A woman who subjected passengers and a train manager to an unprovoked tirade of abuse has been jailed for over six months, following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation
Trisha Clifton, 49, and of Firlands, Weybridge, pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated behaviour contrary to section 31(1)(c) and (5) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and being in breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order. On Monday 4 April at Reading Magistrates’ Court, the judge sentenced her to 26 weeks in prison. The court […]
Eleven people have now been charged following the death of a man in Tunbridge Wells.
Xhovan Pepaj, aged 25, was fatally injured in Caley Road, at around 3.15am on 4 December 2021. He had sustained multiple injuries. Since then, an investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate has led to the arrests of 13 people. Fabian Szymula, aged 20, was arrested on 8 April 2022 and charged with conspiracy to […]
Two charged after officers stop train at Ashford International Station
Officers investigating a serious assault in Canterbury have charged two men with possession of a bladed article. Shortly before 10pm on Saturday 9 April 2022, a man was reportedly assaulted by a group of men in Canterbury Lane. The victim sustained an injury consistent with a stab wound and was taken to a local […]
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised charges against four children in connection with a stabbing in Worthing town centre
Armed officers responded to the incident in Chapel Road, close to Liverpool Road, around 4.45pm on Sunday 13 March. A 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital having sustained wounds to his torso, and has since been discharged. Following enquiries, which included CCTV trawls, witness statements and drone searches, a total of seven youths were […]
A man who was convicted of Class B drugs offences after police pulled over his car in Swindon has been handed a suspended sentence
Samuel Bradshaw, 25, of Frankel Avenue, Redhouse, was arrested in August 2020 when officers stopped him in his BMW due to the poor manner of his driving. A search of the vehicle then revealed a rucksack containing a large amount of cash and cannabis divided into small bags ready to be dealt. Officers then […]
A man has been charged with murder after a man was fatally stabbed in Wakefield
Officers were called to a property in Buckingham Court, Wakefield, at 12.40am yesterday (10 April) and found a man with serious injuries. He was taken to hospital but was pronounced deceased a short time later. The victim has been identified as 40-year-old Stephen Anthony Burkinshaw, from Wakefield. Christopher Lodge, 37, of Buckingham Court, Wakefield, has […]
A 53-year-old man from Salford has been sentenced for stalking actress and presenter Denise Welch
Toraq Wyngard, from Cannon Street, Salford previously admitted possession of a knife, criminal damage, arson and stalking causing serious alarm or distress, following a campaign targeting Mrs Welch, between 18 September 2020 and 11 February 2021. Wyngard was sentenced at Chester Crown Court on Thursday 7 April and received a seven year and seven month […]
A man who killed two young children in a car crash on the M4 has been jailed for nine years and four months
Martin Newman, 41, drank red wine while driving and had cocaine in his system when his Ford Transit van crashed into a family’s Ford Fiesta. The family were returning from a birthday party when their car was hit by Newman on 5 February. Newman had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death […]
A man who subjected a bystander to an unprovoked tirade of racial abuse outside Glasgow Central railway station has been jailed for seven months
Stephen Barrett, 28, and of Dunblane Street, Glasgow, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he pleaded guilty to racially aggravated behaviour contrary to Section 50 (A) (1) (B) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Scotland Act 1995. On Thursday 31 March, a judge sentenced him to seven months’ imprisonment. A court heard how on the […]
A man is due in court after police stopped a car and found knives and drugs
Officers responded quickly following a report of suspicious exchange taking place in a layby on the A610 near Nuthall, shortly before 4.30pm yesterday (8 April 2022). Police went looking for the vehicles involved and pulled over a black Fiesta in Coventry Lane, Bramcote, a short time later. The driver was arrested after knives and a […]
