Two cousins from Weston-super-Mare have been jailed for more than 30 years collectively following the killing of Mikhail Hanid last year
Curtis Ford admitted murder and was sentenced to 26 years in prison, while Samuel Ford was found guilty of manslaughter after a trial at Bristol Crown Court in December and has received a 12-year sentence. Mr Hanid was stabbed multiple times in Ridgeway Avenue on 27 June. The court was told Samuel Ford had made […]
A 42-year-old man has been found guilty of repeatedly punching a vulnerable woman and slashing her head with a bladed weapon during a terrifying attack
Krisztian Szabo, formerly of Shoreham Street, Sheffield, left the victim feeling dizzy and scared for her life following her horrific ordeal. Szabo had been on trial at Sheffield Crown Court since Monday (4 January) charged with Section 18 assault and possession of a bladed article. Yesterday (6 January), he was found guilty of both […]
A man has been locked up for seven years after forensics specialists found his DNA on a gun recovered by police after a street disturbance
Nottinghamshire Police received a report that occupants of a Volkswagen Golf got out of their vehicle, after stopping in stationary traffic in Kirkby Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, and attacked another car with hammers and bats before it was driven off. The occupants then got back into the Golf and drove away, following the incident at around […]
A man who bit part of another man’s ear off in an unprovoked attack has been jailed for three years
Andrew James Sword, aged 33, from Naworth near Brampton, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court. Sword, formerly of Carlisle, was found guilty by a jury of unlawful wounding following an incident at the Havana bar on Botchergate. The incident occurred in the early hours of 31 January 2019, when Sword punched a man to […]
A man has been sentenced for multiple incidents of assault which occurred in Aylesbury
Dean Callum, aged 56, of Weedon Road, Aylesbury was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment with one year on extended licence in a hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court. At a previous hearing on 9 November 2020 Callum was found guilty by unanimous verdict of three counts of assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm […]
A man who fatally stabbed his own mother has been sentenced
Jamal Sealy, 31 of Lewisham Way, SE14 pleaded guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility at the Old Bailey on Friday, 8 January. He was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order under Sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act. At approximately 9pm on 10 June, 2020, Sealy entered Walworth Police Station and told officers […]
Palmer was initially accused of dog theft after breaching the terms of her adoption agreement with Phoenix Rehoming by breeding the dogs she had adopted from them
This is a Convicted unlicensed dog breeder Nicola Palmer from #Kesgrave, #Ipswich. Palmer was initially accused of dog theft after breaching the terms of her adoption agreement with Phoenix Rehoming by breeding the dogs she had adopted from them. Palmer, who used to work for Phoenix, claimed the pregnancy was accidental but then ignored the […]
Police confirm that seven men, including two men who had previously been charged and who had appeared in court, will now face no further action as part of the Hampshire Constabulary led investigation into the maritime security incident that took place on board the Nave Andromeda off the coast of the Isle of Wight
The two men, Matthew John Okorie, 25 and Sunday Sylvester, 22, who were remanded and next due to appear at Southampton Crown Court on 29 January 2021, will now face no further action for an offence relating to conduct endangering ships under S.58 Merchant Shipping Act 1995. This decision was taken by the Crown Prosecution […]
Uttoxeter man jailed for nearly four-and-a-half years over drugs and driving offences
An Uttoxeter man is starting a near-four-and-a-half-year jail term for a number of drugs and driving offences. Michael James Sergeant, aged 29, of Byrds Close, was sentenced to four years and five months on Monday (4 January) at Stafford Crown Court after being initially stopped by officers as a passenger in a white BMW 3 […]
Four men have been jailed for a combined 22 years 7 months for the theft of lead from churches across the country
The four defendants stripped tonnes of lead from a mixture of Grade 1 and Grade 2 churches between May 2018 and March 2020 – costing 36 churches a combined total of almost £2.1m. The amount the defendants would have made from scrapping the lead would have been much lower than the cost to the […]
