A man wanted by the National Crime Agency for money laundering offences has been handed over to face charges in Northern Ireland
41-year-old Mark Adams from Malahide in Dublin was transported by the Irish authorities to the border just south of Newry yesterday (18 August) where he was picked up by NCA officers. Adams was wanted in connection with his arrest at Belfast International Airport in May 2018, when more than 180,000 Euros was found in […]
A man who threw acid at a junior doctor in Brighton, leaving her with life-changing injuries, has pleaded guilty at court
A medical student who heavily disguised himself as a woman before throwing acid at a junior doctor in Brighton has pleaded guilty at court. Milad Rouf, 25, of Newport Road, Roath, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to causing a dangerous/noxious thing to be taken/received with intent to burn/maim/disfigure/disable/do grievous bodily harm, when he appeared at Lewes […]
A lorry driver has been charged following the seizure of cocaine and heroin worth £5.7 million
A lorry driver has been charged following the seizure of cocaine and heroin worth £5.7 million. Irish national 64-year-old Robert Wilkin, now living near Tilbury in Essex, was questioned by officers from the National Crime Agency after his lorry was stopped at the Coquelles Channel Tunnel terminal on 12 August. Wilkin’s Polish-registered truck was carrying […]
A burglar who was identified after he left his balaclava at the scene of his crime has been jailed
Paul Anthony Nielson, 54 of no fixed abode, appeared at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, 13 August where he was sentenced to five years and six months’ imprisonment and 50 days electronically monitored curfew. He had been found guilty of burglary following a trial. On 21 March 2019 at around 22:00hrs, a resident in […]
A man has been charged as part of an investigation into the attempted theft of a charity box from a bank in Winchester
Christopher Taylor, 34, from Hyde Gate, Winchester, has been charged with attempted theft and going equipped for theft. The charge relates to an incident inside the NatWest bank on the city’s High Street on Wednesday 18 August. Officers were called to the scene following reports of a man armed with scissors inside the bank. […]
A police officer who sent a grossly offensive meme of the arrest of George Floyd has been given a final written warning
On Wednesday 18 August, the panel concluded that the allegation was proven and that Sergeant Geraint Jones had breached the expected standards of professional behaviour by sharing an image via Whatsapp, which was deemed grossly offensive. The panel, led by an independent legally qualified chair, determined that the officer would receive a final written […]
An East Preston man has been jailed following a violent and unprovoked attack in Littlehampton
Two men were walking along Wick Street on 13 January 2019, when they were approached by the defendant who offered them drugs. When they refused, he pushed one man to the floor, causing him to sustain a dislocated ankle which required a steel plate to be fitted, and punched the other man in the face, […]
A mum whose seven year old son was killed after she left him ‘home alone’ has been jailed for four and a half years
Wendy Hall, 33, abandoned her little boy Malakye in a locked house with no gas or electricity so she could go and visit her partner. But the youngster unlocked the door and wandered onto a busy city centre road, where he was struck and killed by a taxi. A court heard that ‘popular’ schoolboy Malakye […]
12 teams consist of around 90 highly trained officerswork alongside the Met’s Public Protection teams
The Predatory Offender Units (POU) was launched in November last year and have since arrested more than 2,150 ‘high harm’ offenders. These include 1,312 arrests for domestic abuse offences, 378 for sex offences and 115 for child abuse offences. Additionally, they have obtained 154 Judicial Restrictions and executed 175 search warrants. Each Basic Command Unit […]
Cash and goods worth around £14,000 were stolen from Raids in Rochester and Gillingham
A thief has been jailed for more than two years after tobacco was stolen from shopkeepers visiting wholesalers in Rochester and Gillingham. Cash and goods worth around £14,000 were stolen during a series of separate offences, which took place between 15 December 2019 and 20 January 2020, and were investigated by the Chief Constable’s Crime […]
