The suspects behind a county lines drugs gang operating in Swindon which exploited juvenile runners have been jailed

Nathan Padman, 21 and Irfan Tarik, 43, of Ilford, East London were identified as the principal criminals behind the ‘Ashton’ crack and heroin dealing network. An investigation between January and September 2020 by Wiltshire Police’s Operation Fortitude team identified the network, operating out Ilford, East London, was exploiting trafficked juveniles and multiple Class A drug […]
The suspects behind a county lines drugs gang operating in Swindon which exploited juvenile runners have been jailed – (ID 539068)

Nathan Padman, 21 and Irfan Tarik, 43, of Ilford, East London were identified as the principal criminals behind the ‘Ashton’ crack and heroin dealing network. An investigation between January and September 2020 by Wiltshire Police’s Operation Fortitude team identified the network, operating out Ilford, East London, was exploiting trafficked juveniles and multiple Class A drug […]
The suspects behind a county lines drugs gang operating in Swindon which exploited juvenile runners have been jailed – (ID 549090)

Nathan Padman, 21 and Irfan Tarik, 43, of Ilford, East London were identified as the principal criminals behind the ‘Ashton’ crack and heroin dealing network. An investigation between January and September 2020 by Wiltshire Police’s Operation Fortitude team identified the network, operating out Ilford, East London, was exploiting trafficked juveniles and multiple Class A drug […]
The suspects behind a county lines drugs gang operating in Swindon which exploited juvenile runners have been jailed

Nathan Padman, 21 and Irfan Tarik, 43, of Ilford, East London were identified as the principal criminals behind the ‘Ashton’ crack and heroin dealing network. An investigation between January and September 2020 by Wiltshire Police’s Operation Fortitude team identified the network, operating out Ilford, East London, was exploiting trafficked juveniles and multiple Class A drug […]
A 40-year-old man has been jailed for two years after attacking his wife with a knife in the middle of the night

Paul Green, of Pearmain Road, Somerton, pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm at Taunton Crown Court on Thursday 15 December. The court heard how, on Wednesday 25 May, Green and his wife had got into a verbal argument. After the couple went to bed, Green woke the victim and threatened her with a […]
A man who assaulted a blind man and harassed his blind girlfriend has been jailed for eight weeks

Jake Boothman, aged 29, of Lovat Road, Preston, pleaded guilty to assault and two counts of threatening behaviour and was jailed by Preston Magistrates’ on Wednesday, 21 December. The court heard how on Tuesday, 13 December, the victim and his partner were waiting for a taxi at Preston station at around 1.15am. […]
A former Northwich resident who defrauded a woman out of more than £21,000 has been jailed

Moisa Constantin-Florin appeared at Chester Crown Court on Thursday 22 December where he was sentenced to 15 months in prison. The 24-year-old, of Central Park Road, East Ham, London, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and possession of criminal property. The case began on 28 June 2021 when a woman in Edinburgh […]
A carjacker who dragged a woman from her vehicle before being detained with the help of some Good Samaritans has been jailed

Alan Hutton appeared at Newcastle Crown Court on December 23 where he was jailed for four years after previously admitting robbery and possession of a Class C drug. The court heard how Hutton’s victim had been out for a meal with a friend on October 1 and walked to the car park on Lowrey’s […]
Chained to radiators, forced to eat from dog bowls, beaten and burned – this was the horrifying reality inside a Sheffield house where tw…

Their captors have each been jailed for 19-and-a-half years after a lengthy and complex international investigation. On Saturday 14 May 2022, armed officers descended on a house on Firth Park Road after receiving concerning information two Albanian men were being held against their will there. Inside, they found the victims chained to radiators in […]
Chained to radiators, forced to eat from dog bowls, beaten and burned – this was the horrifying reality inside a Sheffield house where two men were held captive for nearly two weeks

Their captors have each been jailed for 19-and-a-half years after a lengthy and complex international investigation. On Saturday 14 May 2022, armed officers descended on a house on Firth Park Road after receiving concerning information two Albanian men were being held against their will there. Inside, they found the victims chained to radiators in […]