Burglar sentenced to 18 months in prison as part of Operation Crooked
A 34-year-old woman has been handed 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to burgling two vulnerable people. Maria Rowland, 34, previously of Weedon, pleaded guilty to the offences at Northampton Crown Court this week. The first burglary happened on October 23, 2020, when Rowland broke into the home of a disabled person in Weedon […]
Following a Warwickshire Police investigation, an 18-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for drugs offences in Leamington
Daine Dwyer of Lordswood Road, Birmingham, appeared at Warwick Crown Court yesterday (Monday 19 April) where he was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment. The offence took place at around 2pm on 18 December last year, when officers conducted a stop search on Dwyer on Eagle Street in Leamington. He was found with six grams of […]
A man has been jailed for 20 years after he deliberately drove a car at four people, seriously injuring two of them
Thanks to the tireless work of our detectives, Brett Hart, of Elmden Court, Clacton, was jailed yesterday after being found guilty of attempted murder in relation to one victim. He was also found guilty of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to two further victims and driving whilst disqualified and with no insurance. […]
A 38-year-old man who sexually assaulted a woman in Kettering has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison
Oliver James Edwards, 38, of no fixed abode, assaulted the woman at an address in the town on June 6, 2015. The incident happened just after 10pm that evening when a social gathering was taking place within the house. The woman had decided to go to bed early due to feeling unwell however was awoken […]
A retired nurse who sent a Member of Parliament with Pakistani heritage a racially abusive email has been sentenced
Ian Brown, 60, sent Bradford MP Naz Shah an email citing forced marriages, honour killings, grooming gangs and female genital mutilation. He said: “I’m sure victims of grooming gangs…are happy at your appointment.” Brown signed off the email sent on 11 April last year with his name and address. The victim reported the matter to […]
A 28-year-old man has been jailed for six years for blackmailing two people he met on a dating website
Sam Shepherd, of Kent Street, Portsmouth, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday 15 April, after admitting two charges of blackmail relating to victims in South Gloucestershire and Bristol. Shepherd would befriend his victims on a dating website and then threaten to release intimate details about them to their friends and family. He arranged […]
Police have charged two people in connection with an incident in which a teenage boy was seriously assaulted and robbed in Reading
A 16-year-old boy from Reading, who was arrested on 5 January, was charged on Wednesday (14/4) with Section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent, robbery and three counts of attempted robbery. He was bailed to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court on 5 May. Jan Watroba, aged 20, of Zinzan Street, Reading, who was arrested on […]
A 47-year-old woman has been handed a suspended sentence after breaching a modern slavery order – the first time anyone has been sentenced for such a crime in Derbyshire
Rasa Zubaviciute was handed a Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order (STRO) on Thursday, 30 July 2020 at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court after officers found a hidden room at a hand car wash in Chesterfield. Officers from Derbyshire police’s Modern Slavery Team visited the business in Brimington Road, Tapton, and discovered, through a hole in a […]
Prenton man jailed for historic sex offences
Stephen Lewis, 59, of Woodchurch Road, Prenton, was sentenced to four years at Liverpool Crown Court for five counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14 years and two counts of gross indecency with a girl under 14 years of age. The offences date back to the 1970s when Lewis was […]
A Thrapston man has been charged with drug supply offences following an operation that uncovered thousands of pounds worth of Class A and B drugs along with a large amount of cash
The operation was headed by Northamptonshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Team and also involved the Road Crime Team, Neighbourhood Policing Team, Operation Revive, Dog Unit and Joint Operations Team. Lewis Manning, 25, of Charles Street, Thrapston, has been charged with possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession with intent to supply cannabis and […]
