Serious and organised crime detectives have charged two men with conspiring to steal cash machines from across Kent
Anthony Pemberthy, 43, of Calder Road, Maidstone, and Stephen Davenport, 60, of Ashford Road, Maidstone, are alleged to have been responsible for six ATM thefts committed between November 2019 and March 2021. Diggers were used to cause considerable damage in each of the incidents, with significant quantities of cash reported stolen. […]
The Government will deliver the biggest change to renters law in a generation, improving the lives of millions of renters by driving up standards in the private and socially rented sector, delivering on the Government’s mission to level up the country
A “new deal” will be put in place for the 4.4 million households privately renting across England by extending the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector for the first time. These reforms will build on the progress the Government has already made in this area, and ensure all renters have access […]
A teenager stabbed a 12-year-old girl to death after she objected to being filmed, a court has heard
Ava White died from her injuries after she was stabbed in Liverpool city centre while out with friends on 25 November 2021. A 14-year-old boy, who denies murder, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court, where he appeared by videolink. Charlotte Newell QC said Ava and the boy had met in a “chance encounter” […]
A man who carried out a brutal assault in Bedworth that left the victim with severe brain injuries has been jailed for seven years
Liam McMahon, 20, of Southam Close, Coventry stood trial at Warwick Crown Court in January where he was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm. He was sentenced at the same court. On 1 April 2021, McMahon hit the victim – a man in his 20s – around the head with a […]
A man violently assaulted another man with a baseball bat before texting his friend to brag that he had “done him right over”
Anthony Lee and George Cranford carried out the pre-planned and prolonged attack at an address in Rowan Close, Storrington, on Sunday 16 February, 2020. The 22-year-old victim, who was known to them, had been playing his friend’s games console when the pair barged in uninvited and beat him without warning. He was struck with […]
Police have charged a 21-year-old man with firearms offences
At around 9.50pm on Friday 6 May, police executed a warrant at an address on Lyle Street, Vauxhall. Officers recovered a firearm and ammunition, Three males, aged 21, 19 and 17, all from Liverpool, were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm without a certificate. All three were taken into custody for questioning. […]
Detectives investigating an assault in which a man sustained multiple facial fractures have charged a suspect
PolIce were called to Prospect Precinct, Worksop, after a man was knocked unconscious on Wednesday (4 May 2022). The 42-year-old victim was taken to hospital for treatment after losing consciousness during the alleged attack. Jamie Speak, 47, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Speak, of no fixed address, appeared before Nottingham […]
A man who admitted the attempted murder of a child in Brentwood has been jailed for 23 years
Zach Hughes, 27 of Brentwood Road in Romford, was jailed for 36 years for attempted murder when he appeared at Basildon Crown Court on Friday. Last year, on Monday 12 July, Hughes met up with his victims and another person before they travelled together to Brentwood. As the car was being parked in Brook […]
Three men who carried out a violent burglary at a family home in east London have been jailed following an ‘exceptional’ investigation by the Met’s Specialist Crime Command
At Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 6 May, Anthony Lascelles, 34 of Hitchin Close, RM3 was sentenced to 18 years with an extended licence period of five years. He had previously pleaded guilty to the robbery. In November 2021, Christopher Sargent, 28 of Macaulay Road, E6 pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced to […]
A Liverpool fugitive wanted for murder who was on the National Crime Agency’s most wanted list has been arrested in Spain
David Ungi, aged 30, was being sought for his suspected role in the murder of 18-year-old Vinny Waddington in Liverpool in 2015. He was apprehended on Thursday night along with three other men as he entered a gym at a shopping centre in Coin, Malaga, as part of a joint operation involving the Spanish […]
