Forty-six charges have been authorised against one man following an investigation by Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad
At around 11pm on Saturday 12 March 2022, the force received several reports which stated a man had been seen burgling, or attempting to enter, properties in the Jellicoe Avenue and Whitehill Road area of Gravesend. Craig Graham was detained on suspicion of the offences and taken into custody after a search […]
Detectives investigating the death of a teenage boy in Chadwell Heath have charged a man with murder
Carlton Tanueh, 18, of no fixed address, was also charged with two counts of being in possession of an offensive weapon. He will appear in custody at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 16 March. Police were called at 15:55hrs on Monday, 14 March to reports of a stabbing on board a Route 173 bus […]
A teenager has today been jailed after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of an elderly man in Preston
Police were called shortly after 3pm on September 10th 2021 to The Paddock, Fulwood, following a report of an assault. Officers attended and found the victim, Frank Fishwick, aged 86, with facial injuries. He later attended the hospital but sadly died the following morning. A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be bleeding […]
Four people who stole more than £145,000 from a vulnerable relative have been sentenced
Scott Billington, Janet Billington, Keith Billington and Vicky Bailey all appeared at Chester Crown Court on Friday 11 March where they were sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison. Scott, age 30, and 60-year Janet had previously been found guilty of fraud by abuse of position and possession of criminal property following an […]
Have you seen this wanted man?
33-year-old York man, Scott Lewis Hurst, is wanted on recall to prison. Hurst has made off from officers by scaling a wall and making off on foot. Hurst is now also wanted for escape Lawful custody. A warrant was issued for his arrest at the time and extensive enquiries have been ongoing to locate him. […]
The mother of murdered toddler Star Hobson has had her sentence for causing or allowing her daughter’s death increased to 12 years
Frankie Smith was handed an eight-year prison term at Bradford Crown Court in December. Attorney General Suella Braverman said this was “unduly lenient” and referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal, Three senior judges considered the case and extended the original term by four years. During the hearing, Lady Justice Sharp said Smith had […]
A 47-year-old man has been jailed for 14 years after being convicted of rape and sexual assaults following a trial at Bristol Crown Court
Mario DiMaggio, of Jacobs Wells Road, Bristol, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of rape and 12 counts of sexual assault, with all the offences committed against one woman in early 2019. The trial judge William Hart called DiMaggio “predatory” in his behaviour, as he sentenced him to the prison term at […]
The judge, HHJ Rosa Dean, said the group ‘acted like a pack of wolves’ to attack the victim
Five men have been sent to prison after a teenager was stabbed in a busy street in Hackney. The judge, HHJ Rosa Dean, said the group ‘acted like a pack of wolves’ to attack the victim. The Hackney Gangs Task Force investigated the violent incident and spent hours analysing CCTV footage of the vicinity in […]
A victim has been reunited with a bag of stolen tools after they were taken from his van in Gillingham
Kent Police was called to Skinner Street at around 7.30am on Tuesday 15 March 2022 following a report that a woman had been seen stealing items from inside a parked van. Officers attended the area immediately and arrested a suspect. A bag of tools was found during the search of a nearby property and identified […]
A man who laundered money swindled from two victims of romance fraud has been jailed for 12 months
Latif Kasule, 32, from Uxbridge, London, was found guilty at Caernarfon Crown Court of seven counts of money laundering on Friday 4 February. He was sentenced at the same court on Friday 11 March 2022. Kasule obtained and forwarded on money sent to him from two victims of romance fraud. The women had been lured […]
A total of 56 people are due to appear in court after being charged following a Met investigation into protests on the M25
A total of 56 people are due to appear in court after being charged following a Met investigation into protests on the M25. The charges relate to demonstrations that took place at two locations on three dates in September. Officers helped manage traffic disruption and made several arrests. Thirteen people have been charged with two counts […]
Three men have been jailed after a disabled pensioner was held down during a violent burglary at her Swanscombe home
Amos Vincent, Amos Beaney and William Dennard were all involved in a plot last year, which led to the victim being restrained while her property was ransacked. Dennard drove his accomplices to the victim’s address on 17 September 2021. Vincent and Beaney then knocked on her door and told the victim a […]
Fraudsters jailed after £60,000 stolen from victims across north and west Kent
Fraudsters who stole £60,000 during a conspiracy which saw 47 elderly victims targeted have been jailed for a combined total of over eight years. All but one of the victims singled out by Aaron Leacock, Warren Roache or Sean Lee was aged 70 or over, with the bulk of the offending committed […]
He appeared at Swindon Magistrates Court and was given a 12 month and two week prison sentence
Martin Morgan, 36, of Whitworth Road, was initially arrested on March 7 for a series of thefts from various shops in the town including the Co-Op in Old Town, Co-op in Cheney Manor Road, Marks & Spencer and Boots in the Brunel Plaza. He was arrested on suspicion of eight counts of theft totaling more […]
A delivery driver was asked to take a woman to hospital after she came out of a house screaming that she’d been stabbed
He was just about to leave after delivering food to a property in Tudor Close, Newark, when the victim came running towards his vehicle in her underwear, got in and screamed ‘please just go.’ She asked him to take her to the hospital and called another person asking them to call the police. A […]
A woman who pushed a bin into a burning police car during the riot in Bristol last March has been jailed for nine months
Jasmine York was found guilty of arson by a jury at Bristol Crown Court following a trial last month. The 26-year-old was captured on camera pushing a large wheelie bin into a police car which was engulfed in flames. She was also heard saying “we will burn your ******* cars”. York, of […]
A Manchester man has been jailed for 12 years after using the encrypted phone network EncroChat to import cocaine worth £1.6m
Ibraheem Abdullah, 38, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers on 17 April 2020 when the 20 kilos of high purity cocaine – hidden in boxes of mobile phone accessories – was seized at a joiners yard in the Middleton area. Abdullah (also known as Dwaine George) attempted to escape when he spotted NCA and […]
A man who sent terrorist propaganda to others over an instant messaging app has been jailed, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command
Ali Abdisalam Sheikh Abdillahi, 31 and from north London, shared the extremist material on a channel he created on the app in July 2020. This material included recordings of an Islamist extremist preacher who advocates armed jihad, and two Daesh propaganda videos showing executions and graphic violence. Upon being arrested, his devices were recovered and […]
