Police Appeal for Information: Hit-and-Run Incident Involving Three-Year-Old Boy in Newcastle
Incident Details: At approximately 8.15pm yesterday, police received a report of a collision involving a motorcycle and a young child. According to witnesses, the boy was crossing the road when he was struck by the motorcycle. The vehicle had a male rider and a male pillion passenger. The impact caused the pillion passenger to be […]
Woman Jailed for Nine Years After Killing Elderly Couple in Head-On Collision While Using Her Phone
A woman who killed an elderly couple in a horrific head-on car crash while using her mobile phone has been jailed for nine years. Patricia Pringle, 56, was driving a blue Volkswagen Golf when she veered onto the opposite side of the road, crashing into a silver Fiat Qubo on the A47 in Barrowden, Rutland, […]
Horror as Man is Beaten to Death Inside Pub After England’s 1-1 Draw with Denmark at Euro 2024 – Police Launch Murder Probe
A man was beaten to death in front of horrified pub drinkers just hours after England’s disappointing Euro 2024 draw with Denmark, prompting police to launch a murder investigation. The 57-year-old victim, who suffered fatal head injuries, was attacked in a West Sussex bar less than three hours after the match ended in a 1-1 […]
Arrests have been made by officers in Hythe within 20 minutes of an attempted robbery report
Police were called to the High Street just before 5pm on Thursday 20 June 2024, after it was alleged that teenage boys had entered a premises and removed alcohol – for which they had not paid – from the store. It was reported that the group had become verbally abusive when they were declined a […]
Police investigating a reported assault in Hythe are appealing for a potentially key witness to come forward
Shortly after 5pm on Friday 14 June 2024, a woman was reportedly assaulted by a man who is known to her on the canal path at the Folkestone end of the Royal Military Canal, near Seabrook Road. Officers attended and a 61-year-old man was later arrested on suspicion of assault. He has since been bailed […]
A search for one power tool with a tracking device led to the seizure of over 3,500 suspected stolen items for which officers would now l…
Officers have finished cataloguing the items since recovering them on 26 April 2024, and the latest estimate of their combined value is believed to exceed one million pounds. The victim of a theft of power tools, who had previously been targeted by thieves, attached trackers to their tools. A tracker on a stolen drill led […]
A search for one power tool with a tracking device led to the seizure of over 3,500 suspected stolen items for which officers would now like to identify owners
Officers have finished cataloguing the items since recovering them on 26 April 2024, and the latest estimate of their combined value is believed to exceed one million pounds. The victim of a theft of power tools, who had previously been targeted by thieves, attached trackers to their tools. A tracker on a stolen drill led […]
Man Sentenced for Stealing £75,000 While Working as Carer in Salisbury
Allan Beacham, 66, of Wootton, Kent, has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for stealing £75,000 from Alan Pattillo, a film-writer he was caring for in Salisbury. Beacham was sentenced on Friday (21/06) at Winchester Crown Court after pleading guilty at a previous hearing. In May 2016, Beacham began working for […]
Man Sentenced for Attempting to Arrange Sexual Encounter with Child
A 58-year-old man from Amesbury has been found guilty and sentenced for attempting to arrange a sexual encounter with a child. Kurt Anderssen was found guilty by a jury sitting at Winchester Crown Court of three counts of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, encouraging/inciting the distribution of indecent images of a child, […]
Police Respond to Reports of Man with Knife in Erith
Police were called to Walnut Tree Road in Erith today after reports emerged of a man in possession of a knife. Officers arrived at the scene at approximately 4:40 PM following reports of a man armed with a weapon. However, despite a thorough search, they were unable to locate a suspect. Metropolitan Police confirmed that […]