A dangerous thug who stabbed a man in the back during an argument over a stolen bank card has been sentenced to a total of eight years and eight months.
Ben Cronshaw, 24, was also sentenced for his role in a three-on-one vicious attack on a man outside the Royal Oak in Sparth Road, Clayton-le-Moors, last October 4th, 2020. After initially becoming involved in disorder, Cronshaw and his co-defendants 28-year-old David Osbaldeston and 24-year-old Aaron Walsh, began making threats with a knife towards the landlady’s partner, Terry […]
A County Lines drugs dealer got a rude awakening when we raided the studio flat he’d been using to cook-up crack cocaine
Police identified Eugene Brannigan as the man behind the “Big Ali” line which advertised heroin and crack cocaine for sale from a drugs hotline. Our intelligence unit uncovered the line through detailed phone work and on 7 January this year we sprung an early morning surprise on Brannigan at the apartment in Lombard Street, Birmingham. […]
The family of a young woman who was catastrophically wounded in a May 2021 shooting have spoken about the impact it has had on their lives
28-year-old Sasha Johnson was at a party in Consort Road, Peckham, in the early hours of Sunday, 23 May when shots were fired.A bullet struck her in the head, causing significant injuries.More than nine months on, she remains in hospital. Her injuries are catastrophic and permanent.Four men were charged with conspiracy to murder following an […]
Retired music teacher jailed for 17 years for raping boy in the 1980s
Specialist detectives have brought a retired music teacher to justice for sexually abusing a boy at the former Malsis School at Glusburn, Crosshills, in the Craven District. David John Hope, aged 74, of Granby Close, Headingley, Leeds, was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment at Bradford Crown Court today – Monday 28 February 2022 – […]
A proactive police operation has directly led to the conviction of a serving Met officer
PC Tristan Downing, aged 38, attached to the Central North Basic Command Unit, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 28 February where he pleaded guilty to soliciting a prostitute. He was sentenced to a £450 fine, £85 court costs and £45 witness tax to be paid within 14 days. He was arrested during a police […]
A man who is believed to have fled the country prior to going on trial for sending threatening letters to three South Yorkshire Members of Parliament is now wanted by police
Donald Wood was convicted in his absence of three offences under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court. The 84-year-old was found guilty by a jury on Friday (25 February) of sending threatening letters to MPs Dan Jarvis, John Healey and Stephanie Peacock between 23 and 27 March 2019. […]
Two drug dealers who attempted to bring cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.4 million onto the streets of West Yorkshire by hiding it in a gas cannister have been given lengthy jail sentences.
Bradford men Faruk Miah and Safraz Latif hid a total of 14 kilos of the Class A drug inside the body the gas cannister. Such was the sophistication of the device that it even released real gas from the valve when officers turned it. Also found in the raid, on 9 February last year, was […]
A man has been charged following an incident in which a police officer was seriously assaulted
Officers were called to Aycliffe Village shortly after 9.30pm on Saturday following concerns for the welfare of a man. While at the scene, one of the attending officers was allegedly dragged to the floor, kneed in the head, and thrown down a flight of stairs by a man who was unconnected to the original call. […]
A man who sexually assaulted two women and then forged a letter purporting to be from one victim claiming he was innocent has been jailed
Anthony Kirkbright sent the letter to a police station while on remand for the sex attacks in Accrington and Blackburn, Lancashire Police said. But the letter had a postage stamp from HMP Altcourse, where he was being held. The 54-year-old was jailed for four years at Preston Crown Court after admitting the assaults. Kirkbright, of […]
A man has been charged in connection with a collision on the #M6 near Stafford over the weekend, which claimed the life of a Traffic management operative
A man has been charged over the death of a highways worker on the M6 on Saturday (26 February). Police were attempting to stop an Audi vehicle, which officers believed was involved in an incident within the West Midlands area, shortly after 5am on Saturday on the M6 northbound between junctions 14 and 15, when […]
