Over £15,000 worth of cash was seized and 49 arrests made by officers from Kent Police’s County Line and Gang Team in March.
The team also executed 19 search warrants, made 32 drug seizures and had charges authorised against 33 individuals. In addition to this, a number of county line drug dealers appeared before crown court where they received a combined sentence of 56 years and 10 months’ imprisonment. Warrants executed A warrant by […]
A second burglar has been jailed for his involvement in stealing approximately £7,000 worth of goods from a flat in Gosport
The flat, on Minnitt Road, was entered between 2.20pm and 2.30pm on 1 November 2020, where cash was stolen along with a number of items including jewellery, designer handbags, an iPad and a mobile phone. Following an investigation led by the Operation Hawk team, Curtis Coombes, aged 34 years, formerly of South Street in […]
A man from Rugby has been jailed following an investigation into the supply of heroin and crack cocaine
Joseph Shallcross, 25, of Murray Road appeared at Warwick Crown Court last week to be sentenced after pleading guilty to possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. Last week’s result follows an investigation that began on 9 March when officers from Rugby Proactive CID spotted Shallcross dealing drugs while they […]
A man charged with causing death by dangerous driving has appeared at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on Tuesday and has been remanded in custody pending his appearance at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 4 May
James Paul Davis, aged 34 from Walsall, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by driving while uninsured, failing to stop at the scene of a collision and failure to report a collision. Two-week-old Ciaran Leigh Morris died in hospital shortly after a collision between two cars resulted in a BMW […]
Detectives investigating the murder of 22-year-old Calvin Bungisa in April 2019 have renewed their appeal for members of the public to come forward with information
Calvin’s family said: “We are, as a family, still devastated after Calvin’s murder two years ago. Calvin’s mother is in constant pain and feels like she is living in a nightmare. We cannot begin to move on until justice is brought to those who committed this brutal crime. We appeal to anyone who knows anything to […]
Three men have been jailed for their part in the rape and robbery of two women who were attacked in their own home in Hackney
The men appeared at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, 12 February where they were convicted of rape and robbery offences. They were sentenced at the same court on Tuesday, 6 April as follows: Edmilson Caimanque, 24 of St. Olaves Road, Newham, was found guilty of two counts of rape and two counts of […]
A Swindon man has been jailed for six months after admitting to possessing a lock knife and driving offences
Lee Turner, aged 32, from Sheppard Street, Swindon pleaded guilty, at Swindon Magistrates Court yesterday (05/04), to possessing a lock knife, taking a vehicle, which had previously been reported stolen, without consent and driving while disqualified. On Thursday 25 March, we received reports that two cars – a Ford Fiesta and a Citroen C2 – had […]
A man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Plumstead
Vasile Bratu, 39 of no fixed address was arrested on Sunday, 4 April on suspicion of murder. He was charged on Tuesday, 6 April and will appear in custody at Bexley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 7 April.The charge relates to the death of a 50-year-old woman at a residential address in the early hours of […]
A prolific burglar who drove a stolen car at 70mph, at times on the wrong side of the road, as he tried to flee from police has been jailed
Lewis Thomas, 22, of Milner Road, Dagenham, pleaded guilty on Monday, 15 March at Snaresbrook Crown Court and was sentenced on Wednesday, 24 March for a string of offences including two residential burglaries in Rainham, dangerous driving and aggravated taking and driving away [TDA]. He was jailed for four years and disqualified from driving […]
A Blackpool woman has been jailed for the manslaughter of her baby daughter
Caitlin Jones, 21, of Willowbank Avenue, was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison at Preston Crown Court for the manslaughter of eight-month-old Francesca Haworth. Police were called by the Ambulance Service around 7.30am on November 7, 2018, following reports a baby had been found unresponsive at an address on Frederick Street. […]
