A man who attacked a neighbour with a knife in an unprovoked attack sparked by a parcel delivery has been jailed
Mohammed Latif confronted the man on his own doorstep after seeing him receive a package he was asked to take for someone else. For reasons which still remain unclear Latif – who had no previous involvement or interaction with the man – threatened to stab him. Latif lunged towards him with the knife but thankfully he […]
Three Huddersfield men have been jailed for more than a combined 12 years for their part in a serious assault in the town
Kirklees District CID have welcomed the sentencing of three men at Leeds Crown Court on April 1 for their parts in a disorder in which one victim was repeatedly assaulted while on the ground. The offence took place in the early hours of March 1, 2020 on Cross Church Street when two men were […]
A 19-year-old from Swindon has been sentenced to four years in a young offenders institute after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
Femi Dadey, 19, of Bath Road, was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court on Friday (1/4) after pleading guilty to possession of the criminal property and being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. Dadey was arrested on January 24 after a warrant was executed at his home address. Under his pillow where he […]
A violent offender has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was charged with two assaults and a burglary
Nathan Waterman (33) appeared at Grimsby Crown Court on Friday (1 April) for sentencing after pleading guilty to the offences at an earlier hearing. The court heard how Waterman barged his way into a stranger’s property on Lord Street, Grimsby, on Sunday 14 March 2021. Waterman demanded drugs from the occupant, who was […]
Professional snooker player sentenced for assault on woman in Sheffield city centre
Liang Wenbo, a professional snooker player, has been fined a total of £1380 and given a 12-month community order at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court today (1 April) for a domestic-related assault by beating. In the early hours of 20 July last year, a 999 call was made by the woman who was screaming in distress. CCTV […]
Three men who supplied approximately 13 kilos of cocaine and discussed criminal cash assets of over £1.1 million have been jailed for over 35 years in the latest under Operation Venetic – the UK’s biggest ever law enforcement operation
Jake Meade of Taunton Road, Chadderton, Dale Reid of Saxwood Avenue, Blackley, and Liam McGrath of no fixed abode, were all jailed yesterday after pleading guilty to conspiring to supply class A drugs. An investigation by detectives found that Meade played the leading role in the organised crime group that used encrypted phones to […]
Following an investigation by the Child Abuse Investigation Unit, a man has been sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment after he was convicted of a string of rapes and sexual offences against a child
Ian Bailey, aged 56, from Oxfordshire, pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity with a girl, and taking an indecent photograph/pseudo photograph of a child. He pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape of a child but was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict of all four counts following a trial that […]
A man accused of murdering a five-year old boy has denied lying about putting the child’s body in a sports bag before dumping it in a river
John Cole, 40, his partner Angharad Williamson, 31, and a youth, 14, deny murdering Logan Mwangi. His body was found in the River Ogmore in Sarn, Bridgend county, on 31 July. The trial at Cardiff Crown Court heard Cole did not mention the bag in previous police interviews or statements. He was asked why […]
A sex predator who planted a secret camera in a teenage girl’s bedroom for his own sexual gratification has been jailed
Ryan France secretly set up the device at his teenage victim’s home without her knowledge between September 2018 and May 2019. There he captured various clips of the girl including as she was getting dressed and spending time with her boyfriend. But the 25-year-old’s deception was exposed when another woman spotted the illegal images […]
A couple have been convicted of running a human trafficking network in Bristol – promising people a new life in the UK then forcing them to work without pay
The National Crime Agency rescued five men who were being kept as modern slaves in a house in Brentry Lane, Bristol, by Maros Tancos, aged 45 and Joanna Gomulska, aged 46. Tancos recruited vulnerable people from Slovakia, targeting those who were often raised in orphanages or living in camps. He promised them transport to […]
