A Bradford woman has been jailed for five years for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs
Jane Bateman, 30, of Clervaux Court, Bradford was charged with possession with intent to supply cannabis and cocaine on the 20 December 2019 following a full investigation. Bateman pleaded guilty to being in possession of cannabis with intent to supply but denied supplying cocaine. Following a trial, she was found guilty of possessing cocaine […]
A man who admitted starting a fire causing significant damage to a Chippenham flat has been jailed for four years
James Parker, 38, originally of Queens Square, Chippenham, had pleaded guilty at an earlier court hearing to charges of arson: being reckless as to whether life was endangered and criminal damage. Parker, who was sentenced yesterday (9/12) at Swindon Crown Court, was arrested after the fire he deliberately started tore through an upstairs flat at […]
A 52 year-old woman has been sentenced to 48 weeks in prison after she was found guilty of theft and fraud by false representation
A 52 year-old woman has been sentenced to 48 weeks in prison after she was found guilty of theft and fraud by false representation. Michelle Dillon approached and befriended her victims in pubs and restaurants before stealing from them. On 4 December Dillon first approached a woman waiting in a restaurant in York on the […]
A man has been jailed for three years for the attempted rape of a woman in her Worksop home
A man has been jailed for three years for the attempted rape of a woman in her Worksop home. Jamie Bradford, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted rape and was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday 8 December 2020). As well as his prison sentence he will go onto the Sex Offenders’ Register […]
Shane Mays jailed for life with minimum of 25 years following the murder of Louise Smith
A man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years for the murder of 16-year-old Louise Smith from Leigh Park. Louise, who had been described as ‘smiley and generous’ by those close to her, was reported missing to police on Friday 8 May this year, before her body was discovered in an area of […]
78-year-old man extradited from Australia sentenced to seven years for child sex offences
A wanted man who fled to Australia 25 years ago has been jailed today at Grimsby Crown Court for multiple sex offences against four children. David Wilson (78) has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a series of child sex offences reflecting multiple incidents of abuse. The offences took place […]
A drug dealer has been jailed after being caught during an investigation into a drugs line in south Essex
Officers carried out a search warrant at Stephen Reynolds’ home in Mapledene Avenue, Hullbridge, on 17 September this year.They found a mobile phone which showed the 30-year-old was supplying crack cocaine and heroin on a daily basis as part of the ‘Frank’ drugs line.They also seized knives and an extendable baton. Reynolds admitted […]
A man has been convicted of the murder of ‘smiley and generous’ teenager Louise Smith from Leigh Park
Louise, aged 16 years, was reported missing to police on Friday 8 May this year, before her body was discovered in an area of woodland at Havant Thicket 13 days later. Winchester Crown Court heard how Louise was murdered at the Thicket by 30-year-old Shane Mays on the afternoon of 8 May, before he […]
A woman who has 31 previous convictions for theft offences has been jailed for more than five years for burgling vulnerable people in Fenland and Bedford
Melissa Hopkins, 36, admitted entering a home in Southwell Road, Wisbech, on 3 April this year with another woman who was known to the 65-year-old occupant. She knocked on the door of the vulnerable woman’s home and, believing she was a carer, the woman let the pair in. Once inside, Hopkins asked to use […]
A burglar who was successfully identified by members of the public after a social media appeal by Essex Police, has been jailed for more than two years
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how the victim returned to his home in Orwell Road, Clacton, on September 7 this year to find it had been broken into. He found various items had been stolen including £600 cash he had saved for a holiday, £100 in loose change, some video games and tools. Fortunately, CCTV […]
