In Theale, a man has been sentenced to prison for causing serious injury through reckless driving
Frank Nyantakyi, 34, of Maiden Place, Reading, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison at Reading Crown Court. He was also banned from driving for five years, with a two-year and two-month extension, and will be required to take an extended retest when his disqualification expires. On 3 May, […]
Following an incident in Huyton earlier this week, a man is in jail for racially abusing and assaulting a police officer, as well as damaging a police car
Steven Benfield, 30, of no fixed address, pled guilty to racially aggravated public order, assault on a police officer, and criminal damage to a police vehicle. He was sentenced to 36 weeks in prison today, Friday, June 17th, at Liverpool Magistrates Court. Benfield was also ordered to pay £154 in court costs […]
A man on the run from police has been jailed after a woman in Chelsea was threatened with an axe and robbed
Mark Toth, 37, of Shrewsbury Street, Kensington, was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and remaining unlawfully at large on Friday, 1 April. On Friday, June 17, he was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court. Toth is the final robbery offender to be sentenced. He fled to Spain […]
A Southampton man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for having over 47,000 indecent images of children
A Southampton man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for having over 47,000 indecent images of children. William McDowall, 57, of Shirley Road, Southampton, appeared in court on Friday, 17 June, after previously pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child, […]
This afternoon, between Peacehaven and Newhaven, an intoxicated driver was arrested
Local police officers stopped a vehicle travelling between Peacehaven and Newhaven this afternoon after receiving information from members of the public that the driver was intoxicated. The driver provided a positive breath sample at the roadside, with the result being slightly more than double the legal limit. He was arrested and is still being […]
Following a trial at Bristol Crown Court, a 35-year-old man was found guilty of murdering his next-door neighbours
Collin Reeves admitted manslaughter in the deaths of Jennifer and Stephen Chapple in Norton Fitzwarren on November 21, last year, but denied murdering them, claiming diminished responsibility at the time. A jury, however, rejected his defence and accepted the prosecution’s case that his actions were intentional. When he is sentenced on Tuesday, June 21, he […]
Police have charged fifteen people following a series of raids in Preston and Chorley aimed at reducing the supply of Class A drugs
Lancashire Police officers executed a number of warrants earlier this week as part of Operation Superior, following reports of drug dealing in the area, including heroin and crack cocaine. Police raided 20 properties between Tuesday and Thursday, seizing suspected Class A drugs, cash, mobile phones, and weapons. This week’s arrests and subsequent charges are […]
A 39-year-old man from Bishopstoke was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty and subsequently convicted of a series of serious child sex offences
Michael Littlefield, 39, of Camborne Close, Bishopstoke, was found guilty by a jury during a five-day trial at Southampton Crown Court on Monday, April 25, 2022. He was found guilty of eight counts of sexual assault on a child under the age of 13, two counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence […]
A man from Southampton was sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape and false imprisonment
‘I’d kill you if I could get away with it.’These are the chilling words of a Southampton man sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape, false imprisonment, and other violent crimes.Jack McRae, 29, of Golden Grove, Southampton, appeared in court today at Southampton Crown Court (17 June).He was found guilty by a jury of […]
A man has agreed to sell his motorcycle after being caught speeding twice in Sussex it may just save his life
Ben Hawkins was pulled over on the A27 between Fontwell and Tangmere after performing a “wheelie” in front of an unmarked police car. He was observed riding at speeds in excess of 70 mph, and when approached by officers, he admitted that he had been showing off to his friends. Hawkins was reported for […]
