A man who climbed Big Ben during a protest in October 2019 has been sentenced to Community service
Benjamin Atkinson, 44 of Ambleside, Cumbria, has been sentenced to 250 hours of unpaid work and must pay fines of £865. On Friday, 18 October 2019 Atkinson had been taking part in a protest outside the Palace of Westminster. He climbed over the fences and scaled the scaffolding of the Queen Elizabeth Tower. He was up […]
A man has been convicted of a series of sexual offences against children which occurred while he was a housemaster at Eton College
Matthew Mowbray, aged 49, of Locks Road, Locks Heath, was convicted today (25/11) at Reading Crown Court for the offences which occurred at the college between 2009 and 2019 and involved 11 victims. On Wednesday (18/11), Mowbray pleaded guilty to six counts of making indecent images of children and one count of voyeurism. However, today […]
Detectives are today appealing for witnesses after an incident at Shipley railway station
On Wednesday 11 November, between 7.15am and 07.45am, a man is reported to have exposed himself indecently in front of two separate victims at the West Yorkshire station. The man appeared to be in his fifties and was dressed in all black, including a distinctive black beret. He then boarded a train from Shipley […]
Six people have been jailed for running a brothel which exploited young Romanian women to work as prostitutes.
The gang’s business model was to advertise the sexual services of young women on the internet and to move women from town to town. They applied a particular premium to the feature that a girl was “new in town;” often the banner headline on the Viva Street website, for example offering a woman for […]
Serious crime detectives investigating the wholesale supply of cocaine have charged two men
Both suspects were arrested on Monday 23 November 2020 after enquiries carried out by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate identified them as suspects involved in coordinating the supply of the cocaine, and also ketamine and cannabis. A quantity of cash was also seized as part of the investigation. Ryan […]
A husband and wife team who admitted supplying cocaine in Wiltshire have been sentenced
Craig Collyer, 31 and Joanne Collyer, 30, both of Westleigh, Warminster, both admitted being concerned in the supply of class A drugs between November 2018 and January 2019. Craig Collyer was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison and Joanne Collyer was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years, 20 […]
Man who illegally sold jewellery containing elephant hair given suspended sentence
A man has been sentenced following an investigation into the sale of jewellery containing elephant hair. Rajtharan Mahalingam, 40 (15.10.80) of Down Lane, Isle of Wight was found guilty at Harrow Crown Court on Tuesday, 24 November of seven counts of purchase / offer to purchase / sell / keep for sale / commercial use of […]
Man remanded after South London Drugs warrants
A man has been charged after specialist officers carried out warrants in south London on Tuesday, 24 November Danny Harle, 25, of Gandolfi Street, Southwark, was charged on the Tuesday, 24 November with: – Attempted murder, following a non-fatal shooting on Thursday, 10 September;– Supply of Class B controlled drugs between Wednesday, 26 August and […]
An Ex-Scout Leader has been jailed for over five years following non-recent sex offences
Graham Avison of Audenshaw was sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court to five years and seven months in jail and issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after pleading guilty to four counts of indecent assault against a child. He will also be required to sign the sex offenders’ register. This sexual abuse occurred […]
Hashim Ajmar has absconded from HMP Sudbury
He left the open prison on 24th November The 22-year-old was convicted at Stafford Crown Court in 2019 for possession of heroin with intent to supply. Ajmal is an Asian male, 6ft tall and of slim build. He has brown eyes and brown hair. Ajmal has connections to the Dudley and Cradley Heath areas […]
