A mother has pleaded guilty to killing her two-year-old son, who died after he was submerged in water at his home
Natalie Steele, 32, of Broadlands, Bridgend, admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility. Reid Steele died at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, on 12 August last year, a day after he was found injured in his bathroom. At Cardiff Crown Court, she appeared via video link from a psychiatric unit, and will be sentenced on […]
Eleven people have been jailed for a combined total of more than 65 years for their roles in the kidnap and false imprisonment of a man from Bethnal Green
The ten men and one woman were sentenced over the past two months with the last remaining two being sentenced today, Thursday, 24 February at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Detectives from Central Specialist Crime investigated the kidnap of a man which took place between Friday, 28 and Saturday, 29 February 2020. The victim eventually managed […]
A man has been jailed for attempted murder in Reading
Patrick Benjamin, aged 43, of Lulworth Road, Reading, was sentenced to 13 years in prison at Reading Crown Court yesterday (23/2). Benjamin was found guilty of one count of attempted murder at the same court on 23 September 2021. In the days before the attack on 11 December 2020, Benjamin and his long-term partner, […]
This is the moment a removals company boss was caught on his own dashcam as he tried to smuggle two million cigarettes into the UK
This is the moment a removals company boss was caught on his own dashcam as he tried to smuggle two million cigarettes into the UK. Thomas Coulton, 42, from Morecambe, has been jailed for two and a half years after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Coulton owns the Heysham-based Tommy’s Removals and […]
A man has been jailed for assault after an off-duty police officer saw his injured victim sitting at the side of a road
The officer was on her way home from a late shift when she saw the victim with her head in her hands near Dover Road, Deal in the early hours of Sunday 7 November 2021. The off-duty officer took the victim to the home of a family member and an investigation was […]
A burglar who entered a Gravesend address to steal keys for a car has been jailed
In the early hours of 12 August 2021, Tommie Lloyd travelled to Dene Holm Road and approached a house wearing gloves and a balaclava. He used a screwdriver to force open the front door and, once inside, stole the keys to an Audi A5 parked on the driveway. Lloyd got into […]
Police have released footage showing the moment Talisa Windsor poured almost 4 litres of petrol over a house – with a family and two young children inside – and tried to set it alight with a makeshift petrol bomb
Windsor, 30, of Amberley Drive in Hove, was sentenced to six years in prison, with another three on an extended licence, for the bungled attack on 11th May 2021, which almost ended in tragedy. She had stolen 3.7L from a petrol station that afternoon and at 6.35pm visited a property in Moyne Close, doused […]
Two robberies in Gillingham have led officers to charge a suspect
At 9.20pm on Wednesday 16 February 2022 a man was walking along Franklin Road, Gillingham, when he was approached by two other men. The suspects are reported to have threatened the victim before stealing his mobile phone and walking away. At around 10pm, a second robbery was alleged to have happened where another […]
A suspect has been charged with a series of burglaries at businesses in Whitstable
Officers from Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad investigated break-ins at pharmacies in the town’s High Street on Saturday 25 December 2021 and Friday 18 February 2022. Adrian Marsh, of Canterbury Road, Whitstable, has since been charged with three counts of burglary in relation to the offences. The 31-year-old has also been charged with assaulting […]
A former Countdown winner has been jailed for 12 years after he told other paedophiles he would like to abduct and abuse little children
Craig Chittenden, 33, from Willington, County Durham, also persuaded a woman in America to sexually abuse her daughter, as he watched for his pleasure. He was caught by an undercover police officer after arranging a visit to the south of England to sexually abuse a ten-year-old girl, having planned the trip with a man he […]
