A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a collision in Redbridge
Police were called at around 12.50am on Saturday, 8 January, to a collision on the M11 involving a silver Vauxhall Vectra and grey BMW 1 Series. The Vauxhall Vectra had collided with barriers near Junction 4 of the motorway. A man, aged in his 20s, who was a passenger in the Vectra was pronounced dead […]
A man has been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed in Bolton last month
Officers were called at around 20.40 GMT on Saturday 11 December 2021 to a report that a 41-year-old man had been stabbed on Lincoln Road, Bolton. Emergency services attended and the man was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The report at 20.40 was approximately two hours after a report of another stabbing on […]
A Birmingham man has been jailed for seven and a half years for four offences of disseminating extremist material between April 2019 and December 2020
Rayan Saab, aged 22, from Bloomsbury Walk, Nechells, was convicted in November at Birmingham Crown Court after being arrested in January last year by detectives from Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands CTU. Several electronic devices were seized from his home and, following examination, extremist material was found on each device. The material contained information […]
Police on the Isle of Wight have charged a man has been charged in connection with a murder investigation in Ryde
Officers investigating a murder in Ryde have charged a man. Police attended a flat in George Street on the afternoon of Tuesday 4 January where the body of 33-year-old Scott Edward Cooper, of Newport, was discovered. His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Following an investigation, Piers Carl […]
Three men have been jailed for a total of 15 years and one month for their role in the attempted murder of a 16-year-old boy
Steven Allison, 18 of Moreton Close, Hackney, was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. His twin brother Bradley Allison, 18 of Moreton Close, Hackney, was sentenced to five years and seven months after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. They both […]
Two teenagers have been sentenced for an assault in Castle Square last year that left a Brighton council worker with serious injuries
The local man, who was in his 50s, was subjected to a significant assault of kicks and punches just before 6am on Thursday, September 16th, before members of the public stepped in to help. Three suspects were arrested nearby shortly after and two of them – 15 and 16-year-old girls from Brighton and Crawley […]
A former Staffordshire Police staff member has been jailed after pleading guilty to unlawfully accessing police computer systems to view photographs of crime scenes
Darren Collins, 56, of Stafford, a digital forensic specialist based at Police Headquarters in Stafford, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court today. Collins admitted misconduct in a public office after accessing over 3,000 images between January 2014 and December 2018 at the same court in November. A number of the […]
Detectives investigating the murder of Ali Abucar Ali have released CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to as significant witnesses
Police were called on the evening of Friday, 12 November, to Albany Road in Brentford where they found a man and woman suffering from stab injuries. Ali Abucar Ali, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was taken to hospital and has since been discharged with non life-threatening injuries. During their enquiries, […]
A-time cash machine thief is facing prison time after he was caught at the BP petrol station
The attack on the machine took place on Horsham Road, Alfold on Saturday, 4 December. At around 4.30am officers were alerted to an attack in progress at the petrol station and when they arrived at the scene they discovered Tommy Stevenson, 28, of Dalmeny Way, Epsom, behind a fence at the far end of the […]
Super swift gates which automatically close off lanes to be trialled on National Highways’ network
An automatic taper which can close off lanes in minutes and saves road workers having to put out cones in the face of oncoming traffic is to be trialled on the National Highways network. The innovation, SwiftGate, can be fully deployed in around five minutes compared to the 25 minutes it takes road workers to […]
