This month, the BBC will broadcast a television adaptation of Maryland, a play about the culture of violence against women written by one of the UK’s leading playwrights
The play, which premiered at the Royal Court in London in 2021 as a fictional artistic response to recent real-life events, deals with the violence that women are forced to confront in their daily lives. This new 30-minute adaptation, co-directed with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Brian Hill, follows two ordinary women, both named Mary, and […]
A 34-year-old man was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of a string of serious sexual offences in Perth, Angus, and Fife over the course of five years
In June, John Todd of Fife was found guilty of a number of charges, including rape, against three different women.He was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison today in Edinburgh’s High Court.Todd is a predatory and dangerous man who has committed a variety of serious crimes against a number of different women […]
A father who subjected his infant son to a litany of abusive violence has been sentenced to prison
Dwayne Gordon’s cruelty was revealed when a 17-month-old child, who we will not name, was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in January 2019 with facial injuries.The A&E doctor who examined the child, Dr Janet Craze, told Gordon’s trial in May that a slap mark on the boy’s face was “something, sadly, all paediatricians have […]
A burglar who broke into a Gillingham home while the residents were sleeping has begun his prison sentence
Michael Williams went to an address near Watling Street in the early hours of May 31, 2022, and gained entry. Before fleeing the scene, he stole computer tablets, phones, wallets, bank cards, and a handbag. When the victims realised they had been burgled, the police were notified, and an investigation was launched. Officers searched […]
He pressed his groyne against a woman on a London Underground train, a man was sentenced to nine months in prison and given a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO)
After pleading guilty to sexual assault, Zane Donovan, 25, of White Gardens, Dagenham, was sentenced to 41 weeks in prison and ordered to sign the sex offender’s register for ten years at Inner London Crown Court on Wednesday 22 June. He was also given a 5-year sexual harm prevention order that forbids him from […]
A Portsmouth man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual assaults on women in Waterlooville and West Sussex
Zackery Stephen Bell, 28, of South Avenue in Portsmouth, appeared in Portsmouth Crown Court last week (Thursday, June 23) for sentencing after pleading guilty to sexual assault. The court heard how, on December 6, 2020, Bell went to the address of the Waterlooville victim, who was in her 20s at the time of the […]
Specialist detectives’ work have prevented £600,000 worth of Class A drugs from reaching the streets of Essex
On April 20, 2022, officers stopped drug courier Russell Dendle while he was transporting cocaine. Dendle was driving a blue Ford Focus on the M25 near the Dartford River Crossing when the stop came too soon. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers discovered 6kg of cocaine in the boot. Dendle, of Abbey […]
A suspect has appeared in court following a break-in that took place in Maidstone
On Monday, June 27, 2022, a man went to an address in Ruskin Grove that belonged to someone he knew. He reportedly knocked on the door and, when it was answered, he entered uninvitedly. Once inside, the man allegedly caused damage to a television before stealing some property and fleeing. Officers responded to the scene, […]
After a vehicle stop in Portsmouth, two men from the Isle of Wight were charged with drug supply
Officers stopped a vehicle travelling into Hampshire via the A3 on St George’s Road in Portsmouth at 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28. A passenger is accused of exiting the vehicle and running towards the Millennium Walkway at Gunwharf Quays before throwing a rucksack containing suspected Class A drugs into the water. As part […]
A woman is due in court today charged with attempted murder following an incident in Harlow early Sunday morning
Police were called to reports of a man being injured during a disturbance on Torkildsen Way in Harlow. Officers were notified of the incident shortly after 3.20 a.m. on Sunday, June 26. The man, in his 30s, required hospital treatment and is still there. Cayleigh Reid, 25, of Windsor Road in Slough, faces one count […]
