Depraved child abuser sentenced to 18 years in jail
A man has been jailed for a string of child rapes and sex offences following a meticulous Metropolitan Police investigation in which detectives examined more than 1.5million potentially indecent images. Dean Edmunds, 36 (01.05.85) of south east London was sentenced on Friday, 21 May at Croydon Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to sex offences […]
County line dealers sent marketing texts in Tunbridge Wells
Two county line dealers have been jailed after they sent bulk text messages to users in Tunbridge Wells offering class A drugs for sale. Officers from Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team identified that drug users in the town were regularly receiving the marketing messages from a specific phone, between March 2020 and January […]
Fraudulent Big Issue seller jailed and given criminal behaviour order
A man who fraudulently sold Big Issue magazines has been jailed and issued with a criminal behaviour order. Chris Brealey, of no fixed address, was convicted for fraud by false representation after officers from the Operation Compass team in Nottingham city centre spotted his criminal behaviour. The 53-year-old was convicted for four charges of fraud […]
A police employee has been charged with five criminal counts in an investigation emerging from Operation Venetic – the UK’s law enforcement response to the takedown of encrypted comms platform EncroChat
Natalie Mottram, 22, was employed by Cheshire Police but was on secondment and working as an intelligence analyst at the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit when she was arrested by NCA, as part of an Independent Office for Police Conduct directed investigation. Mottram, allegedly disclosed unauthorised information. She has been charged with four counts […]
Police call for help in tracking down wanted Spalding man
Police have called for the Lincolnshire public’s help in tracking down a wanted man. The whereabouts of Julian Karl Gaunt is currently unknown with officers desperate to track him down. The 52-year-old from Spalding is wanted after he failed to appear at Lincoln Crown Court on May 13 for his pre-trial hearing. The case relates […]
Surrey Police officer dismissed from force after being found guilty of gross misconduct
A police officer has been dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct following a hearing earlier this month. PC James Russell, 28, was dismissed on 5 May after being found to have breached standards of professional behaviour and to have displayed discreditable conduct but then had 10 working days to appeal this decision, which […]
Colchester Man charged with nearly 40 offences
A man has been charged with nearly 40 offences as part of an investigation by our specialist team which investigates the complex and organised exploitation of children. Matthew Clarke was arrested after officers from the Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Proactive Investigation Team carried out a warrant in Colchester in November last year. The 22 year-old, […]
Three charged over New Year’s murder
Three men have been charged in connection with the murder of Billy Henham, whose body was found in a disused building in Brighton. Billy Henham, 24, from Henfield was discovered at the building in North Street on Thursday 2 January 2020. Officers went to the property following a report of concerns for a person. Yesterday, […]
Man jailed after being found guilty of burglary Reading
Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, a man has been jailed for three years after he was convicted of burglary in Reading. Stephen Whitfield, aged 52, of Gas Works Road, Reading, was found guilty by a unanimous jury verdict of one count of burglary in a dwelling after a trial lasting two days at Reading […]
Three men responsible for violent burglary offences at a caravan site near Maidstone have been sentenced to a total of more than 25 years’ imprisonment
An investigation by the Chief Constable’s Crime Squad linked Eli Smith, James Lee and Prince Adeshokan to a disturbance in Detling, where victims were terrorised with weapons, including a machete and an axe. Kent Police was called during the early hours of 22 July 2020, to reports that armed men had entered a location off […]
