A convicted killer has been recaptured by police after absconding from an open prison
Lewis Daniel Thornton, 29, who was convicted of manslaughter at Wolverhampton Crown Court in 2016, left HMP Sudbury on 5 December and failed to return along with two other men. A Derbyshire Police spokesperson said he had now been found in the West Midlands area. Derbyshire PoliceCopyright: Derbyshire Police The two other inmates, Daniel […]
Sheffield drug dealer sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison
A Sheffield street dealer who used an associate’s car to store his drugs has been sentenced to over three years in prison. Ali Abdulkader, 21, of Vernon Street, was sentenced to 45 months at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday (15 December) after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs at a […]
Detectives investigating a shooting on Middleton Road in Hackney on Monday, 14 December have charged a man with multiple offences
Reuel Briscoe, 28 of no fixed address was charged on Wednesday, 16 December with five counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. He will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 17 December. A 25-year-old man who suffered a head injury remains […]
A man who fatally stabbed another man after a row is facing life in jail after being found guilty of murder
Martin Wilson, 38, attacked 43-year-old Stephen Riley in #Barnsley in June, stabbing him twice and leaving him for dead. Sheffield Crown Court heard Mr Riley was found slumped over a garden wall but later died in hospital. Wilson, of Monsal Crescent, Barnsley, was convicted of murder after a trial. He is due to be […]
A woman has been jailed for life for murdering her infant daughter by deliberately scalding her and leaving her “screaming”
Katie Crowder deliberately hurt 19-month-old Gracie at their home in Mansfield in March and delayed getting help, Nottingham Crown Court heard. Prosecutors said Gracie suffered burns that covered 65% of her body and was left for at least an hour. Her severe injuries could not have been caused accidentally, they added. Crowder, 26, of […]
A man has admitted causing a fatal collision in Orsett where a taxi driver died
Sixty-five year-old Norman Bullock from Grays died after a collision involving his red Peugeot 308 and a black BMW X5 on the A128 Brentwood Road at around 4am on 5 October. The driver of the BMW, 21 year-old Edvinas Pupkis, was arrested and later charged with causing death by careless driving, aggravated vehicle taking, driving […]
University College London Hospital worker who murdered her daughter before killing herself in Hounslow had previously been caught stealing drugs from work
A 25-year-old NHS worker who works for University College London Hospitals, 25, is thought to have murdered her two-year-old daughter, who friends say she ‘doted on’, killed the toddler and then killing her £500,000 west London property. Police officers rushed to the scene with paramedics to a flat with Drake Court on the exclusive […]
A man has been convicted of attempting to murder his wife
Following an eight day trial he was found guilty of attempted murder on Tuesday, 15 December. He was remanded in custody to appear at the same court for sentencing on Friday, 22 January 2021. The court heard that in the early hours of Monday, 17 February, Clapperton carried out a sustained and frenzied armed […]
A Swindon man has been jailed for more than three-and-a-half years after being found in possession of drugs and a knife
Josef Gordon, aged 29, from Portland Avenue, Old Town, was stopped driving his Vauxhall Astra on Cricklade Road on 6th August 2019. He was given a drug wipe by officers at the roadside which proved positive. The car was then searched during which packets of cocaine and an offensive weapon were found. Gordon pleaded […]
Criminals who bound, beat, and stabbed to death a kind hearted man in his own home have been jailed for a combined 48 years.
Criminals who bound, beat, and stabbed to death a kind hearted man in his own home have been jailed for a combined 48 years. Craig Stanton (43) of Southgate Huddersfield and Alexander MacKay (47) of School Crescent, Dewsbury were sentenced to 25 and 23 years in prison respectively for the murder of Mr Saleem Butt […]
