A woman who was attacked in Ilford last month has died as a result of her injuries
At 2.08pm on Friday, 9 April, police were called by the London Ambulance Service following reports that a woman had been assaulted inside a residential address in Princes Road, IG6. Svetlana Mihalachi, 53, was found with serious injuries and taken to hospital where, on Wednesday, 12 May, she sadly died. Detective Superintendent Paul Trevers […]
Christopher Thomas was sentenced to 14 years at Shrewsbury Crown Court following convictions for two counts of robbery committed in Brookside, Telford
The 54-year-old from Beaconsfield, Brookside, Telford, committed the offences on January 20 and January 24, 2020. On both occasions Thomas used a claw hammer to attack the female victims. He was also convicted of possession of an offensive weapon and was found guilty of all of the offences at a trial which concluded […]
A jail term has been imposed on a Ramsgate man who downloaded indecent images of children while he was the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order
Kristian Fernandez, 65, was given a two-year, three-month sentence at Canterbury Crown Court on Wednesday 12 May 2021 after admitting three counts of making an indecent image of a child. Fernandez, of Clements Road, Ramsgate, was visited by members of Kent Police’s Offender Management Unit on Thursday 6 June 2019 as part […]
An operation targeting rural crime in areas close to #Maidstone, #TunbridgeWells and #Sevenoaks has led to the seizure of stolen quad bikes as well as vehicles linked to suspected criminals
Marked and plain clothed patrols took part in two days of action aimed at clamping down on burglary and theft offences in and around locations which also included #Edenbridge and communities close to the Sussex border. The operation took place between 5 and 6 May 2021 and was supported by officers from our Rural […]
A man has admitted killing a teenager whose body was found on farmland 10 years after she disappeared
Keith Hall denied murdering Rachel Wilson, 19, in 2002 but admitted her manslaughter at Teesside Crown Court. The CPS declined to pursue the murder charge as it would be “very difficult” to prove intent, the judge said. The 62-year-old, of Middlesbrough, also admitted living off prostitution, in that he took money made by his […]
Polish national charged with £8.5 million drug smuggle
A Polish lorry driver has been charged with drugs smuggling offences by National Crime Agency officers after cocaine worth £8.5 million was seized at the port of Harwich. Lucas Wesolowski, 28, who lives in Poland, was arrested after the class A drugs were found in the trailer of an HGV which had arrived on a ferry from […]
West Molesey man sentenced to five years in prison for online sex offences with a child
James Jeffrey, 45, of Cherry Orchard Road, West Molesey was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday (Tuesday, 11 May) at Kingston Crown Court, following an investigation by Surrey Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team. In 2018, Surrey Police received intelligence that an email address was being used to post indecent videos of children to an […]
March murder victim named
Detectives have named a woman who was murdered in March on Monday morning (10 May). Wendy Cole, 70, of Oak Tree Close, March, died at her home as a result of a stab wound. Jonathon Cole, 35, of Oaktree Close, March, appeared at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court today (12 May) charged with murder and has been […]
Five people jailed for life for the murder of Reece Cox
Five people have today been jailed for life after being found guilty of killing a young man in Sedgley last summer Shane Jones, 26, Wayne Burke, 23, Shaquel Halliday, 22, Adam Ashwin, 20 and Sebastian Jones, 19, were all convicted of murdering the father of one on 15 August last year. Ryan Nicklin, aged 22, […]
MAN JAILED FOR ASSAULTS AGAINST SEX WORKERS IN SOUTHAMPTON
A man has been given an 11 year extended sentence today (12 May) for assaults against sex workers in Southampton Everton Fyffe, aged 54, from Southcliff Road was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court today, Wednesday, 12 May, after he was found guilty of three counts of ABH, one count of possession of an offensive weapon […]
