A man who killed his brother with an axe has today (9 Dec) been sentenced to 21 years in prison for manslaughter
Sean Blaney, 38, of Shore Terrace, Salterbeck admitted the manslaughter of his brother, George Leon Bailey (known as ‘Leon’), on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The court heard how Blaney had spoken to family members about wanting to kill his brother in the days leading up to Leon’s death, telling one: “Don’t worry, I’m going […]
An “exceptionally dangerous predator” targeted almost 2,000 victims to amass images of degrading sexual acts before selling the images to paedophiles
Abdul Elahi was described as being “in a league of his own” in terms of the scale of his online offending. Some women were blackmailed into abusing a baby or a sibling, with Elahi offering to pay off their debts. Elahi, 26, formerly of Allcroft Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, is due to be sentenced later. He […]
A man who sexually assaulted a child has been found guilty following a trial
The incidents began in 1989, when the victim was around six years old. Shahid Walayat, who was around 16 at the time, began abusing the girl by touching her inappropriately at a house in Wakefield. The abuse stopped prior to 1992, and the victim did not see Walayat again following his conviction for the murder […]
A man has been jailed for 14 years after he carried out a violent assault on a woman in Ramsgate
An ambulance was called on Monday 11 January 2021 and Adam Fleming told the 999 call handler that a woman at his address was injured. His description of those injuries were downplayed according to another person who had attended the address out of concern for the welfare of the woman. When paramedics arrived they found […]
Two arsonists have been jailed for a total of three and a half years for setting light to a car in Whitstable
Sam Murphy, of Neames Forstal, Selling, was one of two people who set fire to the vehicle near a house in the town in the early hours of 5 July 2020. The 20-year-old admitted arson at Canterbury Crown Court on 5 July 2021 and was jailed for two years at a hearing on 7 December. […]
Two men have been jailed for violent offences on the Isle of Wight
Nino Cavanagh, aged 28, along with 21-year-old Lewis Morera-Morgan appeared at Isle of Wight Crown Court today (Tuesday 7 December) for sentencing. The pair had been charged in connection with an incident which took place at an address in Albert Street, Ventnor, on 20 June this year. A 43-year-old man, who was known to Cavanagh […]
Two years’ imprisonment has been imposed on a man who repeatedly struck a woman in the face before strangling her
Ian Masterman also pulled out a clump of the victim’s hair while he subjected her to a prolonged period of abuse inside an Ashford home in February 2021. The 55-year-old, of Endwell Road, Lewisham, London, denied actual bodily harm and assault by beating but was found guilty following a trial at Canterbury […]
Detectives’ diligence sees drunk Clacton man who deliberately set a fire in a communal hallway, endangering residents’ lives, jailed for four years
Thomas McGinn, of Colne Road, was jailed when he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday 3 December after he pleaded guilty to the charge of arson endangering life. Detectives investigating the fire in the communal hallway of a block of flats in Carnarvon Road, Clacton, in the early hours of 1 April, discovered […]
Two charged with murder in Tunbridge Wells drugs ambush
Officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged two people with a murder in Tunbridge Wells. A police investigation commenced after a man was found fatally injured in Caley Road, at around 3.15am on Saturday 4 December 2021. On Tuesday 7 December, the Crown Prosecution Service authorised a charge of […]
A gang who transported millions of pounds of cannabis from Spain to East Lancashire hidden in crates of frozen meat have been jailed.
On the afternoon of August 26, 2020, police conducting enquiries on Commercial Street, Oswaldtwistle, heard voices coming from a nearby warehouse unit and noticed a “death smell” in the air. When officers searched the unit, which had a “A2Z Meats Ltd” sign above it, they found boxes containing 200 kilograms of cannabis skunk 200 kilograms […]
