Detectives investigating the murder of 27-year-old Jobari Gooden in Peckham have charged three people
A 27-year-old man, who was arrested at a residential property in Gillingham, Kent on 23 December, has been charged with murder. He is Momodou Lamin Faal, (19/01/94) of Lyndhurst Way, Peckham. A man and a woman have been charged with perverting the course of justice. They are Olushola Eletu and Elishah Anderson (of Lettsom […]
A man who sneaked into a property and sexually assaulted a woman in Lancaster while she was sleeping has been jailed
At 3am on October 21, this year, Mamun Ahmed climbed through a window of a property in St Georges Quay and stole a mobile phone from the living room. He then went into the bedroom, took off his shoes and climbed into bed with the victim. Ahmed then put his arms around the victim […]
A man has been sentenced for his involvement in the death of a child following an assault more than 20 years ago
Dean Smith, 46 from Watford appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 22 December where he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of Maisie Newell. He had previously appeared at the same court on Monday, 27 September where he was found not guilty of murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Smith had […]
A drug dealer has been sentenced to three years in a young offenders’ institution
Iftekhar Hussain was sentenced after he admitted supplying cocaine and cannabis and possessing both drugs with intent to supply. The case against him began on September 9 last year when he was seen by officers inside a car that was suspected to be involved in the supply of drugs in Normanton. The Honda Civic was […]
The National Crime Agency has secured assets worth an estimated £1.1 million, after an NCA tax investigation into a Derby man revealed that his family run business had avoided paying tax for 18 years, on profits suspected of being linked to drugs and other criminal activity
Tonino (otherwise known as Tony) Persico, 58, of the Sinfin area in Derby, and members of the wider Persico family, operated ice cream vans and rented industrial units on Osmaston Road. A Derbyshire Police investigation looked at the family of Mr Persico after suspicions were raised about links to drugs, fraud and money laundering, which […]
An arsonist who was caught on camera setting fire to her partner’s ex-wife’s home has been jailed
Chloe Shotton will spend Christmas behind bars after she was spotted on CCTV pushing a rag through a letterbox before setting it alight. Emergency crews were called to an address in North Shields in the early hours of July 31 after the occupant of the house awoke to find her fire alarms blaring and hall […]
A London-based crime group which tried to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into the UK on a decrepit fishing vessel – and planned to bring in 50 more every week – have been jailed
The crime group were involved in the smuggling attempt on 17 November last year when the 30-metre converted trawler ’Svanic’ was intercepted off the Norfolk coast. The boat – built nearly 60 years ago and with a lifeboat for just 20 people – had set sail from the Ostend area of Belgium and was heading […]
A suspect has been charged after officers were called to a burglary taking place in Margate
Kent Police was called to a property in College Road at around 5.15pm on Saturday 18 December 2021 following a report of a burglary. Residents reported returning home and finding jewellery and watches missing from the house. Officers quickly attended the address and arrested a man nearby with the assistance of members of the public. […]
A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Southend West MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery in October
Ali Harbi Ali, 25, also denies preparing acts of terrorism between 2019 and September this year. He will face trial in March.
A sex offender caught trying to meet children in an undercover police sting has been jailed for 12 years
Richard Chappell, 44, of Thornhill in West Yorkshire, was messaging officers when he thought he was speaking to parents offering their children for sex. He was found guilty of attempting to arrange a child sex offence and inciting child exploitation. His partner, Cherie Scott, 29, was also jailed for sex offences. The couple were […]
