Police are appealing for information to help find a missing Blackpool teenager
Chloe Judge, 17, was last seen in the Jeffrey Square area around 7am yesterday (Tuesday, November 3).She is described as white, 5ft 3in tall, of slim build with mousey brown hair worn in a ponytail. She was wearing a black puffa jacket with a fur trim hood, grey tracksuit bottoms with ‘Love’ written down the […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious injury road traffic collision on the A350 south of Warminster
It happened at around 9.30pm on Monday night (02/11) near Pertwood, just one mile north of the junction with the A303. A grey Citroen Berlingo van, which was travelling north, left the road and collided with a tree. The driver, a local man in his 20s, was taken to Southampton Hospital with serious head, leg […]
A blackmailer who demanded £10,000 cash from a family has been jailed for four years
Richard McDonald admitted blackmailing the family in Sheerness and was jailed at Maidstone Crown Court on 28 October 2020. On 5 September the 57-year-old targeted the family at their business in Minster-on-Sea, by repeatedly calling their shop and demanding money. McDonald, of Lewisham Way, London, started making the calls at around 8am and […]
Former nurse sentenced for neglecting elderly care home resident
A court has sentenced a former nurse who wilfully neglected an elderly resident in her care. Catalina Ferchiu, 54, of Pool Close, Rugby was found guilty of wilful neglect at Warwick Crown Court last month. Ferchiu, who was a nurse at a care home in Rugby, was responsible for the care of 87-year-old Rachael Smith […]
Wisbech man lured murder victim to his death
A man who lured a work colleague to his house where he was beaten to death has been convicted of manslaughter. The burned body of Mindaugas Arlauskas, 28, was found by a member of the public in an industrial estate in Wisbech at about 5am on 9 May. The night before, Tomas Lazdauskas, 24, […]
Man jailed after sawn-off shotgun and ammunition seized
Police seized a sawn-off shotgun and live cartridges after chasing down a criminal who tried to flee from officers. Tatendra Masawi initially came to our attention after he was spotted speeding in Birmingham city centre during April’s lockdown. The Peugeot was on cloned plates and as we began to follow the vehicle it […]
A knife-wielding thug who stabbed a rival in the neck tried to convince police a cut on his hand was caused by a tuna can – in a bid to escape justice
Ibrahim Abdilahi is facing years behind bars after he stabbed a man in the middle of a Sunderland street after an argument on the evening of November 1 last year. As the confrontation spiralled on Hutton Street, Abdilahi pulled out a knife and plunged the blade into the victim’s neck – severing his carotid […]
A man has been found guilty of wounding with intent after a boy was stabbed in St Leonards
Ian Bryan, 58, unemployed of St Margaret’s Road, was convicted at Brighton Crown Court on Tuesday (November 3) after a week-long trial. He was found guilty of one count of wounding with intent and one count of attempted wounding with intent after an altercation at St Margaret’s Road around 9.26pm on Wednesday, April 22. […]
Two dealers caught with around £100,000 worth of drugs in Dover have been jailed for a combined nine and a half years
Jack Moore, 30, and Thomas Wood, 44, were stopped by officers acting on intelligence in Limekiln Street in March 2020. In their van, officers found three bricks of heroin and more than 50 wraps of cocaine, which had a total street value of around £100,000. Moore, of Fincham Road, Liverpool, and Wood, of no […]
Man who attacked victims with a hockey stick is jailed for 11 years
A man who attacked two people at a pub in Ramsbury leaving one of them blind in one eye has been sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison. William Jeffcoat, aged 30, of Oxford Street in Aldbourne, was sentenced today (03/11) at Swindon Crown Court after pleading guilty to two counts of […]
