Detectives have charged a man with attempted murder after two people were found with stab injuries in south-east London
Anton Rhoden, 27 , of Samuel Close, Woolwich, was charged on Sunday, 1 August with two counts of attempted murder. He will appear in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 2 August. On the morning of Saturday, 31 July police were called after a man was found with stab injuries at a residential […]
A grandfather who murdered his daughter’s ex-partner in a “frenzied attack” with two knives has been jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 20 years
Lance Woollard, 65, knew 35-year-old Nigel Ebbage would be working from home in Honeysuckle Close, Wimblington, near March, when he visited on the morning of Thursday, April 29. There he stabbed Mr Ebbage 20 times, leaving his body at the foot of the stairs. Mr Ebbage’s partner returned home for her lunch at about […]
Two friends have been jailed for their role in the killing of father of two, Marcus Ramsey, who was stabbed to death in a Sheffield street last summer
Marcus, then 35, died after an unconnected altercation at a street party escalated in to significant disorder, which culminated in him being stabbed through the heart shortly after midnight on Saturday 8 August 2020. Appearing before Sheffield Crown Court on Friday 11 June 2021, Ruben Moreno, now 18, was convicted of murder. His co-defendant, […]
A carer has been jailed for life for the murder of a housebound Bideford pensioner who had accused him of stealing thousands of pounds from her
Michael Robinson was sentenced by Exeter Crown Court to serve a minimum of 30 years for the brutal killing of 77-year-old Carol Hart in January. Mrs Hart was found dead in her Northam home after being subjected to a sustained attack by 35-year-old Robinson. She had suffered 59 injuries, mostly to her head and […]
A truck driver who tried to smuggle almost 100kg of cocaine into the UK has been jailed for 11 years as part of a National Crime Agency investigation
Miodrag Ivankovic, 45, was stopped by Border Force officers on 6 September at the freight controls in Dover after arriving from Calais. Officers searched his truck and cut into a suspicious pallet of boxes and white powder spilled out. Inside the truck was a total of 94kg of cocaine with a street value […]
A man has been arrested after a police officer suffered a broken leg as the result of a collisIon with an e-scooter
The incident happened in Willesden High Road at about 1pm today (Saturday, 31 July) during a pre-planned operation to target the illegal use of e-scooters. Officers had directed a male riding an e-scooter to stop but he failed to do so. The e-scooter then collided with a police officer, knocking him to the floor. The […]
A man who stabbed another man in an unprovoked attack in the street has today, Friday 30 July been jailed for 13 years
Tony Combs, of no fixed abode, was stood outside a shop on Mottram Road, Stalybridge, on the evening of Sunday 21st June 2020, when the victim walked out of a friend’s house and walked in Combs direction. Combs pushed the victim into an alley way before demanding that the victim handed over his possessions to […]
Four men who admitted attacking police officers during the riot in Bristol city centre in March have been handed prison sentences
Kane Adamson, Brandon Lloyd, Kain Simmonds and Stuart Quinn had previously pleaded guilty to being part of a group which used or threatened violence outside Bridewell Police Station and together, caused others to fear for their personal safety. Today, at Bristol Crown Court, they were sentenced to a total of13 years and 11 months […]
Brighton cat killer jailed for five year over 16 attacks
A former security guard has been jailed for a series of cat killings in night-time attacks around Brighton today. Steve Bouquet, 55, was jailed at Hove Crown Court to five years for killing nine cats and injuring seven others. He was found guilty, following a trial, of 16 offences of criminal damage, in relation to […]
A drug dealer who tried to evade capture by driving double the speed-limit on the wrong side of the road has been jailed
Zakariya Taibi, 21 , of Wickham Lane, Greenwich, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A and class B drugs, possession of criminal property and dangerous driving at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday, 27 July. He was sentenced immediately afterwards to four years and two months’ imprisonment. He was also disqualified from […]
