A 52-year-old Barnsley man has been jailed after he subjected his victim to a torrent of abuse and controlling behaviour
Nigel Hallam, formerly of Tudor Way, also physically assaulted his victim and on one occasion violently kicked her down the stairs. The victim’s ordeal took place throughout 2020 and 2021. Alongside the physical abuse the victim suffered, Hallam psychologically controlled her, inflicting a range of coercive and manipulative behaviours upon her. Hallam was arrested […]
A man has been jailed for knife and racial harassment offences
Andy Koseda, 54 of no fixed address, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday, 5 May where he was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment for threatening a person with a knife in a public place, racially aggravated harassment, criminal damage, possession of a knife and using threatening words to cause harassment. […]
A man from Denton has been jailed for child sex offences
Thomas Cooper of Tame Street, Denton, was yesterday sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to 3 years and 9 months imprisonment, as well as being subject to a 10 year sexual harm prevention order and his name on the sex offender register for life, after pleading guilty to: 2x counts of an offender […]
A man has been jailed for a double stabbing following an investigation by officers from the Met
Daniel Bell, 43 of Shakespear Avenue, Hayes, appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on Wednesday, 4 May where he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for two counts of Section 18 grievous bodily harm [GBH].Bell was convicted of the offences following trial at the same court on Wednesday, 8 February.Police were called at 11.19pm on Sunday, […]
Tracey Connelly, the mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, will be released from prison after the Parole Board rejected a government challenge against its ruling
Connelly was jailed in 2009 over the death of her 17-month-old son, Peter, who suffered more than 50 injuries, including fractured ribs and a broken back. The case sparked outrage as Baby P received 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals over eight months. Justice Secretary Dominic Raab had asked the Parole […]
A Maidstone dealer who conspired to supply large amounts of drugs has been jailed for more than a decade
Between March and June 2020, Mark Dinnage used an encrypted mobile phone platform to direct couriers purchasing and supplying cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis. The secure communication system was infiltrated by international enforcement agencies and incriminating details relating to organised criminals in the UK were passed to the National Crime Agency. […]
Urgent and decisive action taken by a Kent Police team has helped save an elderly woman
On the afternoon of Friday 22 April 2022, an Ashford resident reported they were concerned for their neighbour, who is in her 70s and had not been seen for several days. The informant also said there appeared to be post and newspapers accumulating at her front door. The Problem-Solving Task Force attended the […]
A 24 year-old man from Kent has been charged after a 20 year-old woman was raped in Portsmouth in the early hours of Saturday 30 April 2022
The woman was in Astoria nightclub on Guildhall Walk when she was attacked at some point between 2am and 3am. She was helped by staff, the venue has assisted in the police investigation, and she is now being supported by specialist officers. As part of the investigation 24 year-old Ethan Barr of Mallings […]
A teenage driver who drove a stolen car the wrong way through the Blackwell Tunnel and then caused a head-on collision has been sentenced to four years in jail
Johal Rathour, 18, of Bridge Road, Grays, was identified by officers from the Met’s Road and Transport Policing Command after he caused the crash in the early hours of 4.22am on 6 August 2021. Luckily, no serious injuries were caused to the driver of the Mercedes van he crashed into. However, Rathour caused £80,000 of […]
A body found by police searching for a woman who went missing more than a week ago has been confirmed as Katie Kenyon
The 33-year-old, last seen getting into a Ford Transit van in Burnley on 22 April, died from head injuries, a post-mortem examination has found. Lancashire Police found the body on Friday night while searching in the Forest of Bowland. Andrew Burfield, 50, of Todmorden Road, Burnley, has been charged with Ms Kenyon’s murder. He appeared […]
