A man who officers found pointing an air rifle at a car with passengers inside has been locked up for more than a year
Blidworth response officers arrived in the Ricket Lane area and found Victor Staples armed with the weapon. They challenged the 62-year-old, of Ricket Lane, to drop the rifle and had to negotiate with him for some time before he did so. It transpired that Staples had threatened two separate drivers with a rifle at around […]
Three teenagers being held by police on suspicion of murdering a man from Leigh have had their time in custody extended
Three males – aged 16, 17, and 18 – were arrested on Friday 26 March and will remain in custody for an additional 36 hours after an application was accepted at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court earlier today (Saturday 27 March). A murder investigation was launched by detectives from GMP’s Major Incident Team (MIT) after […]
Detectives investigating the death of a 76-year-old woman in Newham have charged a man with her murder
Donovan Miller, 30 of Kent Street, E13 was charged with murder on Friday, 26 March. He will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates Court on Saturday, 27 March The victim, 76 has been named locally as Phyllis Nelson. Police were called at 10.18pm on Thursday to Ms Nelson’s house in Kent Street, Newham. Police were […]
A Derby man has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of raping a young woman in his van
Sudesh Kumar, of Carsington Crescent, in Allestree, denied the offence which took place back in August 2018 but was found guilty and sentenced during the hearing last week. He had been with the victim, a woman in her 20s, and friends who were drinking at a pub in Peartree during the evening. The group then […]
A high risk paedophile who raped a schoolgirl as his wife filmed the horrific abuse has been jailed for 10 and a half years
Damien and Mary McCann preyed on the victim who was as young as ten at the time of her ordeal. A judge heard Mary McCann “encouraged” her sick husband’s attacks – which only ended when police swooped after a tip-off. Despite being arrested and charged, Damien McCann, 35, claimed the girl was “happy” during the […]
A police officer was outed as a paedophile after being caught hoarding a sickening haul of child abuse images at the home he shared with his wife and children.
Traffic cop Alan Mitchell was found to have kept the vile files of abuse for more than four years at the family’s detached cottage. Mitchell lost his job, had to leave the family home, is banned from seeing his children and will now lose the property, after holding his hands up to his sordid offence […]
Two men have been jailed after stealing more than £40,000 in cash and perfume following a series of robberies in the West End
Alfie Atherton, 29, of Saxon Road, Tower Hamlets, and Reed Roberts, 30, of Compton Passage, Islington, were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 26 March. Atherton was sentenced to 10 years and six months’ in jail, while Roberts was sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment. At an earlier hearing, Atherton pleaded guilty […]
A man who sexually abused young children has been jailed for eight years
Michael Taylor from Aberdeen was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday. The 71-year-old was found guilty of serious sexual assaults and indecent offences towards five children aged between six and 12 in Aberdeen between March and October 2020. A full investigation was launched by a range of specialist detectives after the family […]
A man has received a prison sentence of eight years, with 18 months suspended, for raping a young woman as she slept in her own bedroom.
The Central Criminal Court heard Conor Quaid, 26, was in the victim’s home on the night because he was a trusted family friend. Justice Mary Rose Gearty said that he abused this trust and noted that he has not shown any remorse since. Quaid of Monaree, Dingle, Co Kerry had pleaded not guilty to rape […]
A 34-year-old man has been jailed for terrorism offences following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East
Sohaib Embarek, a Spanish national of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty on 20 January to: Five counts of possession of material likely to be useful to a person preparing to commit acts of terrorism contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 One count of dissemination of terrorist publications contrary to Section 2 of […]
