Lorry Driver Maurice Robinson Pleads Guilty To 39 Counts Of Manslaughter At The Old Bailey
Lorry Driver Maurice Robinson Pleads Guilty To 39 Counts Of Manslaughter At The Old Bailey
Enforcement action taken after private party held at Southampton hotel
Hampshire Constabulary has reported for summons in relation to a £1,000 fixed penalty notice, the licensee of the Bitterne Park Hotel on Cobden Avenue in Southampton, for breaches of Health Protection Regulations. At around 7pm on Thursday 24 December, we received a report of four people entering the hotel, who appeared to be going to a […]
A knife has been recovered and removed from the streets of London after it was discarded by a suspect when he was pursued by officers on horseback
A knife has been recovered and removed from the streets of London after it was discarded by a suspect when he was pursued by officers on horseback. At around 3.30pm on Wednesday, 30 December, two officers from the Met’s Mounted Branch, in the Taskforce Command, were out on patrol. They were returning to their stables […]
A record number of Essex Police officers and staff will be rewarded in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for 2021
One member of staff and five police officers will have the honours bestowed upon them, with stories varying from hostage negotiation, to supporting potential police officers of tomorrow, and three unique stories from the biggest investigation Essex Police has ever undertaken.Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington said of the list: “This has been a challenging year in […]
A paedophile breached a court order just months after being released from prison
Paul Thompson is facing jail once again after he admitted a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order against him while he was living in Pitsea. The 27-year-old of Plumleys had previously been jailed in January 2018 after police found indecent images of children as young as seven, while they carried out a monitoring […]
Detectives investigating a fatal stabbing have charged a man with murder
Mark Alexander, 27 of Lambeth was charged with murder on Tuesday, 29 December. He will appear in custody at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 30 December. Police were called on the evening of Sunday, 27 December to reports of a disturbance at an address on Clapham Road, SW9. Officers and the London Ambulance Service […]
Detectives are investigating the death of a four-year-old boy in Plumstead
Police were called by London Ambulance Service at 7.49am on Sunday, 27 December, to a report of the death of a child at a flat in Invermore Place, SE18. The boy was found lifeless and, despite the efforts of emergency services, he was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman, aged in her 30s, was […]
A man who arranged the rape of an eight-year-old girl has been jailed for eight years
Lance Baynes, a 48-year-old man formerly of Cedar Close in Walsall, was arrested at Sutton Scotney Services on 21 August after travelling 120 miles with the intent of abusing a child. The court heard how he had arranged to meet another man to carry out the offending, unaware that this was part of a […]
Two men have been charged and appeared in court as part of the ongoing Hampshire Constabulary led investigation into the maritime security incident
The maritime security incident that took place on board the Nave Andromeda off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Sunday 25 October. The two men, Matthew John Okorie, 25 and Sunday Sylvester, 22, have been charged with an offence relating to conduct endangering ships under S.58 Merchant Shipping Act 1995. They appeared before […]
Detectives investigating an incident where a teenager was stabbed in Preston have made two further arrests
Officers were called to an address in Chatham Place at 5.43pm on Wednesday (December 23) where the 16-year-old boy was found with stab injuries to his chest and legs. He was initially treated at the scene but was later transferred to hospital where he remains in a critical condition with his family by his […]
