A British football coach has been jailed for 25 years in Dubai after four bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were found in his car
Billy Hood from Notting Hill, west London, was arrested on 31 January, shortly after moving to the country. The 24-year-old claims he was forced to sign a confession written in Arabic despite not speaking the language. The Foreign Office said it is “giving consular support to a British man. Mr Hood, who played semi-professional football […]
Detectives investigating after a teenage boy was sexually assaulted on a bus in west London have charged a man
Zakaria Mohammed, 27 of, Arnold Road, Ealing, was charged on Tuesday, 12 October with one count of false imprisonment, one count of sexual assault and one count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He was remanded in custody to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on Tuesday, 9 November. The charge follows an […]
A man has been jailed for murdering a woman in an attempt to save himself from a substantial amount of debt by stealing from her
Armen Aristakesyan, 43 of Uxbridge Road, W13, was found guilty following a nine-week trial at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 13 October. He was sentenced to life with a minimum of 30 years’ imprisonment after attacking Serafima Meshaka, who was aged 58, in her Ealing home. The court heard that Aristakesyan was a friend of Serafima’s who […]
A 40-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Primrose Hill who has been named as Nicole Hurley
Police were called to Broxwood Way, Primrose Hill shortly before 1am on Sunday, 10 October following reports of a disturbance. A woman was found with stab wounds. Despite the best efforts of paramedics, she was pronounced dead at the scene. She has since been named as 37-year-old Nicole Hurley. Her family are being supported by […]
A man who made arrangements to travel across the country with the intention of sexually abusing teenage girls has been sentenced
Guy Sims, aged 53, of Castle Lane, Bedford, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment at Oxford Crown Court. He had been founded guilty of three counts of arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence by unanimous jury following a trial which concluded on 28 July at the same court. The sentencing follows […]
A man who carried out a sustained attack on a woman which meant police and paramedics had to act quickly to potentially save her life has been jailed for nine and a half years
Graeme Thompson, 37, of Buchanan Road, Carlisle, will also serve an extended three and a half year licence period after his release. Thompson stamped repeatedly on the victim’s head as she lay on the floor, causing injuries including fractures to an eye socket and jaw – and a bleed on the brain. Rachel Gent, […]
A six-year jail term has been imposed on a man who raped a woman he had met at a bar
Kieran Champion met the woman in Margate in July 2018 before they went back to his home in Merchants Way, Canterbury. During the evening, the victim told Champion he wasn’t her type and rebuffed his advances. She then went to sleep on a chair but woke up to find Champion raping her. Arrest The woman left the property and called […]
A man has been jailed for 34 months following a burglary and an incident where he crashed into a house whilst drug driving.
A man has been jailed for 34 months following a burglary and an incident where he crashed into a house whilst drug driving.At around 10.50am on 11 February 2020, 21-year-old Rhys Curtis and his co-defendant, 19-year-old Max Plaister entered a house on Selsey Avenue, before waking the occupants – who were known to them.The pair […]
12 arrested in operation to disrupt drug dealing
Around 100 police officers from Surrey Police and Sussex Police executed search warrants in Camberley, Chilworth, Fleet, Ash, Farnborough, Aldershot, Farnham, Gerrards Cross, Thatcham, and Church Crookham. During the operation, officers also seized large quantities of drugs, cash and offensive weapons. Senior Investigating Officer, Temporary Detective Inspector Lee Hazell, said: “Today’s operation makes our message clear: […]
Jail for man who sexually assaulted woman in Maidstone
A victim who was sexually assaulted in Maidstone has seen the offender jailed. On 29 May 2020, a woman was walking along Sutton Road towards the town centre when a man she did not know, walked past her in the same direction. She continued into Loose Road and, on reaching the junction […]
