A mother has been found guilty of causing the death of her 11-month-old baby daughter after she housed her in squalor and failed to seek medical treatment for her when she became ill as a result
Fartun Jamal, 25 of Kingfisher Way, NW10, was found guilty on Friday, 4 March of causing the death of Nafahat Diini as well as three counts of child cruelty following a trial at Harrow Crown Court. Detective Chief Inspector Madeline Ryder, the senior investigating officer, said: “This is an absolutely tragic case that resulted in […]
A brutal, pre-planned and unprovoked assault which saw a teenage girl stabbed 60 times in Sittingbourne has led to a judge imposing a discretionary life sentence on a teenage boy
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, assaulted the victim in July 2021 and left her with numerous life-threatening injuries. Following an investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, he admitted attempted murder and was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday 4 March 2022. He will serve a national tariff […]
Officers in #BishopsStortford have secured a closure order on an address in the town following multiple calls about drug use and anti-social behaviour at the property
The order was granted by Stevenage Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Thursday 3 March) and prohibits anyone from entering the address in Oak Street for the next three months. Anyone who is not authorised to be there will be arrested and could face a fine of up to £5,000, a prison sentence or both. Police began to […]
More than 70 kilos of Class A drugs have been seized and three suspects charged after an investigation by a specialist crime team from the National Crime Agency and Merseyside Police
Officers from the Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership searched a property in Thatto Heath in St Helens on Tuesday night and recovered around 45 kilos of heroin. Officers also seized around 28 kilos of suspected heroin from an address in Huyton. The drugs have a street value of around £7m. Three men have now been charged […]
A lorry driver has been jailed for causing the death of a woman in a multiple vehicle crash on the M62 motorway
Nicholas Liever was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) at Leeds Crown Court in relation to the collision, which occurred on the eastbound carriageway in Huddersfield in September 2019. Liever, 49, of Clifton Road in Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, was driving a Volvo HGV which collided with a Volkswagen Passat, an Iveco Vehicle Transporter and a Volkwagen Touareg at about […]
A man who danced around a busy city centre square before suddenly attacking someone with an axe has been jailed
Sirban Farj, 42, launched the seemingly random attack on another man after initially approaching him to pet his dog. After the man tried to bring the dog back to him, Farj appeared to get agitated. He then started to take some of his clothes off and began to shout and sing, while dancing around Old […]
A man who raped a 14-year-old girl in a Stirling park in a “disgraceful and inexcusable attack” has been jailed for eight years
Paul Cunningham, 35, had denied raping the girl while she was intoxicated after giving the teenager and her friend’s alcohol in September 2020. He was found guilty following a trial at the High Court in Stirling. Cunningham was also told his name would remain on the sex offenders register indefinitely. Patricia Baillie, defending, said there […]
Two men have been jailed after a man was stabbed in Maidenhead
Daniel Franklin, aged 21, of Raymond Road, Maidenhead, was sentenced to nine years in prison at Reading Crown Court on Monday (28/2). Franklin must serve two-thirds of his sentence before being considered for release on licence as the judge considered him a dangerous offender. While Frankie Harris, ( 1st pic) aged 21, of Ellington Park, […]
A Brighton shoplifter who was caught on CCTV brazenly stealing dozens of items and abusing shopworkers when challenged has been jailed and banned from a significant number of stores in the city
Michael Murray, 33, of Percival Terrace in Brighton, had previously pleaded guilty to 33 counts of theft and one count of failing to comply with a community protection notice. Thirty-one of the theft offences took place at a Co-op store in Whitehawk Road during May, June, November and December of last year, while the other […]
An officer who arranged to meet with two teenage girls he met while on duty has been jailed following a Met investigation
PC Adnan Arib, based on the Central East Command Unit, was arrested following a proactive operation by officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards who had information he had arranged to meet a 15-year-old. He was immediately suspended from duty and, following an independent investigation led by the IOPC, charged with two counts of […]
A suspect is to appear in court charged in connection with the assault of a woman in Canterbury
Mark Roberts, 47 and of no fixed address, was charged on Wednesday 2 March 2022 with one count of committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence, and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The charges follow an investigation by Kent Police’s Criminal Investigation Department into an incident […]
A Dartford ram-raider has been jailed after a GPS tag fitted to his ankle placed him at the scene
Gary Parkes was one of two men who used a moped to smash through the business’ glass door, before stealing hairdryers, curlers, straighteners and other beauty products. An ankle tag, which was fitted after he was released from prison for a separate matter, provided the Chief Constable’s Crime Squad with irrefutable evidence […]
A prison officer and two others have been jailed for their involvement in smuggling drugs and illicit items into HMP Doncaster
Prison officer Rio Moran, James Millington and Callum Reilly were part of a conspiracy to supply drugs and illicit items into a number of prisons, including HMP Doncaster, and launder the ill-gotten cash. South Yorkshire Police’s Prison Anti-Corruption Unit arrested Moran as she arrived for work in November 2020. A substantial amount of drugs and […]
Hove man wanted as part of a long-running investigation into vehicle thefts has pleaded guilty to multiple offences
Robert Thompson, 35, of Church Road in Hove, admitted to receiving stolen goods, fraudulently using registration marks and possession of a Class A drug (cocaine) after being arrested by officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit (SEU) on January 13. On January 6, 2021, Thompson was found behind the wheel of a black Range Rover […]
A man has been jailed for a string of incidents where he masturbated in front of women and teenage girls on the railway network, following an extensive British Transport Police investigation
James Gathercole, 36, of Beckenham Road, Beckenham, was found guilty of ten indecent exposure offences between December 2020 and November 2021 on trains around South-East London. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years at Inner London Crown Court It followed a dedicated […]
Two men have today been charged with attempted murder after a man was shot in Preston
Police were called at around 11.10pm on Sunday, July 11th to reports that a man in his 30s had sustained a gunshot wound at an address on Bowlingfields in Preston. The man suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment and is now recovering. This morning (Wednesday, March 2nd) police arrested two men […]
Two suspected burglars are appearing in court after they were arrested by officers from Maidstone’s Community Policing Team
On the morning of Tuesday 1 March 2022, a Police Community Support Officer went to an address in Milton Street after receiving reports of suspicious noises from inside. A patrol also attended the scene and two men were detained outside the premises. The officers also seized a number of ornaments, jewellery and other […]
Bolt croppers and gloves were among items seized after officers searched a lorry in Dover
At around 2.10am on Friday 25 February 2022 a patrol noticed a lorry parked in a layby in Maxton Road which appeared to be suspicious. The patrol approached the vehicle and detained the two men inside whilst they conducted a search. They found bolt croppers, gloves and a craft knife. Further […]
