A drug-dealing teacher who was caught with cocaine was barred from teaching
David Thorn was a maths teacher at the Portsmouth Academy when he was arrested in April 2019 with the Class A drug. Thorn, 30, admitted to having cocaine with the intent to sell it. In August 2019, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years. In four years, he will […]
A serial fraudster who duped men into believing he was a successful fashion designer in order to obtain thousands of pounds in cash has been sentenced following a multi-agency investigation
The Metropolitan Police Service, Thames Valley Police, and West Midlands Police collaborated to investigate career conman Paolo Aldorasi, 39, of Carnwath Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, following a series of identical offences in which Aldorasi approached and befriended young men before pressuring them to withdraw large sums of cash from ATMs. He pleaded guilty to 15 […]
Twitter is testing a new feature that will allow users to share “notes” of up to 2,500 words
Normally, posts on the social media platform are limited to 280 characters.Twitter stated that the change was made in response to people using the platform to post images of longer announcements and direct followers to external newsletters.The test will last two months and will involve a small group of writers from Canada, Ghana, the United […]
Officers were called to a property in north Hull on Saturday, May 14, after reports that a bomb had been discovered outside the property
Darrel Greig (45), of Navenby Grove, Hull, was sentenced to one year and four months in prison yesterday (Tuesday 21 June) at Hull Crown Court following a bomb hoax in May this year. Officers were called to a property in north Hull on Saturday, May 14, after reports that a bomb had been discovered outside […]
Thanks to a proactive police operation in the town, a man who ran a Swindon drugs line was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison
Fortitude team officers were looking into the “CJ line” as part of their investigations into the supply of crack cocaine and heroin in Swindon. They identified Amin Jama as one of the key figures behind this drug dealing enterprise last summer, and in October they executed a warrant at his Drakes Way address. […]
A drug dealer was sentenced to prison after fatally stabbing a man in a North Yorkshire park
Brooklyn Bell, 19, murdered Simon McMinn following an argument over Bell’s attempt to sell cocaine to schoolchildren. Bell, from Keighley, worked for a West Yorkshire-based county lines drug gang. He’d gone to Skipton’s Aireville Park to sell drugs, including £60 worth of heroin and crack cocaine to Mr McMinn and a friend. Mr McMinn […]
Four people who advocated racist violence, as well as the manufacture and possession of weapons, were sentenced to more than 30 years in prison today at Sheffield Crown Court (Thursday, June 23rd)
On Tuesday, March 29th, Daniel Wright, Liam Hall, Stacey Salmon, and Samuel Whibley were found guilty of a total of eighteen offences following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court after their wrongdoing was exposed by an undercover police officer. The jury heard how the defendants met in a private online chat group to share extreme […]
A £1000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of wanted paedophile Trevor McCurdy
Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £1000 for anonymous information leading to the arrest and charging of a wanted man from Havant. Police have previously requested assistance in locating 69-year-old Trevor McCurdy, who is wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in Portsmouth Crown Court in connection with sexual activity with a […]
At Norwich Crown Court, two men were sentenced for fraud offences
Officers from Norfolk Police’s Operation Moonshot team stopped a Saab motor vehicle on Hall Quay in Great Yarmouth on March 15, 2022. Inside the vehicle were unopened letters from various addresses in Hemsby and Martham, as well as credit cards in a variety of names. Officers apprehended both occupants, and further investigation […]
Two Norfolk Police officers have been nominated for a Police Bravery Awards after safely apprehending a gun-wielding man intent on ending his life in a’shootout.
PC Leanne Payne (pictured) and PC Joseph Konieczny were called to a pub in Surlingham on May 23, 2021, after reports of a man dressed in military-style clothing and armed with what was described as a rifle.The suspect had gone to the location with an imitation gun, intending to provoke a police shooting because he […]
Met Police have charged a man with the murder of his 89-year-old grandmother in south London
The victim, Sakunthala Francis, was discovered with stab wounds at a home on Brigstock Road in Thornton Heath at around 9.20 p.m. on Tuesday. The Met Police have charged a man with the murder of his 89-year-old grandmother in south London. On Wednesday evening, Verushan Manoharan, 31, was charged. Sakunthala Francis, the victim, was discovered […]
Three men have been charged in connection with a gunpoint street robbery in Leyton
Ahmed Bana, 25, of Hale Gardens, N17, has been charged with robbery conspiracy and possession of an imitation firearm while committing a schedule 1 offence. Nurul Amin, 24, of Cavendish Road, N4, has been charged with robbery conspiracy. Dante Campbell, 20, of Denmark Road, N8, has been charged with conspiracy to […]
