Police are welcoming the sentencing of a Litherland man to 14 weeks in prison following a racially aggravated incident in Bootle on New Year’s Eve
35-year-old Mark Cunningham of Thornton Street was sentenced after being charged with Racially/religiously aggravated fear/provocation of violence by words/writing following the incident at Shell Garage on Linacre Lane. He will also pay compensation to the victim. At around 7pm, Cunningham entered the location and tried to exchange goods which had been tampered with. […]
A drug dealer who was caught in a hotel room with class A drugs has been jailed for almost three years
Tony Adams, 29, was being sought by police who found him in a hotel in Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, with a stash of crack cocaine and heroin. The drugs, with a street value of more than £1,300, were found hidden in some plastic gloves as well as a quantity of cash on 1 December. Adams, […]
Man who spat in police officer’s face and claimed to have Coronavirus is locked up
A man spat in a police officer’s face while claiming to have Coronavirus after a report of a fight in St Ann’s. Joshua Staples, 25, was locked up for a total of 18 months at Nottingham Crown Court today (Wednesday 6 January 2021) after pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, affray and common assault. […]
A drug dealer has been jailed after police officers searched a man acting suspiciously in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Bradley Hardy, 20, of no fixed address, was arrested when he ran away from two police officers in Willow Crescent at around 4.25pm on Sunday 3 May 2020. When police searched his flat in Willow Crescent, they found class A drugs including cocaine and heroin as well as scales, cash and deal bags. Hardy […]
Weston-Super-Mare woman convicted of making a fraudulent claim to the SIA
On 18 December 2020, Lisa Pearce of Weston-Super-Mare pleaded guilty to fraud at Bristol Crown Court; Pearce’s sentence was 180-hours of unpaid work which must be completed within two years. Pearce was prosecuted by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Pearce was formerly an SIA licensed Door Supervisor and her licence expired on 7 August […]
Attacker jailed for four years after stabbing cyclist in the leg
An attacker who stabbed a cyclist in the leg as he tried to steal their bike has been jailed for four years – after we appealed for your help to identify him. Akiem Burton turned on his 24-year-old victim after the man stopped to ask him directions as he cycled on Cato Street North […]
Police have a charged a man with gross negligence manslaughter following an investigation into the death of a man in Chilworth
Officers were called to the site on Ling Dale at 9.33am on 16 July, 2019 following the discovery of the body of a man in his 60s. The man was later identified as 64-year-old Kulwant Singh Athwal from Southampton. Police began an investigation into Kulwant’s death alongside the Health and Safety Executive. Police have […]
The boy has been arrested under the Terrorism Act as part of a pre-planned operation and been remanded
The 17-year-old from Essex, who cannot be named due to his age, has been charged with six terrorism offences following an investigation led by Counter Terrorism Policing North East, supported by Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) and Essex Police. On the morning of Tuesday 29th December, the boy was arrested and detained under the […]
A Northamptonshire man has been jailed after disguising £40,000-worth of Spice as shower gel and mailing it into prison
Jay Jeffery Coles was arrested at his Northampton home after the four plastic bottles arrived at the post room of HMP Wayland in Norfolk in September last year. When the illicit contents were discovered, an investigation was launched in order to identify the sender. CCTV footage and postal tracking numbers ultimately proved Coles’ involvement. […]
Matthew Mason drove 15-year-old Alex Rodda to a remote wooded area in Ashley, Cheshire and subjected him to a ferocious and merciless attack.
Alex’s partially clothed body was found by refuse collectors on a country lane next to the woods the following morning. The 19-year-old had used a heavy and long wrench to repeatedly beat Alex to the head and body with an estimated 15 separate blows. In the months before Alex’s death, he had been in […]
