Two sentenced for supplying class-A drugs
Two men from Cardiff have been sent to prison after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and ‘crack’ cocaine. At Cardiff Crown Court, on Friday, March 8, Daniel Lewis, 38, from Canton received a reduced sentence of two years and eight months and Lewis Hicks, 32, from Fairwater, was sent to […]
A van driver has been jailed after deliberately swerving into a 17-year-old who he believed had stolen his son’s motorbike
John Gant (pictured) drove into the teenage victim as he rode an electric bike in Ladybrook Lane, Mansfield. The impact caused the victim to fall to the floor and fracture his ankle. After swerving into the teenager, Gant picked up the victim’s e-bike and put it in the van before driving off. Minutes after the […]
A drug dealer who trafficked two teenagers has been made subject to Bedfordshire’s first-ever Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Order
Schimarr Smith, 20, has been jailed for more than five years for running a county drugs line from Luton to Cambridgeshire. In a first for Bedfordshire Police, the Judge also made Smith subject to a STPO after the court heard how he exploited two vulnerable boys, moving them across the region and placing them in […]
A drug dealer who trafficked two teenagers has been made subject to Bedfordshire’s first-ever Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Order
Schimarr Smith, 20, has been jailed for more than five years for running a county drugs line from Luton to Cambridgeshire. In a first for Bedfordshire Police, the Judge also made Smith subject to a STPO after the court heard how he exploited two vulnerable boys, moving them across the region and placing them in […]
A 46-year-old man has been jailed for the murder of a man in Lanark
Kevin Geoghegan was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday, 5 April 2024, and was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years. Officers were called to reports of a serious assault at Mousebank Road, Lanark, around 1.55 am on Saturday, 16 July 2022. Emergency services attended, however, 24-year-old Peter Kirkwood was pronounced […]
Two North Yorkshire Police Officers Under Investigation Following Altercation
A recent traffic stop in Tockwith, near Wetherby, has led to a regulatory probe involving two North Yorkshire Police officers. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has been called in after allegations emerged that a black man was struck and pepper-sprayed while being restrained during the incident on January 26. The North Yorkshire Police […]
Witnesses sought to fatal collision in Pevensey
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision in Wartling Road, Pevensey. A white Citroen C3 was travelling northbound when it went into a ditch shortly before 9pm on Friday 5 April. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle – a 19-year-old man from Eastbourne – was taken to hospital, where […]
Drug dealer flushes four years of his life away
Thanks to persistence and impressive work by digital forensics, a drug dealer will spend four years and six months behind bars, after being sentenced at Guildford Crown Court yesterday (Thursday 4 April). Terry Daoust, 34, of Shackleford Green, Godalming, pleaded guilty on 29 February after a long-running investigation concluded with overwhelming evidence against him into […]
Three Men Jailed After Killing Man in Daylight Attack in Shard End, Birmingham
Three men have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to killing a 51-year-old man, Darren Smith, in a brutal daylight attack in Shard End, Birmingham, last year. The fatal incident occurred on 15 March 2023, when Darren Smith visited a phone shop on Heath Way to purchase a phone case. While inside the shop, […]
Scammers Targeting Kent Residents with Fake Council Calls
Kent County Council’s Assistive Technology Team has issued a warning to residents across Kent after receiving reports of scam callers impersonating council representatives or Lifeline service providers. According to reports received by the Assistive Technology Team, these fraudulent callers claim to be working on behalf of the council or a Lifeline service and target Lifeline […]