A university drop-out, jailed for running a dark web business selling illegal drugs, has been ordered to hand over more than £490,000 in bitcoin
Thomas White, 26, took over the running of the notorious dark web site Silk Road after it was first closed in 2013. After he was jailed for over five years in 2019, officers at the NCA continued to investigate his finances. After the original Silk Road site was shutdown by the FBI, White launched […]
A 16-year-old boy has been given a 29-year sentence for attempted murder, after he shot another teenage boy in the face in Kesgrave last year
Jacob Talbot-Lummis of Carol Avenue, Martlesham, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court today, Monday 1 November, where he was sentenced to 24 years’ detention, with an extended licence period of five years. He had pleaded guilty to the possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence but denied the other offences. Talbot-Lummis […]
A Man Has Been Sentenced For Carrying Out A “horrific” Series Of Rapes That Culminated In Murder
A Man Has Been Sentenced For Carrying Out A “horrific” Series Of Rapes That Culminated In Murder
Police have carried out warrants at several addresses across London as part of an investigation into a County Lines drug network operating in Stevenage
Officers from the Operation Mantis team, who were supported by officers from Operation Scorpion and Safer Neighbourhood Teams, entered the addresses on Wednesday, 27 October. Three men were arrested and later charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (crack cocaine and heroin). The men […]
Man Charged With Attacking Police Officers In Kent
Man Charged With Attacking Police Officers In Kent
A mother and son have been jailed for a total of 55 years for their roles in a series of shootings in the Conisbrough area of Doncaster
Joe Edward Roberts, 20, and his mother Nicola Butler, 44, were sentenced following a complex investigation by Doncaster’s Fortify Team, which combats serious violent crime and organised criminality in the district. The convictions relate to a series of shootings in Conisbrough between Saturday 7 and Monday 9 November 2020, when police were called to reports […]
A man who fatally stabbed a man in Southwark in November last year has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment
Tyrece Fuller, 22, of Tavy Close, Lambeth, was found guilty of the manslaughter of 27-year-old Terrell Davis-Emmons following a week-and-a-half long trial at Inner London Crown Court. He was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Thursday, 28 October in his absence after he refused to attend court. He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for […]
A woman who caused the death of her passenger by dangerous driving in Battersea has been sentenced
Rajanee Brown, 26, of Balham Hill, SW12, was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, 29 October to three years’ imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving. In addition, she is disqualified from driving for 54 months following which she is required to take and pass a driving test should she wish to drive again. […]
Tesco has announced that it is introducing permanent ‘quiet hours’ in all of its larger stores across the UK
Following a trial period at selected branches, the supermarket retailer has now confirmed that the fixture is here to stay, and that every Wednesday and Saturday – between the hours of 9am and 10am – larger stores will be dimming their lights and lowering checkouts noise. The introduction of the quiet hours aims to improve […]
Two men have been jailed for a total of more than six years after they were part of a group that stole £247,000 worth of watches from a jewellery store
Callum Knox, 35, and Lee Gibbon, 38, were sentenced at Southampton Crown Court after helping break into the Beaverbrooks store in Basingstoke’s Festival Place on Monday 24 February last year. The pair were part of a group that travelled from Southampton to Basingstoke in stolen vehicles on cloned number plates, before cycling into the […]
