Colchester: Four men jailed for drugs conspiracy

Main article content Navigation Brought to justice 16:22 21/05/2021 20210521 Colchester Four men jailed for drugs conspiracy 1-600px.webp Pictured: Jake Gregory and Jake Holliday Four men have been jailed for a total of 30 years and three months for selling drugs in north Essex. They processed the drugs at a house in Halstead, before putting […]

Laurence Bourke jailed for life for murder of Scott Gilhooly

Detectives have ensured a man who admitted stabbing his landlord to death in “a cowardly, vicious and brutal attack” at the pub where they lived in Braintree has been put behind bars after he was jailed for life. Lawrence Bourke had been renting a spare room within the flat above the Swiss Bell in Mountbatten […]

Teenager given Referral Order for terrorism offences

A teenager has been given a 12-month Referral Order today (21 May) at Birmingham Youth Court for terrorism offences. The 16-year-old from Bartley Green, who cannot be named due to his age, admitted three counts of possessing a document used to prepare or commit an act of terrorism between 5 May 2020 to 23 June […]

Man charged with attempted murder after incident in Oldham

A man has been charged with attempted murder after an incident in Oldham. Police were called at 8.20pm on Friday 14 May to a report of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian on Whitehouse Avenue. A man in his 40s was treated in hospital for life-changing leg injuries. Jamil Ahmed (DOB 03/01/1985), of […]

Drivers urged to share dashcam footage in Julia James murder enquiry

Members of the public who have dashcam footage from several key streets in the week leading up to the death of PCSO Julia James are being urged to contact Kent Police. Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are specifically seeking footage that was captured in Aylesham between Tuesday 20 April and Tuesday […]

Former university student jailed for terrorism offence

A former Cambridge University student who was found with a document on how to prepare explosive devices has been jailed. Oliver Bel, (02/08/1996), of Cherry Tree Close, Wilmslow, was jailed today (21 May 2021) at Manchester Crown Court for two years after being found guilty of possession of documents or records likely to be useful […]

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a missing criminal

Mark Anthony Kelly from Soho, Birmingham is wanted after failing to appear at Mold Crown Court after a serious assault that took place on 26 March 2020 on a train arriving at Holyhead railway station, North Wales. Kelly has pleaded guilty to the offence but has since failed to appear at court for sentencing. Officers […]

Liverpool man latest to be jailed as part of national Operation Venetic

A man identified through a picture of a block of cheese has become the latest in Merseyside to be jailed in connection with an international operation targeting criminals who used a mobile encryption service to try to evade detection. Carl Stewart, 39, of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and six months in […]