Two men who stole a woman’s car and tried to bundle her into the boot have been taken off the streets for a significant time by Nottinghamshire Police
Keiran Moss and Darren Dunstan carried out the ‘terrifying’ violent attack after targeting the woman while she was alone and trying to park her car. The duo forced the driver’s side door open, before Moss put the woman in a headlock and dragged her out of the car – having also snatched her phone. […]
Four men have been charged as part of an investigation into a kidnapping and serious assault in Darwen
Officers executed warrants in Lawrence Street and Stirling Drive – both Blackburn – and Winterson Road and Ormerod Street – both Accrington – yesterday (April 12) and arrested four men – aged 22, 33, 39 and 40 – on suspicion of kidnapping. The men, aged 22, 33, 39 and 40, remain in custody at […]
Two men who admitted kidnapping and seriously assaulting a man over a drug debt have been jailed thanks to our Serious Organised Crime Unit
Carlos Reich and Ishmail Menevili were jailed for kidnap, GBH and affray offences when they appeared at Ipswich Crown Court Carlos Reich, 26, of Carlton Road, Lower Edmonton, London was jailed for a total of five years and two months, while Ishmail Menevili, 29, of Church Street, Lower Edmonton, London was sentenced to a total […]
A callous thief who posed as a tradesman to steal from elderly peoples’ homes has been jailed for almost four years
The scheming criminal posed as a worker from a plumbing company and convinced elderly residents to let him into their homes, where he helped himself to whatever cash he could find. Following a report of theft from an address in Queen’s Court Newcastle, police shared an appeal for information – and in less […]
A man has been jailed for stalking and harassing a victim after sending them hundreds of messages and emails over a six-week period
Jason Withers, 33, of Finstock Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent, admitted stalking involving serious harm and distress and breaching a non-molestation order between 16 February 2022 and 21 February 2022. He was sentenced to 27 months behind bars on Thursday (12 May) at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. The court heard how Withers had sent more than 200 emails […]
A man who tried to smuggle heroin worth almost £1 million into the UK through Birmingham Airport has been jailed for nine years
National Crime Agency investigators questioned Mohammed Uzair Rashid, from Greater Manchester, after he arrived into the airport on a flight from Sialkot in Pakistan, via Dubai, in November 2021. CCTV cameras captured the moment Border Force officers singled the 35-year-old out for a search, during which they found almost 18 kilos of high-strength heroin […]
Police are hunting for a convicted child sex offender who has gone on the run
Craig Elliott, 32, was found guilty of two counts of sexual assaulting a girl under 13 by touching on the third day of his trial at Durham Crown Court. The trial began on Monday afternoon as the court as given no good reason for the absence of the defendant, among suggestions that he may […]
Police have charged a man following a death on the A38 at St Budeaux
The deceased male has now been formally identified as 59-year-old David Crawford from Ivybridge. Following an investigation, police have charged a man in connection to this matter. Benjamin Parry aged 42 from Davenport, Plymouth, has been charged with murder. He has been held in remand and is due before Plymouth Magistrates Court on the morning […]
Scrap metal thieves involved in a burglary in which a hole was smashed through the wall of a Canterbury warehouse have been jailed
An estimated £25,000 worth of damage was caused to the business premises in Island Road, Hersden, after lights, CCTV cameras, a window and other items were damaged on the evening of Saturday 5 February 2022. But three of those involved in the raid were quickly tracked down and arrested by Kent Police […]
A criminal network that distributed cocaine and heroin in Crawley, led by father and son ice cream van operators, was completely dismantled by a complex Sussex Police investigation and has now resulted in prison sentences totalling nearly 50 years for the pair and six other men
The force’s Serious Organised Crime Unit investigation, codenamed Operation Relic, targeted Lubhaia Ram, his son Surinder Kumar, (left and right in main photos) and their associates over the supply of cocaine and heroin in 2017 and 2018. Following their arrests and a series of trials, prison sentences were handed to the eight defendants in […]
