Twenty-seven charges have been authorised against one man following a series of burglary and theft offences in Gravesend
Liam Wells is alleged to have committed the crimes in the Riverview estate area, with all but one of them happening on Sunday 21 February 2022. Upon receiving the reports, Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad immediately commenced their enquires and these led to the team securing a warrant and arresting Mr Wells […]
Nuisance drivers in Greenhithe will be targeted with a dispersal order this weekend
. The 48-hour order will start at 6pm on Friday 4 March 2022 and covers the A206 and the B255. Roads falling within the enforcement area include Crossways Boulevard, Quadrant Court, Galleon Boulevard, Anchor Boulevard, Newton’s Court, Schooner Court, Capstan Court, Masthead close, Clipper Boulevard and Bridge Close. Anyone found driving antisocially […]
A lorry driver who was part of a people smuggling ring has been ordered to pay £6,000 to the families of 39 Vietnamese people who died in a failed smuggling operation
The victims, aged between 15 and 44, were found dead in a trailer in Essex in October 2019. They had suffocated on their way to Purfleet from Belgium on a ferry. Christopher Kennedy picked up containers with people inside, but not the one in which 39 Vietnamese died. The 25-year-old from Keady in County […]
A Barnsley man has been jailed after an incident that saw him pray on a vulnerable pensioner
Jon Wood, aged 35, of Westfield Avenue, was yesterday (Tuesday 1 March) jailed at Sheffield Crown Court. He had been due to stand trial for possession of a firearm and possession of an offensive weapon, but changed his plea to guilty within the trial. The sentence relates to an incident that occurred on 21 […]
Detectives investigating the death of Macaulay Byrne at a Sheffield pub on Boxing Day of last year have charged a man with murder
Bovic Mupolo, 21 years, of Fluery Rise, Gleadless (Sheffield) was arrested yesterday and has today (Wednesday 2 March) been charged with murder and has been remanded in custody to appear at Sheffield Magistrates Court tomorrow. This brings the total number of arrests in the case to five. The first three came after officers raided […]
Police in Portsmouth have charged a man with attempted murder after an attack at an address in the city
Officers investigating a serious assault on Middle Street on Monday (28 February) have charged a man. Sherwan Ali, 27, of Middle Street, has been charged with attempted murder. He has been remanded into custody and is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court today (Wednesday 2 March). The charge comes after we were called at […]
450 people have been arrested in the UK after they were identified as members of an online platform used for trading child sexual abuse material
The material was some of the most ‘horrific and devastating’ investigators had seen. It included a particularly disturbing and sadistic video series, which showed the torture, rape and sexual abuse of three kidnapped young girls, one of whom was an 18-month-old toddler. Authorities in New Zealand, where the platform was hosted, launched an investigation in […]
Neighbourhoods officers in Gosport have secured a Partial Closure Order for a flat at Martin Snape House, Pavilion Way in Gosport
Magistrates were presented with evidence of suspected drug-related activity and anti-social behaviour at the address, during a court hearing in Portsmouth on Tuesday 22 February this year. This included numerous instances of poor behaviour, evidence of drug dealing, and intoxicated visitors attending the flat. The court agreed that this activity had greatly impacted the lives […]
Fast acting Kent Police officers detained two men on suspicion of a Chatham robbery within 25 minutes of a report being received
Jamil Onilearan and Ghandi Mallak are alleged to have robbed a man of a phone, a bank card and a train ticket in Chatham High Street at around 6.50pm on Saturday 26 February 2022. The Medway Community Policing Team were deployed to the area and liaised closely with camera operators from Medway […]
A mother who ill-treated her disabled daughter, leading to her death from severe emaciation and neglect, has been jailed
Elaine Clarke, 49, of Garden Terrace, Blackpool, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after previously admitting to the gross negligence manslaughter of her daughter Debbie Leitch, who had Down’s Syndrome. Around 10.40pm on August 29, 2019, paramedics attended Garden Terrace after a family member sadly found Debbie, 24, dead in her bedroom. Ambulance crews […]
