A woman from Walsall and the boyfriend she used as a courier to import firearms for organised crime groups have been jailed for over 23 years
A woman from Walsall and the boyfriend she used as a courier to import firearms for organised crime groups have been jailed for over 23 years. A National Crime Agency investigation revealed that Chelsea Addison, 30, paid for Steven Dema, also 30, from Blackpool, to travel to Amsterdam to collect a Zastava assault rifle, a Zoraki 9mm pistol and over 100 rounds of ammunition. Addison and Dema were sentenced to 11 […]
Two men jailed for Aberystwyth creeper burglaries
Two men have been sentenced to four years in prison for three creeper burglaries, including two at the homes of elderly female clients of a care agency where one of them worked. Allyn Freeman, aged 33, of Bryn Wyre, Aberystwyth, and Daniel Bloomer, aged 23, of Heol Elynnydd, Devils Bridge, were sentenced after pleading […]
A Sheffield man has been sentenced to time behind bars for multiple robberies across the city
Kaul Cross, 19, of Milnrow Crescent, Sheffield has appeared before Sheffield Crown Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of robbery, Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH), wounding and affray. Last year on Sunday 9 June 2019, Cross robbed a 20 year-old man who was sat on the grass around Broomhead Reservoir. Cross approached the […]
A man has pleaded guilty to murdering 40-year-old Daniel Littlewood in Norwich earlier this year
Officers discovered Daniel’s body in Clapham Woods, off Drayton Road, just before 5.15am on Monday 22 June 2020. He had suffered severe head injuries. Andrew Forbes, aged 39 and of Crome Road in Norwich, pleaded guilty of Daniel’s murder at Norwich Crown Court on Thursday 3 December 2020. The court heard how Forbes and […]
Violent robber rammed police cars in a high-performance Audi he stole at gunpoint
Officers spotted Jobi Nembhard driving the S4 Quattro in Lode Lane, Solihull, on 15 February 10 days after he’d stolen it during a break-in when he pointed a handgun in a 79-year-old man’s face. Nembhard – who was only 17 at the time – failed in his escape bid and today (3 Dec) […]
An inmate of a mental health facility has been convicted of murdering a fellow patient
Jordan Bramble, 22, currently of Broadmoor, was found to have been responsible for the murder of Carl Thorpe, 46, at Dartmouth Park Hill hospital in February 2019. Deemed unfit to stand trial, Bramble was the subject of a ‘trial of the facts’ which commenced at The Central Criminal Court on Monday, 16 November. A […]
Dominic Ash, 31, from #Sholing, east #Southampton – abandoned a snake at a barbershop in #Poole
Ash, who has a previous conviction for drug dealing, dumped the two-metre long boa constrictor in a tank with no water.The reptile was found by police lying in “sludge” at the Office Barber Shop in Ashley Road, Poole.Ash was charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal by failing to provide constant access to […]
A man has been jailed in connection a series of bin fires in Brighton
Police received multiple reports of bins on fire in central Brighton on Sunday (29 November) and Monday (30 November). Fire crews attended and the fires were extinguished. No damage was caused except to the bins themselves and no injuries were reported. Following police and CCTV enquiries, a man was arrested and charged with three counts of […]
A 70-year-old man who took to the stand and lied to the jury about killing the woman who had bravely left their abusive marriage has been convicted of murder.
Michael Raymond Reader, 70, formerly of Booth Rise, Northampton, was found guilty of murdering 63-year-old Marion Price on December 15, 2019, after an eight-week trial at Northampton Crown Court concluded this week. Over the course of the eight weeks, the jury were told harrowing details about the campaign of abuse Reader had subjected Marion […]
More than 20 kilograms of suspected cocaine and amphetamine have been seized from a property in West Malling
The drugs were recovered after officers executed a search warrant in Swan Street, which also led to the arrest of a suspect. Police entered the address at around 7.30pm on Tuesday 1 December 2020. They located drugs inside the premises as well as in a car. More than £3,000 in cash was also […]
