The annual Comic Relief fundraiser has once again succeeded in raising a significant amount of money for charity
This year’s event, which featured sketches based on the popular TV show The Traitors and Eurovision, raised over £34m. The star-studded fundraiser included appearances from famous faces such as Dame Mary Berry, Danny Dyer, and Jamie Dornan, with hosts Paddy McGuiness, David Tennant, and Zoe Ball announcing the amount raised during the live show. The […]
Detectives have charged a man over the murder of Akeem Francis-Kerr in Walsall town centre last weekend
Edward Wilson was detained in South Yorkshire in connection with the fatal stabbing at Valesha’s nightclub last Saturday morning. The 39-year-old from Oldbury has now been charged with murder and remanded to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court today. A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: “We’ve kept Akeem’s family updated with the latest developments as […]
Police are appealing for help to locate a man who has failed to return to Hollesley Bay Prison
Paul Howell, 41, was on temporary day release on Friday 17 March but failed to return to the prison as required on Friday afternoon. He is serving six years and 11 months sentence for drug offences, robbery and affray. He is described as white, six foot tall, of medium build, bald, with blue eyes and […]
Two crime bosses have been convicted of supplying fraudulent passports that allowed murderers and drug traffickers to avoid prosecution i…
Anthony Beard, 61, and Christopher Zietek, 67, were apprehended after a National Crime Agency covert surveillance operation discovered they provided fraudulently obtained genuine passports (FOGs) to organised criminals over a five-year period.Customers paid between £5,000 and £15,000 for the highly sought-after documents, which were legitimately issued but applied for with false information. They allowed them […]
Two crime bosses have been convicted of supplying fraudulent passports that allowed murderers and drug traffickers to avoid prosecution in the UK
Anthony Beard, 61, and Christopher Zietek, 67, were apprehended after a National Crime Agency covert surveillance operation discovered they provided fraudulently obtained genuine passports (FOGs) to organised criminals over a five-year period.Customers paid between £5,000 and £15,000 for the highly sought-after documents, which were legitimately issued but applied for with false information. They allowed them […]
The tragic incident of Emma McCrory’s murder in Dublin on December 15, 2022, sent shockwaves throughout the community
Ms McCrory, a mother of two in her forties, was found after emergency services were called to a fire at her home on the Howth Road in Clontarf. George Turner, 53, has now been charged with Ms McCrory’s murder. Turner’s defence solicitor, Tony Collier, has requested a psychiatric assessment for his client, pointing out his […]
Officers are appealing for information after a woman suffered serious injuries in a collision in Shetland
The incident happened shortly after 13.10 GMT on Friday, 17 March at The Pier on Pier Road in Walls. The incident involved the 72-year-old woman, a black Citroen Berlingo and a parked orange Suzuki Swift. The woman was taken to the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick and subsequently to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in […]
An Aberdare man has been jailed for over three years for possession of indecent images of children
An investigation by South Wales Police’s Police Online Investigation Team (POLIT) discovered Marc Phillips, of Aberdare, had incident images of children on his device. Earlier this month, Merthyr Crown Court sentenced Phillips, 43, to three years and nine months imprisonment. He was also made subject of an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention order (SHPO) and has […]
Six men and one woman were jailed to a total of 52 years and 9 months in prison for their involvement in a kidnap involving firearms and …
Sufy Mohamed, 20, of Stockton, was found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence, possession of an offensive weapon, conspiracy to supply class A drugs, conspiracy to supply class C drugs, concerned in the production class C drugs & possession of criminal property. Today he was […]
Six men and one woman were jailed to a total of 52 years and 9 months in prison for their involvement in a kidnap involving firearms and the production and supply of drugs worth over £3million
Sufy Mohamed, 20, of Stockton, was found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence, possession of an offensive weapon, conspiracy to supply class A drugs, conspiracy to supply class C drugs, concerned in the production class C drugs & possession of criminal property. Today he was […]