A man has been jailed for three years for a burglary in Gosport
In the early hours of the morning on 18 June this year, 50-year-old Steven Christopher Sharp gained access to a garden on Row Wood Lane but was disturbed by the occupant as he tried to access the house. The occupant, aged in her 80s, found Sharp at her back door, at which point he turned […]
A serving police officer has been jailed at Southwark Crown Court after being found guilty of multiple fraud offences
PC Murat Isik, attached to the Roads and Transport Policing Command, was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment on Friday, 1 October. He had been found guilty at the same court on Tuesday, 31 August of four counts of fraud by false representation, two counts of using a false instrument with intent contrary to the Forgery […]
A man has been sentenced at Southampton Magistrates’ Court, after he was charged with drink driving of an e-scooter
LPawel Szmydki, 31, of Brunel Road, Southampton, was sentenced in relation to the incident on 5 September in Wimpson Lane, having pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle with alcohol above the limit. The court heard that Szmydki was seen driving erratically on a hired e-scooter at around 9.35pm, causing vehicles to take evasive action […]
The ringleader of a gang of five men who plotted to burgle homes and businesses and blow up cash machines across Hampshire, Dorset and Surrey has today admitted his part in the conspiracy
David Patrick Hughes, 30, of Street End Close, Hook, admitted conspiring to steal, conspiring to burgle and conspiring to cause explosions at Winchester Crown Court today (October 1). Four other men have also earlier entered guilty pleas for their role in the £1.2million conspiracy. – Cameron Chivers, 23, of Lydgate Road, Southampton pleaded guilty to […]
A lorry driver has been jailed for killing a motorcyclist in a collision on the A32
Today (October 1) at Winchester Crown Court, Lucian-Sorin Todor was sentenced to eight years in prison having been found guilty of death by dangerous driving by a jury in August. A judge also banned him from driving for five years from the time of his release and ordered that Todor be subject of an extended […]
Henry Thomas Henderson has been arrested and charged following a 5-year international manhunt
The 56-year-old from The Rogers in Shanklin was detained under a European Arrest Warrant after returning to the UK from overseas. Henderson has now been charged with kidnap and wounding with intent in relation to an assault that took place on Newport Street in Ryde on Tuesday 22nd November 2016. The now-detained Scot has […]
A 54-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his father in Lewisham
Frank Samuel, 54 of Beacon Road, Hither Green, SE13 has been charged with the murder of Arthur Samuel, who was aged 81. He is due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 30 September. Officers were called at 9.45am on Tuesday, 28 September to Burford Road, SE6 and found Arthur Samuel with stab wounds. […]
A Metropolitan Police Service officer was sentenced to a whole-life prison term today for the murder of Sarah Everard.
Wayne Couzens, 48 appeared at the Old Bailey on the 29 and 30 September where the court heard how he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah. He pleaded guilty to murder on Friday, 9 July. The previous month he admitted kidnapping and raping Sarah. They were not known to each other. Couzens was arrested on […]
Nothing can make things better, nothing can bring Sarah back, but knowing he will be imprisoned forever brings some relief
Sarah Everard’s family made a statement at the old bailey at the sentencing of Wayne Couzens “We are very pleased that Wayne Couzens has received a full life sentence and will spend the rest of his life in jail. Nothing can make things better, nothing can bring Sarah back, but knowing he will be […]
A man has been jailed for 25 years for non-recent sex offences involving young boys whom he encountered through his work as a caretaker and Scout leader
Victor Jacob, 76of Balmoral Crescent, Macclesfield, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, 24 September after being found guilty following a five-week trial of 36 offences in total. These included multiple counts of Indecent assault on boys under 16 years, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, engaging in sexual activity with […]
