“Lewis Brown has ripped our family apart. Our lives will never be the same again, and we have to see our whole family suffering as a result of his actions
The family of Lee Butler have today released the following statement after Lewis Brown was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for manslaughter at Oxford Crown Court yesterday (3/5). “Lewis Brown has ripped our family apart. Our lives will never be the same again, and we have to see our whole family […]
A sex offender who indecently assaulted a teenage girl has been jailed for three years
Mohammad Afzal was in his 30s when he attempted to befriend his victim, whom he committed the offence against in the Maidstone area in October 1993. The victim came forward to report what had happened to her in April 2019 and an investigation was carried out by Kent Police detectives. Afzal, […]
Thames Valley Police is appealing for the public’s help in tracing a man wanted in connection with multiple offences
Lee Chapman, aged 34, is described as white, 6ft tall, of medium build with fair/ginger hair and a thin ginger beard. He has tattoos of a swallow on his right hand and ‘mum’ on his right forearm. It is believed he could be […]
Teenager jailed for Northfleet stabbing
An 18-year-old man has been jailed for more than nine years following a dispute over a faulty motorbike which saw a teenage boy stabbed in Northfleet. Monsur Ali was sentenced to nine years and nine months in jail after admitting grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife in a […]
A criminal who fled to Spain after being arrested for handling stolen vehicles has been jailed for over three years
Luke Gilleeney, from Gravesend, was charged with offences in January 2015 but failed to answer bail and went on the run to Marbella. The 33-year-old had been arrested the month before when his fingerprints were found on a false registration plate attached to a stolen Range Rover, which officers located close to Gilleeney’s home address in Grange Road. […]
A suspected metal thief has been found hiding in a Larkfield car park following a search assisted by a police dog
PD Biggy led officers to the man, after a patrol had followed a suspicious car during the early hours of Tuesday 3 May 2022. Police initially sighted the Suzuki Grand Vitara travelling along the A20 London Road and the car was tailed to a nearby location where it was found abandoned. The […]
A driver who killed an elderly man in a crash and then tried to hide the fact he’d been speeding has been jailed
Martin Young, 68, was driving his blue Audi A3 along the A1307 on Monday, 16 December, 2019, when he crashed into a Volkswagen Polo being driven by William Hall, 84, at the junction with Dean Road, between Horseheath and Linton. Mr Hall died in May 2020 after being kept in hospital with a neck […]
A drug dealer who was found flushing cocaine and heroin down the toilet in a vulnerable man’s home has been jailed
Neighbourhood officers received concerns that a man was being exploited by drug dealers in his home in Marquis Close, St Neots. On 4 March they visited the property and found 23-year-old Raheem Cameron in the bathroom attempting to flush class A drugs away. Cameron and the property were searched and officers found cash, a […]
A man has been jailed for arson following an incident in Southampton
Shane McCarthy, 27, from Granby Grove, Southampton, appeared at Southampton Crown Court on Friday, 29 April, having pleaded guilty to arson in February. He was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison in relation to the incident, which happened on 8 January this year. At 1.20am, we were called to a property […]
A man with a “primitive and narcissistic ego” who murdered his ex-partner in a jealous rage and then set her body on fire will serve at least 23 years in prison
Habib Jackson, of Dunstable Road, Toddington, was sentenced today (Wednesday) for the murder of 29-year-old Louise Rump at her home in Kensworth. Jackson met Miss Rump at her flat before punching her in the face a number of times, then strangling and smothering her. He then started a fire in the flat using […]
