Man jailed after assaulting pensioner in an unprovoked attack in Warrington
Jack Brooke punched the 81-year-old man several times at around 1.30pm on Thursday 22 October.Both men were walking alone near Bridge Foot until they came face-to-face between St Marys Street and Miller Street.As the victim tried to side step around the 22-year-old, he grabbed hold of him, raised his fist and struck him two or […]
Man and woman charged with murder following death of baby In Warrinngton
A man and woman have been charged with murder following the death of a baby. At 1.05pm on Thursday 18 February police were notified that a six month old boy had been taken to hospital after becoming unresponsive at an address in Widnes. The boy was taken to hospital where he passed away. Gabriela Ion, […]
A teenage girl will have to wear a leg splint for the rest of her life after a callous driver travelling at twice the speed limit knocked her down and left her for dead
Kwame McKenzie was driving at more than twice the speed limit in the moments leading up to the crash – hitting speeds of more than 70mph after he failed to stop for police. Danae Mills-Beresford, who was 15 at the time of the incident, was knocked into the air and flung down the road […]
A man has been jailed for more than four years after admitting to causing the death of a woman in a collision in Colchester.
Linda Franklin, 39, was a passenger in a silver Audi A3 being driven by David Jankovic on Avon Way at around 6pm on Thursday 27 August last year. As the car approached the junction of Charles Pell Road and Avon Way at speed it failed to give way, causing it to drive into […]
Man jailed for manslaughter following a serious assault in Bournemouth
A man has been jailed for six years following a serious assault in Bournemouth where a man sadly died.Carl Stuart Woolley, 33 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 26 February 2021. He previously appeared at the same court on Tuesday 22 December 2020 and pleaded guilty to a […]
A fraudster who groomed women on dating sites to scam thousands of pounds from them has been sentenced at Bristol Crown Court
Sebastian Timmis, of Hill View in Marksbury, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of fraud by false representation in relation to offences committed between January 2018 and September 2020. The 29-year-old used dating apps and websites to establish the trust of his victims before claiming to them he needed money urgently. Timmis would pressurise his […]
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a woman in Peckham
Taofiq Laguda, 46 of Dagenham was sentenced on Thursday, 25 February at Woolwich Crown Court. He must serve a minimum of seven years. Laguda was convicted of rape and theft at the same court on Wednesday, 27 January. On 24, January 2020, at around 01:30hrs, Laguda spotted the victim walking alone after making her way […]
A man who callously attacked and murdered Lee Casey in a Brixton park in August 2019 will serve a minimum of 20 years in prison
Levi Paschal, 34 of Clarence Avenue, SW4 was found guilty of murdering 38-year-old Lee following the conclusion of a trial at the Old Bailey on Thursday, 28 January. At the same court on Friday, 26 February, he was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years for the murder. He was also sentenced […]
A 60-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of Maria Howarth in Sheffield last September
David Bestwick, of Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, has been on trial at Sheffield Crown Court since Monday 22 February, charged with murdering Maria.The court heard how at around 4am on Sunday 6 September 2020, emergency services were called to School Lane, Greenhill, following reports a woman had been assaulted.Maria was found with life-threatening injuries and taken […]
Polish lorry driver has been jailed for five years after attempting to smuggle two kilos of cocaine into the UK
The National Crime Agency investigated when Grzegorz Waclaw Lasota, 47, from Poland, was stopped at Dover’s Eastern Docks in January this year. Border Force officers searched the cab section of his lorry, finding the cocaine concealed within two brown boxes in an overhead locker. The drugs would have been worth around £160, 000 if […]
