Men given sentences totalling 34 years after cash in transit robbery

Police were called around 8.05am on September 13 to report of a robbery at Haslingden News in Manchester Road, Haslingden. Our investigation revealed that as the security guard entered the shop to fill the cash machine he was attacked by two people, one armed with a large piece of wood and one with a machete. The […]
Men given sentences totalling 34 years after cash in transit robbery – (ID 523461)

Police were called around 8.05am on September 13 to report of a robbery at Haslingden News in Manchester Road, Haslingden. Our investigation revealed that as the security guard entered the shop to fill the cash machine he was attacked by two people, one armed with a large piece of wood and one with a machete. The […]
A violent offender has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was charged with two assaults and a burglary

Nathan Waterman (33) appeared at Grimsby Crown Court on Friday (1 April) for sentencing after pleading guilty to the offences at an earlier hearing. The court heard how Waterman barged his way into a stranger’s property on Lord Street, Grimsby, on Sunday 14 March 2021. Waterman demanded drugs from the occupant, who was […]
A ‘devious and dishonest conman’ who used sexual photographs to blackmail and control a series of women has been jailed

Lewis Saxby, 32, had sexual contact with the victims before threatening to send explicit images to their friends and family if they didn’t do what he told them. Between 2016 and 2020 one of the victims was conned out of nearly £90,000 after Saxby manipulated her into funding an entirely fictional legal case […]
Professional snooker player sentenced for assault on woman in Sheffield city centre

Liang Wenbo, a professional snooker player, has been fined a total of £1380 and given a 12-month community order at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court today (1 April) for a domestic-related assault by beating. In the early hours of 20 July last year, a 999 call was made by the woman who was screaming in distress. CCTV […]
Professional snooker player sentenced for assault on woman in Sheffield city centre

Liang Wenbo, a professional snooker player, has been fined a total of £1380 and given a 12-month community order at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court today (1 April) for a domestic-related assault by beating. In the early hours of 20 July last year, a 999 call was made by the woman who was screaming in distress. CCTV […]
Professional snooker player sentenced for assault on woman in Sheffield city centre – (ID 523455)

Liang Wenbo, a professional snooker player, has been fined a total of £1380 and given a 12-month community order at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court today (1 April) for a domestic-related assault by beating. In the early hours of 20 July last year, a 999 call was made by the woman who was screaming in distress. CCTV […]
A man captured on mobile phone footage firing a makeshift firearm in broad daylight in the middle of a field in Radcliffe has been jailed…

Liam Whitbread (24) was described by a judge as ‘dangerous’ as he was sentenced on Friday 1 April to also serve an additional three years on license after being found guilty by a jury of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. Manchester Crown Court heard how on the sunny […]
A man captured on mobile phone footage firing a makeshift firearm in broad daylight in the middle of a field in Radcliffe has been jailed for six years after being brought to justice by our detectives

Liam Whitbread (24) was described by a judge as ‘dangerous’ as he was sentenced on Friday 1 April to also serve an additional three years on license after being found guilty by a jury of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. Manchester Crown Court heard how on the sunny […]
The bodies of a man and a woman in their 80s have been found in a house in a seaside town

Norfolk Police said officers were sent to The Warren in Cromer at 7.18pm on Monday, having been alerted by the East of England Ambulance Service.The couple were found unresponsive.Det Insp Chris Burgess said: “We believe that those involved are known to one another and we are not currently seeking anyone else in relation to this […]