Members from a South Tyneside drugs ring which joined forces with a Merseyside organised crime group have been jailed for a total of 46 years
Six convicted criminals are now behind bars for the roles they played in the shipping of high purity cocaine and amphetamine into the region – with a further two due to be sentenced at a later date. During the 22-week trial, drugs linchpin John Allcock and his cronies repeatedly denied their roles in the conspiracy, […]
The ringleader of the teenage gang that kicked father-of-three Garry Newlove to death has had his move to an open prison blocked
Adam Swellings was sentenced to life for the murder of Mr Newlove who was attacked during a row over vandalism at his Warrington home in 2007. Earlier this month the Parole Board recommended he be moved to open prison. But Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has blocked the move for Swellings, who is eligible for parole […]
A man who committed a string of serious sexual offences against women in Camden has been jailed for life
Francis Mukendi, 27 of Finsbury Park Road, N4 was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 15 years’ imprisonment at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, 29 April. He was found guilty, following a six-week trial, of four counts of rape, three counts of attempted rape, two counts of sexual assault and four counts […]
Eight months ago this week, at the hands of her husband, Jade was brutally murdered
The mum-of-four was found last summer after being slashed, stabbed and strangled in her own bed, before being buried under a pile of clothes. She died of asphyxiation. The bedroom door had been secured with a dressing gown cord. Her attacker, Russell Marsh, 29, admitted manslaughter but was convicted of murder at Mold Crown Court […]
A pharmaceutical company has been fined more than a million pounds after pleading guilty to offences relating to the supply of intravenous feed to babies in 2014
At Southwark Crown Court on Friday, 29 April, ITH Pharma, based at Premier Park, NW10, were fined £1.2 million after previously pleading guilty to one count of failing to make a suitable and sufficient risk assessment and two counts of supplying a medicinal product not of the nature or quality specified in the prescription. The […]
A father who killed his 14-week-old daughter has been jailed for 14 years
A father who killed his 14-week-old daughter has been jailed for 14 years. Christopher Easey, 31, of Ely Road, Little Thetford, appeared at Norwich Crown Court today (Friday 29 April 2022) and was jailed for 14 years for the manslaughter of his baby daughter Eleanor. He also received a one-year custodial sentence for one count […]
The mother of a boy found dead in a freezing garden after an asthma attack has been jailed for 20 years
Seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain was found lifeless at the home in Birmingham in November 2017 A court heard Laura Heath had prioritised her drug addiction over caring for him. The 40-year-old was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and had also admitted four counts of child cruelty at Coventry Crown Court. The trial heard Hakeem, […]
National Crime Agency officers have arrested three men wanted by US authorities for their suspected role in an inheritance fraud causing losses worth millions of dollars
The group, Jonathan Iheanyichukwu Abraham, Emmanuel Samuel and Jerry [Chucks] Ozor, all in their forties and originally from Nigeria, were apprehended at addresses in the south London area yesterday morning and were taken to Westminster Magistrates Court for extradition proceedings to begin. The men were subsequently remanded in custody. Further suspects with a role […]
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape and will appear in court
The offence was reported to have happened on Saturday, 25 September 2021 in Lambeth while the officer was off duty. PC Ireland Murdock, who is attached to the Central North Command Unit, was arrested on Tuesday, 11 January 2022. He will appear at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 29 April The Met’s Directorate of […]
A suspect has been charged with a firearms offence following an incident in Herne Bay
Kent Police was called to Mortimer Street at 5.50pm on Tuesday 26 April 2022 following a report that a man had been seen with a weapon. Officers attended and a man was arrested. Luke Burch, of Mortimer Street, Herne Bay, has since been charged with possession of an imitation firearm […]
