invermore Place, Plumstead, appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link, […]
A man has been sentenced to 14 years in jail after stabbing a woman in Reading last August
David Rackett, aged 57, of Scours Lane, Reading, was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment and must also serve an additional four years on licence following a hearing at Reading Crown Court today (15/3).
A West Yorkshire Police Officer has been charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault
Police Sergeant Ben Lister based at Bradford District is due in court at Bradford Magistrates on 24 March 2021. He is currently suspended from the force.
An ex-council finance officer stole more than £60,000 from her former employer to help pay off her accumulated credit card debts.
Kerry Wheatley was employed as a revenue finance officer for business rates for Bassetlaw District Council. Over a 12-month period, between October 2018 and October 2019, Wheatley diverted refunds of business rates, due to be paid to a number of businesses, into a single bank account. Wheatley, who worked for the council for around […]
A man from Northern Ireland has been summonsed to appear at court in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women, and children
Caolan Gormley, 23, of Kedew Road in Caledon, County Tyrone, will answer a charge of conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. He is due to appear at Southend Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday 17 March.
Two men have been charged with attempted murder after a man suffered life-threatening injuries in Croydon
Pawel Smolinski, 30 , of Cambridge Road, KT8, and Jakub Smolinski, 24, of England Way, KT3, have been charged after a 37-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds in Church Street, Croydon, at 20.50hrs on Saturday, 13 March. The 37-year-old man remains in hospital in a critical condition. The two men charged appeared at Bromley […]
Women charged with Stabbing a man in Tunbridge Wells
A woman arrested in connection with a serious assault at a property in Tunbridge Wells has been charged. Kent Police was called at 1.05pm on Friday 12 March 2021 to a report that a man had been stabbed at an address in Dudley Road. Officers and the South East Coast Ambulance Service attended and the […]
Three men have been jailed for life after two men were brutally killed with a crossbow during a cannabis farm burglary in Brierley Hill
Saghawat Ramzan, his son Omar Ramzan, and Mohammed Sageer claimed they acted in self-defence when they brutally killed Khuzaimah Douglas, aged 19, and Saghawat’s own brother, Waseem Ramzan, aged 36. The Ramzan’s lived next door to their professional and lucrative cannabis factory in Pensnett Road, Brierley Hill. Living just next door, they were able to […]
Two men who carried out a violent attack on a man in Canterbury city centre have been jailed
Attorney General has issued a strong warning following the Disappearance of Sarah Everard
The Attorney General confirms the requirement not to publish material that could jeopardise a fair trial. Following the disappearance of Sarah Everard on the evening of 3 March, a police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Detectives investigating a stabbing that took place in Ilford on Thursday have charged a 12-year-old boy
Police were called to Marlands Road, Ilford, at 3.54pm. Officers attended with London Ambulance Service paramedics and found a 20-year-old man who had been stabbed.
Detectives continue to appeal for the person sought in connection with the death of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen to return to the UK
Martine, who was 23 at the time, was killed 13 years ago on 14 March 2008. Her body was found partially covered, surrounded by rubble in a basement of a property on Great Portland Street.
Two men have been jailed for money laundering for an organised crime network that was defrauding victims of millions of pounds through a sophisticated ‘smishing’ scam
Quin Huang, 37 of Prospect Row, Newham and Clarke Morgan-Findlay, 27 of Hunsdon Road, Lewisham, were sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Thursday, 11 March. Huang was sentenced to five years and six months’ imprisonment while Morgan-Findlay was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment. Huang pleaded guilty to two counts of money […]
First Pictures from Search site in Sarah Everard investigation after human remains found as Wife of Murder suspect is released on bail
Search teams investigating Sarah’s disappearance sadly discovered what we believe at this stage to be human remains on Wednesday morning The discovery was made in an area of woodland in Ashford, Kent. Police say the investigation is large, fast-moving and very determined. They have hundreds of officers and staff who have been working around the […]
Armed burglars, knife-point robbers and reckless car thieves have been sentenced to more than 850 years’ imprisonment, thanks to a single Kent Police team
The Chief Constable’s Crime Squad is in its second year of operation, having been set up to proactively target high harm offenders who indiscriminately target innocent members of the public and law-abiding businesses. Since its inception in February 2019, the team’s investigations have resulted in offenders being jailed for a combined total of 866 years. […]
Detectives investigating a fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man in Haringey on Monday charged a second person with murder
Teenager aged 15, will appear in custody at Highbury Corner Youth Court on Thursday, 11 March charged with murder, GBH with intent and possession of an offensive weapon. He was arrested on Wednesday, 10 March. A 17-year-old male appeared at Highbury Corner Youth Court on Wednesday, 10 March charged with murder – he has been […]
A 15 year old boy has been charged by detectives investigating the murder of Gabriel Bringye in Haringey
He is the sixth male to be charged by detectives investigating the murder of Gabriel Bringye in Haringey. The 15-year-old boy was charged late on Monday, 8 March with murder. He was also charged with robbery in relation to a separate matter.
A man has been jailed for grievous bodily harm, after an attack where he used his teeth as a weapon to sever part of his victim’s ear, causing life-altering injuries
Twenty year old Luca Howse, from Queens Drive, Rickmansworth was sentenced to three years in prison for grievous bodily harm with intent under Section 18 of the Offences Against The Person Act on 8 March 2021.
A cocaine dealer from Chatham has been jailed for over four years following an investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate
