Two burglars who stole vehicles from the driveway of a house in Deal have been sentenced
Ellis McKeown was charged with and later admitted burglary and two counts of attempted burglary following an investigation by Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad. At Canterbury Crown Court on Friday 4 March 2022, McKeown, 24, of Stapleton Avenue, Liverpool, was jailed for two and a half years. Another man, Marcus Jones, 20, of Torrington […]
A man has been convicted in his absence of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 following an investigation by safeguarding detectives
Jason Reddy, 56, an engineer, of Carlisle Parade, Hastings, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment on Wednesday (March 2) after being convicted of three sexual offences on January 31. Reddy was arrested by officers investigating a report that a girl, who was nine at the time, was sexually assaulted at an address in Hillside Road, […]
Two young men have been jailed for almost 40 years after they attempted to murder a rival in a frenzied knife attack inside a shop
Awadh Saleh, 22 (1st pic ), of no fixed address, and Ramah Williams, 18 (2nd pic), of Newham, were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday, 7 March after they were both unanimously found guilty of attempted murder at an earlier trial. Saleh was sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment, with 16 years to be […]
Duo locked up after a 62-year-old man jumped into a freezing canal to escape two men who were threatening him with a knuckleduster
. This was part of a series of robbery attempts made by the duo in the space of less than an hour. Jonathon Bran, 19, and Cameron Hemmings, 21, made a beeline straight for the man as he walked alone along the water’s edge. The duo then pulled out a knuckleduster and demanded he gives […]
A man whose deadly attack on a toddler left her with a catastrophic brain injury “akin to a multi-storey fall” has been jailed for manslaughter
Brandon Heath, 22, attacked the girl at a house in Northwich while her mother gave a friend a lift on 30 August 2020, Cheshire Police said. The 22-month-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, died the next day. Heath, who the girl’s mother described as a “monster”, was jailed for 13 years and […]
A 19-year-old who carried out a brutal knife attack on a wounded teenager after chasing him into a shop in Smethwick town centre, has been convicted of murder
Derlano Samuels suffered multiple stab wounds, including one which left the tip of the knife embedded in his head. The shocking violence started when the 17-year-old was attacked by Cam’Ron Dunn just before 16.10 on 1 May last year in Cape Hill, when he was stabbed twice in the street. The injured teenager was […]
Six acts of serious violence have led to an Edenbridge man being jailed for nine years
Between 2019 and 2021, Enrico Tenaglia committed a series of vicious offences across Medway and his hometown, including stabbing a man with a broken bottle, robbing a woman of her car and assaulting four Kent Police officers. He also twice breached a restraining order against a woman who is known to him […]
Police charge man with robbery assault charges
A man has been charged with multiple offences following an incident along Fareham Road in Gosport yesterday afternoon (Monday 7 March). Brandon Michael Fisher, aged 29, of Earls Road in Fareham, was charged with the following: Attempted robbery 2 counts of assault by beating 2 counts of assault of an emergency worker Criminal damage Possession […]
Burglary charges following ram-raid at Scarborough shop
Two local men, aged 50 and 42, will appear at Scarborough Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (8 March) morning charged with the Spar shop burglary on Falsgrave Road during the early hours of today, Monday 7 March. Detective Sergeant David Adams, of the Scarborough Investigation Hub, said: “Residents and business owners can be reassured that following […]
An organised crime group who were found to be in possession of guns that were converted to become lethal weapons have been jailed for a total of 98 years
The group, spearheaded by Nathan Godfrey of Barnsley were found to be in possession of Retay firearms – blank firing firearms converted into live-firing lethal guns – with members of the group travelling from across the country to transfer the guns. Just before 16.30 on 27 January 2020, the group made a 150-mile trip from […]