Two members of a Salford organised crime group have been sentenced for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm
In 2015, there were a number of incidents as a result of a dispute between two Salford organised crime groups who called themselves the ‘A Team’ and ‘Anti-A Team. The incidents were all investigated as part of ‘Operation Leopard’, led by detectives from GMP’s Major Incident Team. These sentences are the culmination of Operation […]
A man has been jailed for a total of 20 years after being convicted of assaulting six male prison staff while an inmate at HMP Bristol
Daniel Matthews, now 28, was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court today, Friday 13 November. The attack at HMP Bristol happened on Friday 10 January. The court heard Matthews used an improvised weapon – a spike on a handle – to attack the team of prison officers at HMP Bristol. The officers went to his […]
A 25-year-old has been jailed after shooting another man in the leg in Winsford
Daniel Evans, who was living in Chirkdale Street, Liverpool, committed the serious offence after having a row with a woman in the early hours of Monday 14 October 2019. The woman’s brother assisted her in removing Evans from an address in Denbigh Drive, Winsford. Shortly afterwards, Evans returned to the property with a handgun […]
A man has been convicted of the manslaughter of Mark McCann-Barrett in Tottenham
Louis Kelly, 40 of Belgrave Gardens, NW8, appeared for trial at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 13 October and on Friday, 13 November the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Kelly was remanded in custody to appear at the same court for sentencing on a date to be confirmed in due course. During trial […]
Former teacher from York who indecently assaulted four children has been jailed for four years
Gabriel Uttley, 62, was convicted of seven offences of indecent assault yesterday, Friday 13 November, following a trial at Basildon Crown Court, which started on 9 November.Uttley assaulted the three boys and one girl in Wickford and the Rawreth area during a six-year period.The offences came to light when police were contacted in January 2017.Following […]
Officers in Swindon have been targeting individuals suspected of carrying knives as part of Operation Sceptre – a national week of action and education around knife crime
Officers in Swindon have been targeting individuals suspected of carrying knives as part of Operation Sceptre – a national week of action and education around knife crime. The Swindon Neighbourhood Policing Teams, supported by Special Constables and officers from the Fortitude Team, have just concluded a three day, intelligence led operation which saw targeted patrols conducted across […]
Man jailed for almost a decade after attack that left woman with catastrophic injuries
A Doncaster man has been jailed for nearly a decade after leaving a woman so badly beaten that she suffered a bleed on the brain and a fractured skull. In the early hours of Wednesday 16 October 2019, 46-year-old Mark O’Flanagan woke his neighbour on Hazel Avenue, Auckley, banging on the window shouting “she’s […]
Police charged two men following a series of 40 burglaries
The offences have taken place in the #Birmingham, #Walsall and #Sandwell areas between 23 July and 6 November. Marek Balog, aged 27, and Dobroslav Gabor, aged 25, were arrested on Saturday (7 November) and have been charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary. Balog, of no fixed address, and Gabor, of Windermere Road, Handsworth, […]
A man who sexually abused four girls has been jailed for 16 years
James Paffey was convicted of 26 crimes following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.The offences came to light in September 2019, when one of the victims bravely came forward to police.Within three days, Paffey, of no fixed address in the Clacton area, was arrested and charged with three offences.Our investigation continued and three further girls […]
Two people have been found guilty of the attempted murder of a man in Petersfield
Shaun Charles Hanson, 50, of Fern Close, Petersfield, and Anthony John Seymour, 22, of Rival Moor Road, Petersfield had denied the charge. They were both found guilty by a jury at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday 11 November, following an eight-day trial. The court result follows a police investigation into an incident at a […]
