After nine years on the run, one of the UK’s most wanted tax fugitives was sentenced to eight years in prison
Sarah Panitzke, originally from York, was a key figure in a multi-million pound VAT fraud and became one of the UK’s most wanted criminals after fleeing her trial in 2013. The 48-year-old was apprehended while walking her dogs in Spain in February as part of an operation led by the Spanish Guardia Civil, which […]
Can you assist us in locating Neville Carnegie, 45, of London?
He is currently wanted for failing to appear in court on 14 December 2021 in connection with a burglary investigation at Southampton Magistrates’ Court.Officers have conducted extensive searches to find him, and we are now appealing to the public for assistance.Neville is from London and has connections to Park Royal, Harrow, and Croydon, so we’re […]
While on foot patrol, the #Maidstone District Commander seized a quantity of suspected counterfeit perfume
Chief Inspector Steve Kent was alerted by a security guard to two men acting suspiciously near Union Street on Friday, June 10, 2022.He stopped them as they attempted to leave the town centre in a car, and an inspection of their bags revealed bottles of suspected fragrance imitations.Further investigation revealed that one of the men […]
A man was sentenced to prison after committing a violent robbery at a Post Office in Herne Bay
On Saturday, February 12, 2022, Jon Pughe stole money from the business’s till in Margate Road after punching a member of staff in the face. Later that day, he was apprehended and charged with robbery, which he later admitted to. On Thursday, June 9, the 41-year-old from Clifftown Gardens in Herne Bay was sentenced […]
A 30-year-old woman was convicted of handling stolen goods after attempting to pawn a stolen laptop belonging to late schoolboy Noah Donohoe
Maria Nolan and her accomplice Daryl Paul were caught on CCTV in June 2020 attempting to trade in the computer at a Belfast Cash Converters shop. Noah Donohoe, 14, remained unaccounted for at the time, but his body was discovered the day after his laptop was recovered. She had contested the charges, telling police […]
A fraudster and burglar has been sentenced for targeting vulnerable and elderly people in Rotherham and Sheffield
A burglar and fraudster who pretended to be a government official and preyed on the vulnerable and elderly has been sentenced to eight years in prison.Michael Brooke, 54, of no fixed address, appeared at a number of properties in Sheffield and Rotherham, claiming to be a ‘official’ such as a police officer or a council […]
A Sheffield man was sentenced to prison today (Thursday, June 9) for the February death of a man he assaulted at Rotherham District General Hospital
Paul Franks, 48 – but 47 at the time of the incident – of Blackstock Road, was sentenced to eight years in prison at Sheffield Crown Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter prior to trial on Monday 30 May.Franks assaulted Paul Reed, 48, on a hospital ward, prompting officers to be called by a member […]
A burglar who tied up and left a pensioner for dead before going on a £550 spending spree with his stolen cash card was sentenced today to at least 33 years in prison
Police discovered David Varlow’s body at his home on Manor Lane in Halesowen after his brother and neighbours expressed concern about his disappearance.The house had been ransacked, and the 78-year-old had been strangled with a telephone cable.Adris Mohammed’s DNA was found on the handle of a knife, the handle of a pair of scissors, and […]
Officers searching a house in Strood found a large amount of heroin and cocaine
Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team executed a search warrant at an address on Station Road on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The constables discovered a locked safe inside a cupboard, and a subsequent search yielded the key. They discovered multiple wraps of cocaine and heroin, as well as compressed blocks of the latter. Both […]
A suspect will appear in court after a man was seriously injured in Rochester
The incident occurred around 3.10 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Crow Lane. A man in his twenties is said to have been assaulted and sustained an injury consistent with a stab wound. The victim was taken to Blue Boar Lane and treated by paramedics. […]
In Edenbridge, a shoplifting suspect has been charged with headbutting employees
A suspected thief has been charged with repeatedly targeting an Edenbridge supermarket and punching and headbutting employees. Police are looking into a series of thefts from Waitrose on Mont St Aignan Way that occurred between February and June 2022. It has been reported that the same suspect stole items such as meat and alcohol during […]
A man was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to dupe an elderly man into handing over £67,000 in exchange for the release of £4 million he had already lost to fraud
Richard Templeton, 61, of Alicante, Spain, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and was sentenced to two years in prison on June 1, 2022, at Leicester Crown Court. City of London Police Detective Constable Jamie Howden stated: “Templeton pretended to be someone else in a cold-hearted, feeble attempt to lure the victim into […]
