A man has been jailed for five years after police discovered a sawn-off shotgun and a pistol during a raid on his home.
Nick Miller, 56 of Sutherland Court, Westminster, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, 18 March, where he pleaded guilty to possession of two prohibited firearms. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for one count of possession of a firearm and another five years for a second count. The sentences are to run […]
A married police officer who strangled his lover after she exposed their affair has had his prison sentence increased on appeal
Timothy Brehmer was jailed for 10-and-a-half years after admitting the manslaughter of 41-year-old Claire Parry in Dorset on 9 May. He had claimed she died accidentally during a “kerfuffle” in his car. The Court of Appeal ruled that Brehmer’s sentence should be increased to 13-and-a-half years. Brehmer, of Hordle, Hampshire, had pleaded guilty to […]
The father of an eight-week-old girl who died at her home in Crowborough, Sussex, has been convicted of her murder and the baby’s mother has been found guilty of allowing her death
Paramedics found Holly Roe not breathing and with no heart activity when they arrived in the early hours of 10 September 2018. Despite attempts to revive her, she was pronounced dead a couple of hours later. The post-mortem examination showed that the cause of death was a head injury and the opinion of the […]
A woman is facing a murder charge for drowning her four-year-old son in the bath
Oluwakemi Badare, 36, killed Kingswealth Bayode (corr) at their home in Plumstead, southeast London. Duncan Atkinson, prosecuting said: ‘The defendant is charged with the murder of her four-year-old son who was found drowned after the defendant called the emergency services on 27 December 2020.’ Badare, of Invermore Place, Plumstead, appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link, […]
A man has been sentenced to 14 years in jail after stabbing a woman in Reading last August
David Rackett, aged 57, of Scours Lane, Reading, was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment and must also serve an additional four years on licence following a hearing at Reading Crown Court today (15/3). Rackett was previously found guilty of attempted murder at the conclusion of a trial on 1 February. At around 9.45pm on […]
A West Yorkshire Police Officer has been charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault
Police Sergeant Ben Lister based at Bradford District is due in court at Bradford Magistrates on 24 March 2021. He is currently suspended from the force.
An ex-council finance officer stole more than £60,000 from her former employer to help pay off her accumulated credit card debts.
Kerry Wheatley was employed as a revenue finance officer for business rates for Bassetlaw District Council. Over a 12-month period, between October 2018 and October 2019, Wheatley diverted refunds of business rates, due to be paid to a number of businesses, into a single bank account. Wheatley, who worked for the council for around […]
A man from Northern Ireland has been summonsed to appear at court in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women, and children
Caolan Gormley, 23, of Kedew Road in Caledon, County Tyrone, will answer a charge of conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. He is due to appear at Southend Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday 17 March.
Two men have been charged with attempted murder after a man suffered life-threatening injuries in Croydon
Pawel Smolinski, 30 , of Cambridge Road, KT8, and Jakub Smolinski, 24, of England Way, KT3, have been charged after a 37-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds in Church Street, Croydon, at 20.50hrs on Saturday, 13 March. The 37-year-old man remains in hospital in a critical condition. The two men charged appeared at Bromley […]
Women charged with Stabbing a man in Tunbridge Wells
A woman arrested in connection with a serious assault at a property in Tunbridge Wells has been charged. Kent Police was called at 1.05pm on Friday 12 March 2021 to a report that a man had been stabbed at an address in Dudley Road. Officers and the South East Coast Ambulance Service attended and the […]
