A man who caused the death of a #Maidstone resident following an unprovoked and violent assault has been jailed for manslaughter
Lance Colston was sentenced today at Maidstone Crown Court to seven years and five months’ imprisonment, after the assault led to the death of 55-year-old Jason Orwin. At around 6.40pm on 31 July 2020, Mr Orwin was in Bower Place with a friend when they noticed two men across the road who appeared to be […]
A former Surrey Police officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office after he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a victim of domestic abuse
Former sergeant Stephen Kirkpatrick, 36, appeared at #Guildford Crown Court on Monday (24 May). Kirkpatrick was charged following an allegation that he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a victim of domestic abuse, when he was the officer responsible for investigating the case. He was based at #Guildford police station but resigned from the Force […]
Detectives investigating the attempted murder of Sasha Johnson have charged a man
27-year-old Sasha was shot in Consort Road, Southwark in the early hours of Sunday, 23 May. She remains in a critical condition in hospital. On Wednesday, 26 May, five males were arrested in connection with the incident. On Friday, 28 May, four other were released on bail until a date in late June. The fifth […]
Police have charged a teenage over the murder of 16-year-old Rayon Pennycook
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder in connection with the death of 16-year-old Rayon Pennycook. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear before Northampton Magistrates’ Court tomorrow morning (Saturday, May 29). Two boys aged 15 and 17 have been released on bail pending further inquiries. Detectives investigating the murder […]
Two Met officers have appeared in court accused of taking and sharing photographs of the murder scene of two sisters stabbed to death in London
PC Deniz Jaffer and PC Jamie Lewis are charged with misconduct in public office over the images of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46. The sisters were killed in Fryent Country Park, in Wembley, last June. The case was transferred from Westminster Magistrates’ Court to the Old Bailey on Thursday. A plea hearing […]
Bookmakers and Casinos reopen in the UK
While all the focus has been on pubs and restaurants being allowed to serve inside once again in the United Kingdom on May 17, gamblers up and down the country have welcomed the reopening of betting shops and casino. High street bookmakers and casinos have been one of the forgotten industries in the pandemic and […]
Three men who were behind a serious assault on a man in Folkestone have been jailed for a total of more than 19 years
Matthew Sales, Thomas Pearson and Jed Coates attacked the victim with a kitchen knife, a chain and a wooden bat in August 2020. At Canterbury Crown Court on Wednesday 26 May 2021, Sales, 21, was given an eight-year sentence, Pearson, 35, was jailed for six and a half years and Coates, 21, […]
Met Police continues to crackdown on County Lines
More than 240 children and vulnerable adults, exploited into drug trafficking, have been safeguarded by the Met in a crackdown on county lines. The Met took part in the latest national county lines intensification week, which ran from Monday, 17 to Sunday, 23 May. Hundreds of officers from units and boroughs across the Met came […]
Student robbed of £300 scooter along footpath
A teenager who robbed a student of his e-scooter has been warned he will be locked up if he offends again in the next two years. The student, 18, was riding the £300 scooter along a footpath which runs next to the River Leen in Radford when he noticed two men walking towards him. The […]
Man jailed after stabbing police officer in Eastbourne
An Eastbourne man who viciously stabbed a police officer in the town last summer has been jailed. Paul Cunningham, 43, unemployed, of Pevensey Road, Eastbourne, was today (Wednesday 26 May) sentenced at Lewes Crown Court having pleaded guilty to charges of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, assault by beating of an emergency […]
