Officers investigating an incident in which a van collided with a pedestrian have charged a man
Ayman Aburas, 27, of Kestell Drive, Cardiff, has been charged with section 18 GBH with intent, dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He has been remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court tomorrow morning (Tuesday 25 May). It comes after police were called to Spring Street at 2.45am on Sunday […]
A Romanian lorry driver who tried to smuggle a group of migrants, including a man suspected of child sex offences, out of the UK has been jailed for six years
48-year-old Sebastian Gabriel Podar from Tuzrii in Romania was arrested as part of an National Crime Agency operation at the port of Dover in the early hours of Wednesday 2 December 2020. His truck was being monitored as part of Operation Symbolry, a long-running NCA investigation into an organised crime group alleged to be behind […]
A man who subjected a woman to repeated violence and mental abuse in the Swanley area has been jailed
Grant Fullager, of Pinewood Place, Dartford, was initially in a relationship with the victim for around two months at the end of 2019. She ended this due to concerns about his violent past and he commenced a campaign of harassment that culminated in an assault on the victim. After he made further […]
Suspect charged in connection with Canterbury city centre disturbance
A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with assaults in Canterbury city centre. Officers were called to a disturbance in High Street at around 4am on Sunday 23 May 2021. Two men in their twenties were taken to hospital with facial injuries after they were reportedly assaulted near the junction with St Margaret’s Street. […]
Two men and a woman will appear in court charged in connection with the death of Tim Hipperson
All three were arrested in the morning of Saturday, 22 May and charged on Sunday, 23 May as follows: Oliver Muldowney, 34, of no fixed address was charged with murder and two counts of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, namely cocaine and heroin Jonathon Nash, 35, of Hounslow Road, TW14 was […]
A man who took over a vulnerable man’s Northampton home to sell drugs from it has been jailed for seven years
Brett James Franks, aged 46, of no fixed address, was arrested on January 6 this year after a man contacted Northamptonshire Police to say Franks had taken over his home, a practice known as cuckooing, and had been selling Class A drugs from the property. The man said this was ruining his life and […]
A man who killed his neighbour by punching him to the floor and stamping on him has been jailed for life for his murder
Andrew Claydon, 45, was found guilty of the murder of Matthew Pearson following a trial earlier this month. Police were called around 6:45pm on 18th July 2020, after reports of an assault on Lytham Road, Blackpool close to the Farmer’s Arms public house. Police and paramedics attended a short time later, by which time […]
SOUTH SHIELDS MAN SENTENCED FOR TERRORISM AND FIREARMS OFFENCES
A 32-year-old man from South Shields has been sentenced today (Friday May 21) to 10 years and 2 months in prison after pleading guilty a number of offences. John Raymond Nimmo (02.07.88) of Osborne Avenue, South Shields, pleaded guilty to one offence of possession of a document likely to be useful to a person committing […]
An opportunist thug has been sentenced to 27 months behind bars after robbing an elderly man of his wallet and pleading guilty at Grimsby Magistrates Court
Michael Pullan (40) of Eleanor Street, Grimsby was sentenced on Monday 10 May after the court heard of how he preyed on the vulnerable nature of his victim. On Thursday 8 April, Pullan approached a passer by asking for money which they declined to give him. Persisting in his search, Pullan preyed on the vulnerable nature […]
Man sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his flatmate in Macclesfield
A man who controlled and physically abused his flatmate in Macclesfield has been found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Andrew Anderson stabbed Peter Kirkham in the chest inside their property on Stirling Close before calling paramedics at around 2am on Wednesday 23 September 2020. The 35-year-old claimed Peter had inflicted the […]
