A county line drug dealer who stabbed a rival after cuckooing an address in Dover has been jailed for 20 years
Callum Andrews was dealing drugs for the ‘Culture’ county line when he attacked his victim at a Balfour Road property he had used as a base. The victim suffered serious wounds to his chest and was flown to a London hospital where he received life-saving treatment. Following an investigation by detectives […]
A man has been found guilty of a string of serious sexual offences against women in Camden following the conclusion of a six-week trial
Francis Mukendi, 27 of Finsbury Park Road, N4 was found guilty of four counts of rape, three counts of attempted rape, two counts of sexual assault and four counts of possession of a bladed article at Wood Green Crown Court on Tuesday, 22 March. Mukendi will be sentenced on a date to be confirmed. […]
A child sex offender from Maidstone who made his victims promise to keep secret a series of rapes and abuse has been jailed for 20 years
Kenneth Clark targeted victims as young as three years old, during a period of repeated and systematic offending between 2016 and 2019. Clark made ‘pinky promises’ with at least two of the children in order to keep the abuse secret. However, he was arrested in January 2019 after one of them confided in a relative […]
Charges authorised following theft of valuable bike from Herne Bay
Charges have been authorised following an investigation into the theft of a high value e-bike in Herne Bay. The bike, valued at £8,000, was stolen from a shop in Herne Common at around 1.20pm on Thursday 10 March 2022. Enquiries led officers to stop a vehicle in Chapel Road, Hoo at around 10.30am on Tuesday […]
A man has been jailed for eight years after class A drugs and a loaded gun were found in Welwyn Garden City
Tashan Honeygan-Matthew, aged 32, of Elliott Close, Welwyn Garden City, appeared at St Albans Crown Court yesterday (Thursday 17 March). He was sentenced to the following: Five years for possession of a prohibited weapon (revolver) Three years for possession of heroin with intent to supply He was also given the following sentences which will run […]
A man has been jailed after admitting robbing a petrol station at knifepoint on New Year’s Day in Burton
Scott Appleby, aged 29, of Shakespeare Road, Burton-upon-Trent, was handed a seven-year and eight-month sentence at Stafford Crown Court on Friday (18 March) after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. During the same hearing, Appleby also pleaded guilty to previous offences of possession with intent to supply […]
Three men have been jailed for between three and eight years today (18 March 2022) at Newport Crown Court for conspiracy to facilitate the unlawful entry of Albanian nationals to the UK
Three men have been jailed for between three and eight years today (18 March 2022) at Newport Crown Court for conspiracy to facilitate the unlawful entry of Albanian nationals to the UK. Jean-Pierre Labelle, aged 45 and from Ryde, Stephen Redhead, aged 47 and from Shanklin, and Christopher Barber, aged 55 and also from Shanklin, […]
The missing RAF gunner Corrie Mckeague who vanished on a night out in 2016 died after climbing into a commercial waste bin, an inquest concluded
The airman, from Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 when he disappeared in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on 24 September 2016. He was last seen on CCTV going into a bin loading area but his body has never been found despite extensive searches. Inquest jurors in Ipswich concluded he died after climbing into the bin which was […]
A Hove man who drove thousands of pounds-worth of stolen vehicles under false registration plates has been jailed
Robert Thompson, 35, of Church Road in Hove, was sentenced to 30 months in prison at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday (March 17) after pleading guilty to five offences. Half will be served on licence. Thompson was found behind the wheel of a £50,000 stolen Range Rover Velar on January 6, 2021, which was driving […]
An “Islamist terrorist” accused of murdering Sir David Amess MP carried out reconnaissance on other potential targets including cabinet minister Michael Gove, his trial heard
Sir David, MP for Southend West, was stabbed during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October. Ali Harbi Ali stabbed Sir David repeatedly in an “assassination for terrorist purposes”, the jury heard. The 26-year-old from London denies murder and preparing acts of terrorism. Opening the trial at the Old Bailey in London, prosecutor […]
