A man from Manchester has been jailed for slashing three mens’ faces on nights out
Milo Lindsay of Longport Avenue, Withington was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to 14 years imprisonment for two counts of section 18 assault, section 20 assault and two counts of possessing a bladed article. He will also spend an extended period of four years on licence. Lindsay was arrested and taken into police custody […]
A fugitive from Tameside who taunted police after absconding from hospital while under arrest for high-value car thefts has been jailed
Cody Lowndes , of Lakeside Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, was sentenced to six years and two months in jail at The Lowry Nightingale Court, Salford, yesterday (Monday 14 December). The court was told how Lowndes had been arrested in July earlier this year after a series of high-value car thefts in the Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton, Stalybridge, and […]
A man has been convicted, following a trial, for the murder of a father that took place near a children’s play area in Southwark in Octob…
Stephen O’Rourke, 48 of Grosvenor Park, Southwark appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 15 December where a jury found him guilty of the murder of 38-year-old Rocky Djelal. He was remanded in custody to appear at the same court for sentencing on a date to be determined. Police were called at 1.59pm on […]
A man has been convicted, following a trial, for the murder of a father that took place near a children’s play area in Southwark in October 2018
Stephen O’Rourke, 48 of Grosvenor Park, Southwark appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 15 December where a jury found him guilty of the murder of 38-year-old Rocky Djelal. He was remanded in custody to appear at the same court for sentencing on a date to be determined. Police were called at 1.59pm on […]
A county lines gang responsible for supplying crack cocaine and heroin from Liverpool to Macclesfield have been jailed for a combined total of more than 25 years
Four members of the ‘Mitch’ gang were sentenced at Chester Crown Court for their part in a drugs conspiracy with a potential value of between £71,000 to £142,000. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs at an earlier hearing. Between July 2019 and July 2020, Jamal Conteh and Zakaira Ahmed worked […]
A county lines gang responsible for supplying crack cocaine and heroin from Liverpool to Macclesfield have been jailed for a combined tot…
Four members of the ‘Mitch’ gang were sentenced at Chester Crown Court for their part in a drugs conspiracy with a potential value of between £71,000 to £142,000. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs at an earlier hearing. Between July 2019 and July 2020, Jamal Conteh and Zakaira Ahmed worked […]
Two men have been sentenced following the death of a man in Falmouth in May
Liam Bastow, 25, and Kane Coggin, 27, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 25-year-old Aaron Pill on 5 May at an earlier hearing but were found guilty of murder by the jury at Truro Crown Court on 2 December. Bastow, of Avalon Close, Mylor Bridge, has been sentenced to life in prison to serve […]
A paedophile who subjected his victims to harrowing ordeals over three decades of offending has been jailed for 25 years
Joseph Telford’s crimes, spanning the 1950s, 60s and 70s, came to light in 2017 when one of his victims reported what had happened to police. An investigation was launched, which uncovered the scale of his offending and identified three further victims who Telford repeatedly abused over several years when they were children. He assaulted […]
A convicted killer has been recaptured by police after absconding from an open prison
Lewis Daniel Thornton, 29, who was convicted of manslaughter at Wolverhampton Crown Court in 2016, left HMP Sudbury on 5 December and failed to return along with two other men. A Derbyshire Police spokesperson said he had now been found in the West Midlands area. Derbyshire PoliceCopyright: Derbyshire Police The two other inmates, Daniel […]
A Barnsley man has been convicted of killing an associate of his in June this year
Martin Wilson, 38, has been found guilty of stabbing Stephen Riley in Athersley on the evening of 26 June. Emergency services were alerted to a critically injured Stephen by a resident in Darley Avenue, after he had banged on their window, pleading for help and crying out that he’d been stabbed. Police and paramedics […]