A man has been jailed for tricking a vulnerable boy into performing sex acts on him in what a judge described as “an unusual and possibly unique case”
Jamie Tonkin, 23, created a web of lies including telling the victim that a girl would have sex with him – but Tonkin told the victim he had to perform oral sex on him first. Tonkin, of High Street in Falmouth, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence after pleading guilty to three charges […]
UPDATE: Man named in Sheffield murder investigation
A 28-year-old man, who died following an incident in Sheffield yesterday (Sunday 15 November) has today been named as Kamran Khan. Mr Khan was found outside a property at Club Garden Road, Sharrow, at around 2.15am with serious injuries. He was taken to hospital but was sadly pronounced dead shortly afterwards. He has today […]
John Aled Jones from Atherstone has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for downloading and distributing indecent images of children
On 29 September officers received intelligence that Jones had been distributing indecent images and went to his home address on 8 October to arrest him. Officers seized Jones’ phone where they found 226 indecent images, many of them category A, the most serious type. They also found evidence he had distributed an indecent category A […]
A metal thief who caused thousands of pounds of damage after targeting a business in Paddock Wood has been jailed
Nathan Mahoney used an electric saw to strip copper piping from eight industrial refrigerators at an address in Eldon Way and when he was later caught by police was found with weapons in his vehicle. Mahoney, aged 39, broke into the site on 16 December 2019. The business reported further offences at the […]
Anthony James Davies appeared at Liverpool Crown Court where he received a five year jail sentence
Officers have welcomed the sentencing of a 28-year-old man after he was found guilty of firearms offences. Anthony James Davies, 28, of Alfonso Road, Liverpool was charged with possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm whilst prohibited, possession of a firearm without a certificate and possession of ammunition. He appeared at Liverpool Crown […]
A St Helens man has been jailed after interfering with a vehicle and stealing a wallet
21-year-old John Corrigan from Parr was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison following his arrest on Monday 2 November. He was convicted for two thefts, one in Sutton Leach in October, in which a BMW was interfered with, and the second offence in Earlestown in July in which a wallet was stolen from an […]
Officers attended, where it was reported Webster had assaulted another man, who had subsequently sustained facial injuries
David Webster, of Dunchurch Road, Rugby, appeared at Warwick Crown Court following an attack that took place in a pub. On 13 November last year, police were called to a report of a fight at a pub on Drury Lane, Rugby. Officers attended, where it was reported Webster had assaulted another man, who […]
Two men have been sentenced to almost 25 years in prison for a “gang attack” in Luton which left a victim with multiple stab wounds
Stephen O’Dell, 29, of no fixed abode, and Samad Ali, 22, of no fixed abode, were sentenced today (Friday) at Reading Crown Court after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Ali and O’Dell both received sentences of 12 years and four months each. On 31 October 2019, at around 2am, […]
A man who was found to be carrying cocaine after being stopped by officers from our Fortitude Team has been jailed for two and a half years
. Robert Papa, aged 21, from no fixed address in Salisbury, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs at Salisbury Crown Court yesterday (12/11) where he was sentenced to 30 months in prison. On Wednesday 14 October 2020, Papa was stopped on the A303, returning from Amesbury to Andover, after police […]
A lorry driver who was delivering sofas to the UK has been jailed after half a million pounds worth of cocaine was found hidden in the vehicle he was driving
Gitanas Eitmanavicius, 48, from Kaunas, Lithuania, initially told National Crime Agency investigators that he thought the packages were tobacco and food, and that he was delivering them on behalf of someone he met at a Dutch service station. But later changed his story, admitting that he knew they were cocaine. Gitanas Eitmanavicius picHe was […]