One punch – that’s all it took to destroy my boy’s life
These are the words of a heartbroken mother whose son was the victim of a one-punch attack in Scarborough. The victim’s devastated dad drove more than 9,000 miles while visiting his son every day in hospital as medics worked tirelessly to save his life following a severe head injury. Jamie Kelly lost half of his […]
A Brighton man has been given a prison sentence for harassing and nuisance behaviour towards women in the city, following an investigation by local police officers
Jamie Lee Parsons, 31, unemployed of Stanley Court, Lewes Road, Brighton, pleaded guilty at Hove Crown Court on Tuesday 1 March to causing a public nuisance by making sexual and other offensive and inappropriate comments to female supermarket staff, customers, and females on the street in Lewes Road between May and October 2021. He was […]
A man has been convicted of assaulting a woman following an incident at an address in Streatham
Dylan Mills, 37, of Sevenoaks, Kent was found guilty of common assault following the conclusion of a trial at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 7 March. He will be sentenced on a date yet to be set. The court heard Mills became involved in an argument with a woman he was known to on 8 […]
Detectives investigating burglaries in Thanet have charged a man
James Barnes, 39, of no fixed address, was charged with five counts of burglary. The charges relate to: Two burglaries at the Co-op in Westgate on 24 October 2021 and 23 February 2022 where goods and the contents of a charity tin were stolen. Two burglaries at a shop in Broadstairs on 26 February and […]
Two people have been charged with firearms offences in relation to an incident alleged to have happened Huddersfield in January
Leon Flynn, aged 37, of Kirkstone Avenue, Huddersfield and Harley McCluskey, aged 24, of Sheepridge Road appeared before Leeds Magistrates Court on Friday 4 March charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Both were remanded in custody to appear before Leeds Crown Court. The man and woman were charged in relation […]
An 82-year-old man has been found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting two girls in the 1970s and 80s
On Friday (4 March 2022), Kenneth Cooper of Chapel Meadows, Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire was sentenced to 25 years in prison at York Crown Court. He will remain on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely. The first victim bravely came forward in 2017 to report the abuse Cooper had subjected her to over a period of years […]
A man has been jailed after admitting causing a collision in Bovington that left his two passengers with serious injuries
Thomas George McConnell, aged 28 and of Water Lane, Winfrith Newburgh, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court to 20 months in prison on Friday 18 February 2022 after admitting two charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and an offence of aggravated vehicle taking as well as offences of drink and drug driving. He […]
Detectives have charged an 18 year-old man following the shooting of a 15 year-old girl in Upper Warwick Street in Toxteth on Tuesday, 1st March
Rio Jones, of Jermyn Street, Toxteth, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of a controlled drug. Jones was remanded into custody to appear at Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton and St Helens adult remand court today, Saturday 5th March. The 15-year-old girl remains in hospital in […]
A drug dealer claimed a stash of cocaine was for treating his dizziness and a knife in his car was for cooking barbeques
Jousif Nechirvan, 26, was driving a Honda Jazz in Lincoln Road, Peterborough, at about 2am on 26 April, 2020, when he was stopped by officers. They asked him to get out of the car and noticed a knife near the driver’s seat. When challenged about this Nechirvan claimed he used it when cooking barbeques. Officers […]
County lines gang sentenced after trafficking a child to run drugs in Sussex
A group of “exploitative” drug suppliers controlling the ‘Blue’ county line have been sentenced following a joint investigation led by British Transport Police (BTP). Two members of the gang were found to be exploiting a vulnerable 16-year-old boy to peddle heroin and crack cocaine as part of their drug supply business. The four men were […]
