Appeal for witnesses after pedestrian sadly killed in Portslade collision
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian tragically died in a collision with a Vauxhall Corsa. The incident occurred on the A270 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, around 8.17pm on Friday 11 March. The pedestrian – a 44-year-old local man – was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene; the driver was uninjured. A section of […]
A Birmingham woman has waived her anonymity to speak out about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-partner after seeing him jai…
Victoria O’Doherty was in a relationship with Mario Sassano for only a few months but during that time his behaviour became more obsessive and violent. He was consumed by jealously and accused her of cheating with an ex-partner, even going to the extreme of contacting him and threatening him. Sassano would go through the 43-year-old’s phone […]
A Birmingham woman has waived her anonymity to speak out about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-partner after seeing him jailed for five years, to encourage other women in similar situations to seek help
Victoria O’Doherty was in a relationship with Mario Sassano for only a few months but during that time his behaviour became more obsessive and violent. He was consumed by jealously and accused her of cheating with an ex-partner, even going to the extreme of contacting him and threatening him. Sassano would go through the 43-year-old’s phone […]
A man has been jailed for a vicious assault on a homeless man outside Newcastle Central station
Lee David Martin, aged 40, of Tumulus Avenue, Walker, Newcastle, pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm and outraging public decency at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to five months in jail at Newcastle Crown Court on Monday 7 March. Kerry Ann Walker, aged 33, who is currently remanded in custody […]
A man has been sentenced for pulling out an imitation firearm in Rugby town centre last year
Karmarni Bailey, aged 22 of Clough Close, Rugby, appeared at Warwick Crown Court for sentencing. At around 2pm on 17 November 2021, there were reports of a fight in Market Place in Rugby town centre, involving Bailey. During the incident, he pulled a black handgun out of his rucksack and pointed it at others involved […]
A man drove a woman around the country – ending up around 340 miles away from her Nottinghamshire home – while subjecting her to controll…
Jonathan Cook, 25, took her to various locations including Whitby in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, London and Cornwall during a week-long ordeal. Concerned family members contacted Nottinghamshire Police and the force liaised closely with Devon and Cornwall Police which led to the pair being found on Marazion Beach in Cornwall and Cook being arrested on 16 October […]
A man drove a woman around the country – ending up around 340 miles away from her Nottinghamshire home – while subjecting her to controlling and coercive behaviour.
Jonathan Cook, 25, took her to various locations including Whitby in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, London and Cornwall during a week-long ordeal. Concerned family members contacted Nottinghamshire Police and the force liaised closely with Devon and Cornwall Police which led to the pair being found on Marazion Beach in Cornwall and Cook being arrested on 16 October […]
A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years and 10 months after admitting murdering 47-year-old Sarah Ashwell in Wells
A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years and 10 months after admitting murdering 47-year-old Sarah Ashwell in Wells. Antanas Jankauskas, 39, of Wookey, admitted his crime at a hearing at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday 10 March. The court heard a personal statement giving the impact on Sarah’s […]
Trafford man jailed following ‘sustained and deplorable campaign of domestic abuse
Philip Daly, of Beechlands Avenue, Altrincham, appeared at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court this afternoon (Thursday 10 March 2022), where he was jailed for 18 years with a further five years to be spent on license. Daly was found guilty of the following offences at trial in October 2021: Eight counts of ABH. One […]
Two people convicted of neglecting four children have been sentenced following work by our specialist officers
Ben Atthis and Lissa Field were arrested in March 2019 after the children disclosed the abuse they had been subjected to. Thirty-two year-old Field, of Prospect Close, Southend admitted four counts of willfully ill-treating a child to cause unnecessary suffering in 2019. But Atthis denied the charges and went to trial. In court, the […]