A drug dealer seen on a train to east Kent using a county line phone was among those jailed following work by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team last month
As part of their ongoing work, the team made 18 arrests, secured 18 charges, recovered 10 weapons, and seized approximately £35,000 in suspected criminal cash in May 2022. Courtney Cann, who was part of the ‘Mikey’ county line that brought drugs from London to Thanet, received a four-year, one-month sentence. County Lines and Gangs […]
A man was sentenced to prison for blackmail and fraud on the Isle of Wight and in Gloucestershire
On the afternoon of November 5, 2021, Kwaku Achampong, 32, hand-delivered letters to a Bembridge address demanding that the occupant deposit £100,000 into a bank account. Over the next six days, the victim received a barrage of texts, phone calls, and emails threatening her with violence if the payment demands were not met. This […]
A father who admitted neglecting his infant daughter after she died had his jail sentence overturned today by appeal judges
A father who admitted neglecting his infant daughter after she died had his jail sentence overturned today by appeal judges.Michael Conroy failed to provide adequate nutrition and fluids for 19-month-old Keira and left her alone and unattended for extended periods of time at a house on Greenwood Crescent in Coatbridge.Conroy admitted to ‘wilfully causing or […]
A man who attacked a woman while looking for her dog was sentenced to more than eight years in prison
On the 8th of December last year, a car belonging to Michael McDonagh’s victim’s partner was stolen while parked in Hugglescote’s Central Road. Duke, their black and ginger lurcher, was inside. Following their own social media appeal, the victim and her partner were given information indicating that the car – a purple Nissan X-Trail – […]
Two men convicted of cannabis cultivation in Rotherham have been sentenced to prison
Mirjan Petku, 25, and Rexhep Petku, 22, both of no fixed address, appeared in Sheffield Crown Court for sentencing after being found guilty of manufacturing a Class B controlled substance.Officers executed a warrant on a property on Woodhouse Green on March 23, this year, as part of a crackdown on cannabis cultivation in Rotherham. Officers […]
Two convicted burglars are starting lengthy prison sentences today
After breaking into an address in Hawthorn Square, Seaham, in the early hours of Friday, Andrew Bywater and Michael Claydon stole a handbag, an iPhone, cash, tobacco, and a bike (May 6). However, as they attempted to flee the scene, they were interrupted by the victim, who pursued them and recovered his bike. Bywater […]
A Dover burglar was sentenced to prison after he pushed an elderly woman to the floor after she discovered him in her home during a stealing spree
Kyle Thatcher broke into three homes in Staple and River between April 7 and April 20, 2022, and was discovered by a woman in her 80s while rummaging through her bedroom during the third burglary. He knocked her to the ground after stealing her jewellery and leaving her with a head injury. The 30-year-old committed […]
Under the Proceeds of Crime Act, women convicted of drug offences must hand over £103,189.51.
She was imprisoned in October of last year after a criminal investigation. Following an investigation by specialist financial investigators from the Economic Crime Unit (ECU), the cash, drugs, and items confiscated were forfeited in a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing. Varns, 61, formerly of Cheviot Road, Salvington, was driving in a van when she was […]
Three Metropolitan Police officers have been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards for their bravery in acting as human shields to save an injured teenage girl at an illegal rave
PC Ben Shaylor, PC Ali Khan, and PC James Whittaker (not pictured) were on night duty in February 2020 when they were called to an illegal rave in an industrial unit off the North Circular Road.“We had a rough idea of numbers,” PC Shaylor said, “but when we showed up, it was a whole different […]
Two Leicestershire Police officers have been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards after successfully detaining a man who was threatening to kill them with a hammer and knife.
After finishing their shifts, PC Rykki Townsend and an unnamed officer left Mansfield House Police Station around midnight on September 17, 2020, to return to their cars.The officers noticed a man standing in the front parking lot, wearing a high-visibility police jacket and a black balaclava and holding a hammer. The man approached PC Townsend […]
