A man who impersonated a police officer after crashing his car in #Ashford has been jailed for a year and a half
David Saunders told members of the public who went to his aid that he was an ‘undercover officer’, before producing a set of handcuffs and a knife. The 37-year-old was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on 13 January 2022 after admitting charges of threatening with a bladed article, impersonating a police officer, dangerous driving and […]
Two hundred years of saving lives along the UK coast and at sea, as well as coordinating rescues for those in distress in international waters, is being marked this year as HM Coastguard celebrates
From its beginnings with coastal lookouts to today’s hi-tech national network of coordination centres, from small localised beginnings to international players – one thing has stayed the same for two centuries – Her Majesty’s Coastguard seeks to search, to rescue and to save. Two hundred years of saving lives along the UK coast and at […]
Four men have been sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court as part of an operation to target burglaries and vehicle theft offences in north and west Cumbria
Operation Damask was launched following nine incidents reported to police between February 2019 and October 2021 in the Keswick and Carlisle area. As a result of the operation detectives arrested and charged four men. Patrick Young, 33, of no fixed abode was sentenced to three years nine months, for the following offences: ●Five counts of […]
A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to possessing a bladed article in a public place
Mohammed Khalil Khan, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for 18 months at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday 11 January 2022. On the 9th August 2021, Khan boarded a train at Manchester Victoria station heading to Clitheroe. While on the train a member of staff was alerted by a passenger to a man […]
The mother and stepfather of a nine-year-old boy have been charged with his murder
Police were called to a house in Droitwich, Worcestershire, on 18 February last year where Alfie Steele was found in a critical condition. He was flown by air ambulance to hospital in Birmingham where he died. Carla Scott, 34, and Dirk Howell, 39, are due to appear at Worcester Crown Court on 25 February […]
A Doncaster man has been jailed following a gang-related attack in the back garden of a house last summer
Graham Delmar shot a man in the chest with a sawn off shotgun, causing significant injury, during the chaos between rival gang members on Aldesworth Road in Cantley at around 11.20am on 6 May 2021. Having pleaded guilty to Section 18 wounding with intent and possession of a firearm last month (December 2021), Delmar, aged […]
A Sheffield man who sexually assaulted a schoolgirl has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison
Shaun Greaves, 39, of Fairleigh, Manor, sexually assaulted his young victim over a period of more than a year between 2006-2007. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison, with a five year extended licence, at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday 7 January. The officer who led the investigation has praised the victim for reporting […]
The son of notorious hate cleric Abu Hamza has been jailed for his involvement in a money-laundering plot
Ti-to Ibn-Sheikh created false identities for HSBC bank account holders using information passed to him by an insider at the bank. Southwark Crown Court heard those accounts were used to launder nearly £350,00 from thefts and frauds. The 35-year-old, from Shepherd’s Bush in west London, was jailed for three years and nine months. Victims lost […]
Double rapist from North Yorkshire jailed thanks to the courage of the two victims
Alexander Philip Rowley has been jailed for attacks against two different women. The 26-year-old from Easingwold repeatedly denied the offences and claimed his victims were lying. However, he was convicted of two counts of rape by a jury and sentenced to 11 years in jail today. Rowley’s victims, both young women, were targeted in separate […]
Detectives have praised the victims of a Middlesbrough man who carried out 22 rapes and was today jailed for life with a minimum of 12 years, and put on the sex offenders’ register for life
Officers have applauded victims’ bravery in supporting the investigation so Tom Rodwell, 31, could be brought before the court. Rodwell pleaded guilty to 10 counts which detailed the multiple rapes he had carried out between 2017 and 2020. The court heard how Rodwell, 31, is a danger to women, responsible for sustained assaults and rapes […]
