Two people have been sentenced following a drugs investigation into the supply of class B drugs
Mitchell Hicks, 30, of Bladen Close, Wroughton, was sentenced to two years and 11 months after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply and concerned in the supply of cannabis and acquire/use/possess criminal property, and Chloe Dempster, 33, of the same address, was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months after pleading […]
A man and woman who illegally imported 43 pet dogs before selling them without a licence have been charged with money laundering and animal transportation offences following interventions from Southampton City Council
Court proceedings were brought against Artur and Joanna Kramer after the council received reports of dogs being sold that had been mis-advertised and bred aboard. UK law states that pet sellers must meet certain conditions, including having a license issued by the local authority. Rules around keeping pets in suitable accommodation, given adequate food and […]
Four members of a criminal gang who robbed a man of his watch and two diamond rings worth £43,000 have been jailed for nearly 39 years in total following an investigation by detectives from the Met’s elite Flying Squad
The gang, who were all charged with and pleaded guilty to robbery, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 4 February. They were sentenced at the same court on Friday, 18 March as follows: Alan Kelly, 27 of Moray Road, Islington was sentenced to 10 years and nine months’ imprisonment. David Kelly, 37 of […]
A woman has been charged with murdering a five-year-old boy who was found dead at a house in Oldham
Dylan Scanlon was pronounced dead by emergency services in Elm Road, Limeside, on 31 December last year, Greater Manchester Police said. Claire Scanlon, 36, of Oldham, has been charged with his murder and will appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court later. Following his death, Dylan’s father, Gary Keenan, described his son as “happy, funny and cheeky”. […]
A bid to move the killer of Joanne Tulip to an open prison has been blocked by Dominic Raab
The Justice Secretary rejected the transfer of Steven Ling, overruling a Parole Board recommendation. Ling was jailed for life in December 1998 after he admitted to the murder of Ms Tulip in Stamfordham, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1997. A spokesman for Mr Raab said he had acted “in the interest of public protection”. This is […]
Northumbria Police are appealing for information after it was reported a man gained access to a 91 year olds home and stole money from her
It was reported that between 10.45am and 12.15pm on Thursday, March 3 a man has knocked on the door of a property on Queens Court, Newcastle, and told the occupant he was there to check a water leak. The elderly victim has then allowed the male to come into the property where he looked around […]
Fighting has erupted in the centre of the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, where residents have faced heavy bombardment for weeks
The Russian defence ministry said it was “tightening the noose” around the city, adding that “fighting against the nationalists” was taking place inside Mariupol. These claims then appeared to be confirmed to the BBC by the mayor Vadym Boichenko, who admitted fighting was “really active. Several thousand people managed to escape Mariupol last week following […]
A Croydon man linked to the supply of Class A drugs in Hove has been jailed for four years
Twenty-three-year-old Sammy Mosuambe, of Houlder Crescent in Croydon, appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday (March 8) charged with two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and one count of possessing a Class B drug (cannabis). Mosuambe was stopped and searched by officers around Selborne Road on Sunday, February 6, after […]
A man who murdered one woman and came within a “hair’s breadth” of killing another has been sentenced to life in prison
Brian Sengendo, 27 will spend at least 42 years of his life in jail after being sentenced at the Old Bailey today, Friday 18 March. Sengendo was previously found guilty of carrying out a four-hour campaign of sexual assault and violence which culminated in the murder of 44-year-old Therasia Gordon, a sex worker from Edmonton, […]
A gang of three who stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from two DPD drivers have been jailed for a total of 21 years and three months
On October 12, 2019, Andrew John Bluck, 38, and Adam Keith Merkitt, 37, dressed up as police officers and approached a DPD driver in Station Road, Rushden, informing the driver that they were undercover officers who suspected that there was a suspicious package inside his van. Forcing their way into the vehicle alongside the victim, […]
A man has been jailed for repeatedly breaching a restraining order imposed to protect a victim
Teo Weston was made the subject of a 10-year restraining order at Canterbury Crown Court in April 2020 after he admitted putting the woman in fear of violence. The court order prohibited him from contacting the victim directly or indirectly or entering her street in Margate. Despite the order, Weston attended the street on 2 […]
A jail term has been imposed on a man who raped a woman at a beer festival
Parrie Jacob attacked the victim in a portable toilet at the event in Mersham in July 2019. The 24-year-old, formerly of Herons Way, Hythe, was arrested on the same night and was later charged with rape. Following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court, Jacob was found guilty of that charge and was jailed for seven […]
Thirty-three arrests were made and more than £20,000 cash recovered as part of an operation targeting the supply of class A drugs in Kent
Seven weapons were also seized and 57 charges authorised during the national county lines intensification week, which ran from 7-11 March 2022. A county line is a term used to describe gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal substances into other counties, using dedicated mobile phone lines to sell their products. They often […]
A Lancashire man has been jailed for repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting two young children
Nigel Turner, 72, from Morecambe, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers in November 2021, after he distributed multiple indecent images of the children (IIOC) via an online messaging app. Some of the images, which he shared using an account created with a false name, showed him sexually abusing one of the children. When arresting […]
A murderer who kicked a 20-year-old girl to death because she was dressed as a Goth is to be freed from prison
Ryan Herbert was aged 16 when he was jailed for life in 2008 for murdering Sophie Lancaster in a park in Bacup, Lancashire. The Parole Board decided Herbert can now be released on licence. Reacting to the decision, Sophie’s mother, Sylvia Lancaster, told BBC News: “Once again we have a justice system that fails to […]
A second man has been convicted of manslaughter for his role in a violent incident which led to the killing of Augustus Fenton in Southall
The Met’s murder investigation continues, and detectives have named three other men whom they wish to trace. Ilyaas Maalin, 23, of no fixed address but from the Southall area, was arrested in Holland on 29 May 2019 and extradited back to the UK on 11 March 2021 At a previous hearing he pleaded guilty to […]
A Metropolitan Police officer accused of a string of sex offences has been charged with additional offences including rape
David Carrick, of Hertfordshire, has been charged with 12 further offences, bringing the total to 41. Some of the charges relate to three new complainants and allegedly took place between 2003 and 2015. The 47-year-old denied 20 of the charges in court in December. The Crown Prosecution Service said the latest charges were two counts […]
A woman accused of murdering her five-year-old son searched for news articles about him in the hours after he was found dead, a court has heard
Cardiff Crown Court was told Angharad Williamson searched for “five-year-old dead Bridgend” twice that evening. Jurors heard an account linked to Ms Williamson was used to search a number of news websites. The 30-year-old, her partner John Cole, 40, and a 14-year-old who cannot be named, deny murdering Logan Mwangi. His remains were discovered in […]
