A man has been remanded in custody accused of attempting to set fire to a police van during the first Kill the Bill protest in Bristol
Ryan Roberts, 25, of Goodhind Street, Easton, Bristol, appeared before Bristol Magistrates’ Court. He was accused of attempted arson with intent to endanger life “by placing a lit item under the vehicle to endanger the life of a police officer”. Mr Roberts faces five other charges over alleged rioting. He is also accused of […]
Canning Town Crane Protestor David Chick has been arrested for aggravated trespass, public nuisance and criminal damage
At approximately 3pm on Saturday, 3 April, the man who has been named as David Chick came down from the crane. He has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass, public nuisance and criminal damage.” Chick had scaled a crane and unfurled what appears to be a Black Lives Matter banner in east London on […]
A burglar has been jailed for one year and ten months for stealing a customised classic car from Deal
The pale blue Ford Anglia – which had been a replica of the Weasleys’ car from the Harry Potter films – was stolen from a Walmer garage by 37-year-old Richard Matthews in October 2019. However a media appeal and investigation using CCTV stills led to his identification and subsequent arrest. Shortly before midday […]
An Essex upholsterer who was caught transporting £1.6m worth of cocaine within two chairs has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
Andrew Duncan Fraser pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine last year, following an investigation by the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP) – a joint NCA and Metropolitan Police Service unit. OCP officers tracked down and stopped the 58-year-old from Harlow, Essex, on 17 October 2020 as he drove his van along […]
A man who spat at a bus driver during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic has been jailed
Michael Aidoo, 44 and of no fixed address, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 25 March, where he pleaded guilty to common assault. The court heard that on the morning of Saturday, 13 February, Aidoo boarded the No. 436 bus on Queens Road in Peckham. He refused to pay a fare and tried […]
A man and a woman have been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, a class A drug, after warrants were carried out in south London and Bedfordshire
Robert Hunt, 34 of Cranborne Close, Bedford, has also been charged with possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession with intent to supply a class B drug (cannabis) and possession of criminal property. Joanne White 54 of Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, was also charged with possession of a class B drug (cannabis). They were both arrested on […]
A Leeds man has been jailed after his DNA was found on a shotgun recovered following a police search
Levi Paterson from Leeds was sentenced to three years in prison at Leeds Crown Court on April 1, after admitting possessing a firearm at an earlier hearing at Leeds Magistrates Court in October 2020. He was also given two concurrent 12 month jail sentences for two separate robbery offences from 2019, adding to a […]
A twice-convicted murderer who lost an eye in a prison yard attack has been awarded £85,000 in damages
Lee Newell, 52, also suffered a fractured skull and a severe brain injury in the assault by double killer Gary Vinter at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes in November 2014. Newell had claimed the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) did not protect him. High Court Judge Peter Marquand found the MoJ breached “its obligation to keep […]
A man has been charged in connection with a series of high value burglaries in Westminster
Jugoslav Jovanovic, 23 of Milan, Italy was charged on Friday, 2 April with conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to commit money laundering and attempting to convert criminal property. He was remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 3 April. Jovanovic was arrested at Heathrow Airport on the afternoon of Friday, […]
Seven years’ imprisonment has been imposed upon a man who struck a person in the head with a screwdriver
Nicholas Barrs committed the assault against a motorist while they sat inside a parked car in Gillingham in May 2020. The 38-year-old, of Balmoral Road, Gillingham, admitted attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place. He was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday 31 […]
