Philip Peace has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his baby daughter
Five-month-old Summer Peace died in September 2017 from non-accidental injuries. She had been in the sole care of her father at their home, when she became unresponsive and paramedics were called on 8 September. Tragically she died in hospital the next day. Following a five-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court the jury found Peace […]
The Supreme Court is to rule later whether the runaway schoolgirl Shamima Begum should be allowed back into the UK from Syria
The ruling comes six years after the then 15-year-old left with friends to join the Islamic State group. The government stripped her of British nationality so she cannot return. Five justices must decide whether the only fair way she can challenge that decision is to allow her back to take part in the case. […]
Officers have charged a man with conspiracy to supply class A drugs
Gary Green, 37, of Crown Road, Sutton was charged on Thursday, 25 February after he was arrested earlier the same day. He was remanded to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court today, Friday, 26 February.
A man has been jailed for a violent commercial robbery in Southwark
Edward Woodbridge 43 of Ardgowan Road, SE6, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on Thursday, 25 February where he was sentenced to 16 years and three months’ imprisonment for robbery, possession of an imitation firearm, possession of a firearm whilst committing a Schedule 1 offence, and grievous bodily harm with intent. The sentencing followed Woodbridge’s […]
A man has been convicted of murder after beating his wife to death at the home they shared in Edmonton
Hussein Yusuf Egal, 66 of South Mall, N9 was convicted of the murder of his wife, 57-year-old Maryan Ismail, on Wednesday, 24 February after a trial at the Old Bailey. He will be sentenced on Friday, 26 February at the same court. The court heard how at 6.04pm on Monday, 6 April 2020, police […]
Families who have lost loved ones, some in tragic circumstances, will have to wait even longer for closure as there is no set date for inquests to resume on the Isle of Wight
Coroner Caroline Sumeray has said that risking lives to investigate a death is not justifiable after being probed on why inquests are not going ahead. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the Coroner’s Court has halted with each national lockdown. While a small number of inquests were heard throughout September and October, none have been […]
Five Scarborough men given life sentences for murder The gang must serve a minimum of almost 100 years in total before they can be considered for release
At around 2am, on Sunday 20 October 2019, Stefan Selvage 19, Dawid Goral, 21, Callon Brass, 22, Kieran Watkinson, 19, and Stevie Low, 23, stabbed Solomon Robinson in a joint attack on St Nicholas Street before fleeing the scene. Mr Robinson was rushed to hospital where he died around three hours later after a single […]
Two men from the Great Yarmouth area have been sentenced following an investigation into the supply of cocaine
Charlton Glover, aged 26, of Mill Road, Cobholm, and Tobias Coker, aged 23 of Main Road, Rollesby appeared at Norwich Crown Court to be sentenced, after pleading guilty at earlier hearings. Yesterday’s results follow an investigation that began on 1 August 2019, when officers from Operation Moonshot East attempted to stop a Mercedes A class […]
A Kurdish asylum seeker faces deportation back to northern Iraq after being convicted of the violent rape of a teenage student
Durham Crown Court heard that Swara Jubrahil Mohammad carried out the attack on a teenage student in a “dirty” bedsit above a Bishop Auckland pizza shop. Despite his repeated denials and his assertion that he had met his victim on previous occasions at his flat, a jury convicted him of rape, by a unanimous […]
A man has been jailed for 25 years after he was convicted of the murder of Jacqueline Hoadley in Eastbourne
Raymond Hoadley, 62, of Willowfield Road, Eastbourne, was unanimously found guilty of the murder of his estranged wife Jacqueline at Hove Crown Court on 22 January following a three-week trial. He appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Monday (22 February) and was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years custody by Judge Jeremy Gold QC who told […]
