An unprovoked and deliberate assault in a Rochester bar has resulted in a prison sentence for a Chatham resident
On Saturday 28 September 2019, a man in his 40s was with friends in Rochester High Street when, at around 10.30pm, they visited the Eagle Tavern public house. Lewis Hayes arrived at the same venue a short while later. Both parties, who did not know each other, were still there at midnight […]
Police chief warns of serious consequences for those considering spiking this weekend
It comes after 33 incidents of spiking have been reported in Norfolk since the beginning of October 2021. The vast majority of these incidents have been reported in Norwich but there have also been reports in Kings Lynn, Dereham and Great Yarmouth. Eleven reports relate to incidents where it is believed an injection may […]
A drunk and speeding driver has today been jailed after killing a student
David Turner had consumed ten pints of lager and two alcoholic shots and was driving at “Motorway Speeds” of between 50-60mph in a 20mph zone when his Audi S3 ploughed into teenager Gabriel Fields. The 19-year-old Salford University student suffered multiple injuries and sadly died shortly after the collision despite the efforts […]
Colonel Eric leaves the field after his last poppy appeal
Armed forces stalwart Colonel Eric Davidson is stepping down after more than half a century helping to organise the town’s Remembrance Sunday parade. And, on the 100th anniversary of the Royal British Legion, he aims to raise a record amount for veterans – no mean feat, as Bury residents have donated around £500,000 over the […]
Three men have been convicted for importing illegal firearms and ammunition into the UK in the post, before trying to sell them to organised criminals
The National Crime Agency launched an investigation after two semi-automatic pistols and hollow-point bullets were intercepted at Coventry Airport on 24 January 2020. Border Force officers recovered the weapons, which had been concealed in an electronic safe in a package labelled as car parts, sent from Orlando, Florida. The parcel was addressed to a […]
Man Who Went On The Rampage In Ashford Appears In Court
Man Who Went On The Rampage In Ashford Appears In Court
A football fan who admitted posting anti-Semitic and hateful tweets has been jailed
Nathan Blagg, 21, of Retford, Nottinghamshire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday, 5 November where he was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment for seven counts of sending by public communication network an offensive/indecent/obscene/menacing message/matter. Blagg had previously pleaded guilty at the same court on Friday, 8 October. The offensive tweets were initially brought […]
A ‘Bully’ who punched woman in unprovoked attack has been jailed
Billy Hibberd, 31 of Frobisher Road, Erith, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday, 2 November. He was found guilty of actual bodily harm at the same court on 15 October. The court heard on the evening of 20 May 2020 a group of young […]
Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old man in Romany Lane, Reading on Sunday
Hamzah Ahmed, aged 18, of Jubilee Road, Reading, has been charged with one count of murder. Umer Arshad, aged 23, of Waterloo Road, Wokingham, has been charged with one count of perverting the course of justice. They are due to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. Police have now can confirmed the victim as […]
A man has been found responsible for killing a 93-year-old grandmother at a residential care home in Catford
A jury at the Old Bailey found that Alexander Rawson, 63 , had attacked and killed Eileen Dean less than two weeks after he moved into the home in which she was living.Police were called at around 12.40am on Monday, 4 January after Eileen was found in her bedroom with severe facial and head injuries.Despite […]
