The jail sentence handed to the mum of murdered toddler Star Hobson was “too low”, the attorney general says
Star died in 2020 after months of “neglect, cruelty and injury”. Her mother Frankie Smith, 20, was sentenced to eight years for causing or allowing her death. Smith’s partner, Savannah Brockhill, 28, was jailed for a minimum of 25 years for murder Suella Braverman said she had referred Smith’s sentence to the Court of […]
A warrant executed by the Met’s Violent Crime Task Force (VCTF) has seen a gang member jailed for three years for drugs offences
Officers raided the Lambeth home of known gang member Michael Richards, in Saxby Road, SW2, back in November 2021. Richards, 22 was found inside the address with multiple wraps of class A drugs as well as a large amount of cash. Laboratory tests later found the substances to be heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis […]
Two men have been charged following an investigation into the fatal stabbing of Reece Young in Croydon in March 2021
Ronald Kissaka, 34 of Ashburton Road, Croydon has been charged with murder. Dwaine Harris, 39 of no fixed abode has been charged with murder, escaping lawful custody and two counts of assaulting an emergency worker. Both men will appear at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 11 January. Police were called at 21:10hrs on 30 […]
A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing an Afghan refugee to death has denied murder
The teenager, who cannot be named, allegedly knifed Hazrat Wali, 18, (picutred) during a fight on a footbridge in Twickenham, west London, on October 12 last year. The youth appeared via video link from Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution to confirm his name and deny murder. But he admitted possessing a bladed or pointed article.
Two lowlife scumbags who stole medication from terminally ill residents in east Kent have been jailed
Ruth Lambert, 33, and 29-year-old Jessica Silvester preyed on patients receiving end-of-life care packages, posing as nurses to gain access to their homes to steal morphine and other painkillers. The stolen medication had originally been prescribed to some of the targeted patients to make their final days as comfortable as possible. The pair had access […]
Two men have been jailed and a third defendant handed a suspended sentence following a police investigation into Class A drug dealing in Wiltshire
Connor Flower, 29, of no fixed address, Melksham, appeared at Winchester Crown Court last week (07/01) and pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine, possession of criminal property, cannabis possession and money laundering offences. He was jailed for four years and nine months. Two co-defendants also appeared in court on the same […]
Two teenage boys have been charged with murder following the death of a man at an address in Christchurch
Dorset Police received a report at 7.53pm on Tuesday 4 January 2022 raising concern for the welfare of the occupant of 6 Heath Road. Officers attended the address and found the body of 35-year-old Edward Reeve. Following extensive enquiries by detectives, two 16-year-old boys – from Christchurch and Bournemouth – have been charged with murder. […]
A man has been charged in connection with alleged racial abuse and assault of police officers in Shanklin.
In the early hours of Sunday morning (9 January) police responded to a disturbance in Milford Road, before locating a man in St Paul’s Crescent. It’s alleged that a man-made threats towards police on arrival, and later assaulted two officers – one of which was subjected to racist abuse. Thomas Jack Riordan, aged 25, of […]
Serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has been charged with nine more offences
The Crown Prosecution Service said it had authorised Hertfordshire Police to charge the Metropolitan Police officer with nine additional offences on Monday. They are six counts of rape, one count of attempted rape, one count of assault by penetration and one count of coercive or controlling behaviour.
An 18-year-old in Germany turned himself in to the police after he allegedly killed a couple in their home in the southern state of Bavaria
Although the main suspect is now in custody, investigators say the latest developments are raising more questions than providing answers. The incident took place in the small town of Mistelbach — located near the southeastern city of Bayreuth. The bodies of a 47-year-old woman and her 51-year-old husband were found in the basement. Police said […]
