Two men have been sentenced for robbery and other offences that occurred in Farnham Royal
Billy Presbury, aged 21, or Moray Drive, Slough was sentenced on Wednesday (12/5) to four years and five months’ imprisonment in a hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery and one count each of attempted robbery, dangerous driving, having an article with a blade or point, having an offensive […]
Threats to shoot a police officer in the head have led to a Chatham man being jailed for one year and two months.
While holding what is now known to be an imitation firearm, Russell McIlwrath made more than a dozen threats to shoot a police constable while they responded to a report that he had been seen using a two foot long axe to damage a car. The 38-year-old, of Tobruk Way, pleaded guilty […]
A man who was involved in two aggravated burglaries in north London in which elderly residents were threatened with screwdrivers has been jailed
Michael Maughan, 18 of Great Cambridge Road, Enfield was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to a total of eight years’ imprisonment. Maughan had been convicted in his absence on Friday, 5 March of two counts of aggravated burglary, one count of aggravated vehicle taking and one count of possession of an offensive weapon. […]
A man who assaulted a train manager and three police officers has been jailed for six months
Nicholas Evans, 33, and of Maenan Terrace, Penmaenmawr, has been found guilty of assault, three counts of assault on an emergency worker and criminal damage at Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 13 May. On Tuesday 11 May, Evans boarded an Avanti West Coast service at Llandudno Junction at 7pm. After the train left Llandudno Junction, […]
A robber who stabbed a shopkeeper after trying to steal money from south London newsagents has been jailed
Liam Killigrew, 47, of no fixed address was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on Thursday, 13 May to 10 years and four months’ imprisonment. He had pleaded guilty to a knife point robbery, GBH and criminal damage. On the evening of Saturday, 27 June, Killigrew was seen by staff taking money out of a till […]
A pensioner has been sentenced after being found guilty of the murder of his neighbour
Alan Fare, 73, of Victory Close, Nelson was given a hospital order at Preston Crown Court for the murder of Mandy Houghton, 58 (pictured) also from Nelson. Shortly before 11am on June 3rd 2020 Fare arrived at Burnley Police Station saying he thought he had “killed someone.” Officers immediately attended the address on Victoria Close, and […]
A drink-driver knocked over a Nottingham student and left him dying in the road callously claimed he drove off because he thought he would be ok
Manish Shah was locked up for six years, nine months at Nottingham Crown Court. William Christmas, 19, a first-year student at the University of Nottingham, instead died at the scene of the collision in Derby Road during the early hours of 19 March 2020. The politics and international relations undergraduate had been on a […]
No punches pulled in sentencing of insurance fraudster and accomplices
A trio of fraudsters have been sentenced for their involvement in a number of insurance fraud plots, orchestrated by boxer Hamid Sediqi, also known under the aliases Kevin Heartbreak, Richard Joseph Johnson and Najib Sharifi. Investigations led by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) revealed that Sediqi had cloned a genuine […]
Officers investigating a video which appeared to show anti-Semitic abuse being shouted from a car in north London have made four arrests
Police received reports of people shouting anti-Semitic abuse from a car travelling within a convoy of vehicles through the St John’s Wood area on the afternoon of Sunday, 16 May. Enquiries were carried out and officers traced a car to the A40 in Hillingdon. The police helicopter was deployed and officers stopped the car […]
A cannabis cultivation in Herne Bay has led officers to arrest seven people
Kent Police was called at 1.30pm on Saturday 15 May 2021 to a report of people being seen loading what appeared to be cannabis plants into two vehicles in Canterbury Road. The vehicles were then reported to have left the property and were followed by officers onto the A2 where one car was stopped while […]
