Police have appealed for information about the killing of Lyra McKee on the third anniversary of her death
The 29-year-old journalist was shot dead during disturbances in Derry on 18 April 2019. Thirty arrests have been made by the PSNI as part of their investigation. Nine people have been charged in connection with Ms McKee’s death, with three charged with murder and six others charged with public order offences. PSNI Detective Superintendent […]
Police have charged a suspect in connection with separate burglaries at a takeaway and a house
Two charity boxes were reportedly taken during a late-night break-in at Pepe’s Piri Piri, in Sneinton Dale, on 13 March 2022. Officers were then called to a house in Manor Street, Sneinton, on 6 April 2022, following reports that a laptop had been taken during a separate break-in. Police arrested a man in connection […]
A pair of construction company owners have been convicted of health and safety offences, including one conviction of manslaughter by gross negligence, after a worker fell to his death on a building site in Hove
Steven Wenham, 48, of Charlotte Street in Brighton, and John Nicholas Spiller, 52, of Fishersgate Close in Portslade, were found guilty of several charges at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday (April 7) following a long and complex investigation led by Sussex Police, with support from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A prosecution had […]
Three UK nationals have been charged for their suspected involvement in smuggling 24 kilograms of crystal meth worth almost £16 million into Australia last year
NCA AFP arrestYvonne Stewart, 52, from Croydon, Kevin Filkins, 52, from Sevenoaks and Robert Hamilton, 51, from Orpington were arrested yesterday morning (13 April) by officers from the Organised Crime Partnership, a joint team of National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police officers. Stewart, who works in the cargo sector, is accused of accepting a shipment […]
An MP who was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy has resigned
Imran Ahmad Khan, the Conservative MP for Wakefield, said he was “withdrawing from political life” and intends to appeal the verdict. On Monday April 11, Imran Khan was found guilty of assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a house party in Staffordshire in 2014. The court heard that the complainant, who cannot be identified, was “distraught” […]
Detectives investigating the rape of a woman in Shepherds Bush have charged a man
Salad Ahmed Mohamed, 36 of Islington, was charged with one count of rape on Wednesday, 13 April. He was kept in custody and appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 14 April. He was further remanded in custody to appear at Crown Court on a date and court to be arranged. The charges follow […]
An organised crime group (OCG), who distributed heroin, crack cocaine, cocaine, and amphetamines across Hull, were jailed for a collective total in excess of 50 years
The group, led by Paul Cahalin (39) of Falkland Road, Hull, were proven at court to have conspired to sell large amounts of Class A drugs between May 2018 and January 2019. The court heard how a total of approximately four kilos of heroin, 360 grams of cocaine, 50 grams of crack cocaine and […]
A gang that stole £17 million in a ‘missing trader’ VAT fraud have been jailed for a total of 12 years
The mastermind behind the fraud, ringleader Anthony Bond, 65, from Great Missenden, and his bookkeeper Stephen Goble, 66, from Tring, were jailed for a total of more than 12 years in April 2019. The final gang member, Taylor Sullivan, 31, from Bushey, was sentenced yesterday for cheating the public revenue by posing as a fake […]
Two men who brought class A drugs to Ashford from London for a county line network have been jailed
Kesshai Clarke would transport crack cocaine and heroin from the capital for the ‘Tony’ line and Mohammed Mansary would get local drug users to deliver them. The two men were arrested at warrants in Bromley and Ashford in October 2021 and were both later charged with possessing the drugs with intent to supply. […]
A pair of suspected burglars are to appear at court charged with multiple offences throughout south east England
Officers from the Chief Constable’s Crime Squad have been investigating reports where cash tills have been forced open and their contents stolen The incidents happened at stores in Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire and London, between 9 September 2021 and Friday 8 April 2022. On Wednesday 13 April, a man […]
