A former teacher is to appear in court to answer charges of sexual offences against pupils at two boarding schools where he worked in West Sussex and Wiltshire between 1965 and 1985.
Piers Le Cheminant, 75, retired, of Spitchurch Manor Road, Poundgate, Newton Abbot, Devon, has been served with summons to appear at Worthing Magistrates Court on the 2nd February 2021, on charges that; Between 1966 and 1980 he indecently assaulted 10 boys at Oakwood Preparatory School, Chichester: and that between 1981 and 1985 he sexually assaulted […]
A mum who scalded her toddler with piping hot water and then tried to cover her tracks instead of getting urgent medical attention for her child has today been found guilty of murder
Nineteen-month-old Gracie suffered horrific burns but instead of rushing her to hospital, Katie Crowder used the vital time to try to hide her crime and make it appear like an accident. Gracie, who had burns covering around 65 per cent of her body, later died of her injuries in hospital. A police investigation found Crowder […]
Brazen and violent’ – two men convicted of killing Houghton le Spring dad in brutal attack
“Goodnight, God bless” – these were the chilling last words uttered by a dangerous killer after he struck a fatal blow to a dad from Houghton Le Spring. Sean Mason’s body was coldly dumped into a wheelie bin and taken outside a block of flats on Avondale Avenue in May this year where he was […]
Ammanford man jailed for “emotionally assaulting” partner by posing as a stalker
A Man who convinced his girlfriend she was being stalked has been jailed thanks to a “dogged and protracted” police investigation. Dyfed-Powys Police officers were able to prove that Rhodri Harries was behind a relentless series of messages sent to his ex-partner in an attempt to test her fidelity. Harries who has now been jailed, […]
Six people will appear in court charged with drugs offences
It follows warrants being executed across Colchester, London and Surrey yesterday in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service. Those charged will appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court. They are: Lukman Jama, 20, of Palm Grove in Ealing, has been charged with conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel […]
Angela Coles of Princes Street, Rugby, appeared at Warwick Crown Court where she was sentenced to two years and three months in prison.
On 6 November last year, officers attended an address at Ashwood Court in the town, where Coles was found at the property. When searched, she was found to have wraps of drugs in her cardigan pocket. When the wraps were later examined, they were found to contain 65 deals of heroin and 69 deals of […]
Thirty two men from, largely from the Kirklees area, have been charged with a variety of offences as part of Operation Tourway, an investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation in parts of West Yorkshire
Thirty two men from, largely from the Kirklees area, have been charged with a variety of offences as part of Operation Tourway, an investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation in parts of West Yorkshire. The allegations against the defendants are from 1999 to 2012 and involve offences committed against eight female victims, who were aged […]
A vicious thug has been convicted of murder after beating his girlfriend’s uncle to death – and taking a “trophy photograph” of his victim
Wayne Miller (pictured) brutally attacked 48-year-old Andrew Mather twice on the same night before leaving him for dead inside his Sunderland home. Miller, 32, even changed his clothes between the two acts of violence on June 2 which left dad-of-three Andrew with unsurvivable head injuries. The following day, Miller rang 999 from a phone […]
A man who photographed and filmed himself sexually abusing two young children has been jailed
Ryan Nahirny, 35, was found out when several indecent images of children were discovered on his phone in August this year. Nahirny, of Salcombe Road, Basford, Nottingham, had been attempting to complete an on-line form when he handed his phone to another person so they could help him. As they attempted to add an image […]
The injuries left a police officer needing facial surgery after she was assaulted when trying to detain a 16-year-old youth
The police constable, who is in her 20s, was punched to the nose by the youth who was bigger, stronger and taller than her as she tried to handcuff him in order to carry out a search in September this year. Yesterday (Monday) at youth court at Leicester Magistrates Court, a 16-year-old boy, of […]