Witnesses are sought to an attempted robbery in #Maidstone which saw a teenager threatened with a knife
The victim was initially approached by a large group of people in Tonbridge Road, at around 3.30pm on Monday 11 October 2021. One of them started asking him questions, including about a bag he was carrying and how much it had cost him. The victim was then subjected to threats and attempts to steal […]
A Totton man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison after being found guilty of rape in August 2019
Ian Malcolm Cookson, aged 55, of Powell Crescent in Totton found guilty of raping a 49-year-old woman at her home address in Eastleigh between 4pm and 5pm on Thursday 1 August 2019. The woman had agreed to meet Cookson for a drink in a local bar, before he had invited himself back to the […]
Lancashire man jailed over £2m camper van heroin seizure
A man from Lancashire has been jailed for more than six years for attempting to smuggle heroin worth almost £2 million into the UK in his campervan. Michael Sloan, aged 42 and from Ormskirk, became the subject of an investigation by the National Crime Agency after the drugs were found in his van […]
A PC has been charged with causing death by careless driving following a police collision in Hounslow
A PC has been charged with causing death by careless driving following a police collision in Whitton Road, Hounslow, on 1 November 2019 in which a pedestrian died. PC Daniel Francis, 33, attached to the West Area Command Unit, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 7 December. Our thoughts remain with family and […]
A teenager has been convicted of murdering a man in Waltham Abbey earlier this year
A second teenager has also been convicted of manslaughter in connection with his death.Local man Neil Darnell, 50, was found seriously injured around 10am on Friday 16 April after being hit by a car on Farm Hill Road, Waltham Abbey.The driver of the vehicle failed to stop at the scene and the car was found […]
A man has been jailed for a total of 22 years having been found guilty of multiple child sex offences
Mark Bolton, 55, of New Malden was sentenced on Friday, 5 November, at Kingston Crown Court, having been convicted on 2 September after a trial at the same court. He was found guilty of five counts of raping a child, two counts of attempted rape of a child, seven counts of sexual assault of […]
A drink driver who injured an officer and two others when she crashed into a parked police van has been jailed
Karolina Serafin, 25, pinned the three victims to the vehicle when she smashed her car into it outside the Black Horse pub in Westgate, Wakefield, in July. One victim lost her lower left leg in the crash and another had to have part of his leg amputated. Serafin, from Worksop, admitted causing serious injury […]
Two men are wanted after failing to appear at court
Police in Warwickshire are seeking Jerry Connors, 23 (pictured left) and Larry O’Reilly, 21, are wanted for failing to attend Coventry Magistrates’ Court last week to face charges of conspiracy to commit burglary. Both men have links to Essex, Kent and Surrey. Anyone seeing Connors or O’Reilly, or knowing their current whereabouts is asked […]
Folkestone rape suspect found with a gun has been charged and remanded in custody
A 46-year-old man is to appear in court charged with raping a woman in Folkestone. Kent Police was called to a report of a rape at a property in Tontine Street at around 3pm on Friday 5 November 2021. Officers attended and recovered an imitation pistol following a search of a nearby […]
A serving Met officer has been sentenced to two years and three months’ imprisonment for assault causing actual bodily harm and engaging in controlling/coercive behaviour
PC Jamie Rayner, 27, attached to the South Area Command Unit, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 8 September and pleaded guilty to both charges. He was released on bail and was sentenced on Thursday, 4 November at Croydon Crown Court. PC Rayner was arrested on 24 March and later charged with the […]
