Chatham man charged after suspicious package sent to Covid-19 vaccine production plant in north Wales
Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged a man after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid-19 vaccine production plant in north Wales. The item, which was not a viable device, is reported to have been received at the facility, in Wrexham, on the morning of Wednesday 27 January […]
A man who stabbed a member of the public who tried to stop him stealing from a shop in Poole has been jailed for 12 years
Connor James Eric Beckett, aged 23 and of Bowden Road in Poole, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 29 January 2021 after being found guilty at an earlier trial at the same court of an offence of inflicting grievous bodily with intent and possessing a bladed article in a public place. He had […]
A man who repeatedly stabbed to death a Good Samaritan who had helped a couple escape him has been jailed for life
Tony Robertson chased and attacked 45-year-old Lee Knott, who had come to the aid of a man and a woman who were being threatened by the 19-year-old Robertson pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to murder. Robertson, of Atlow Drive in Wythenshawe, was told he would have to serve at least minimum 20 years […]
Prison for man who threatened security guard with a knife
A man who threatened a security guard with a knife while stealing alcohol from a shop has been jailed. Police received a 999 call from the public after Marcus Sapra and Jason Armstrong ran from the Co-Op in Perne Road, Cambridge, on 17 January. The pair were found in Rustat Road and arrested after Sapra […]
A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for a robbery that took place in Warwickshire
Following a Warwickshire Police investigation, a 37-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for an robbery last year. Jack Stopps of Shakespeare Avenue, Warwick appeared at Warwick Crown Court today (Wednesday 27 January) for sentencing. At around 10.30pm on Tuesday 10 November 2020, police received a call stating there had been a robbery at […]
Pair jailed for conspiracy to steal over a million pounds worth of cars across the UK
Two men behind the theft of more than £1million worth of keyless-entry cars across the UK have been jailed for more than four years. Juozas Baltors (pictured left), 28, and Darius Lukauskas (pictured right), 31, were convicted following a seven-day trial for conspiracy to steal vehicles at Peterborough Crown Court this week. The pair […]
A Doncaster man has been sentenced to time behind bars after failing to stop for roads policing officers last year
Tony Ellison, 39, of Lothian Road has appeared before Sheffield Crown Court charged with dangerous driving and driving without a licence and insurance.On 4 April 2020, roads policing officers were patrolling in Doncaster when a silver Ford Transit van caught their eye on Leger Way. Officers requested the driver to stop the vehicle. The driver, […]
Two men have been sentenced to a combined 10 years in prison for laundering millions on behalf of organised criminals after an investigation by the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP)
Metin Teke, 51, and Tamer Dalgic, 53, both Turkish nationals living in Gillingham, were arrested on 9 March 2020 by officers from the OCP – a joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service unit. Both men were charged in relation to multiple seizures of cash that was being transported out of the […]
Detectives investigating the murder of 17-year-old Anas Mezenner in north London have charged a further two teenagers
A 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy were arrested in connection with the investigation on Wednesday, 27 January. On Thursday, 28 January, they were both charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of bladed weapons. They will appear in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 29 January. Previously, two 16-year-old boys were […]
A man has been jailed after he was found to have downloaded more than 200 indecent images of children – despite being subject to a suspended sentence for the same offence.
Martin Sparks, 47 , of Maldon Walk, Redbridge, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Wednesday, 27 January to two years and four months’ imprisonment. He was also handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely He pleaded guilty at the same court on Friday, 26 June […]
