A County Lines drug dealer has been jailed after being extradited from Cyprus
On 17 September 2020, after being caught in Cyrpus and returned to England, Artouros Kotsinian aged 33 from Beakes Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, was charged with conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – crack cocaine, conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin and two counts of possessing a knife […]
A man who robbed and attacked an elderly couple in their Accrington home has been sent to prison for 12 years
Jason McCash was also given an extended licence period of three years after Judge Beverley Lunt, sitting at Preston Crown Court, deemed him to be a dangerous offender. Officers were called to Marlborough Road at 11pm on January 27 following the break-in. The victims, a woman in her 60s and a man in his […]
Detectives investigating the murder of Flamur Beqiri, who was fatally shot in Battersea on Christmas Eve 2019, have charged a fourth man in connection with the case
Estevan Alexis Pino-Munizaga, 34 a Swedish national was extradited from Sweden to the UK on Tuesday, 10 November. He has been charged with murder and will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 11 November. One other Swedish national, aged 22, is currently still subject to the extradition process through the Swedish […]
The gang were running a drug supply network known as the ‘Benny Line’. They sent marketing texts to drug users offering heroin and cocaine for sale.
Three county line drug dealers involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine in Maidstone and other towns in west Kent, have been sentenced at court. Investigators from Kent Police’s County Line and Gang Team identified that a specified phone was being used by a criminal gang to sell Class A drugs, during the […]
A week of mass testing is proposed that overlaps with the end of the lockdown – between 30 November and 6 December
Covid tests for students in England, so they can go home safely for Christmas, could begin on 30 November, according to a letter from the universities minister to vice-chancellors. A week of mass testing is proposed that overlaps with the end of the lockdown – between 30 November and 6 December. The letter, seen by […]
A teenager who raped an 18-year-old woman in Peckham has been jailed for three years
Tamoy Bailey, 18 of Hastings Close, Peckham, SE15, was sentenced on Monday, 9 November after he was convicted of rape and false imprisonment following a trial at Inner London Crown Court. Bailey, who was aged 16 at the time, carried out the attack at an address in Peckham on 31 March 2019 after meeting […]
Man caught with a knife and drugs in Operation Sceptre in Tunbridge Wells
A motorist has been charged after a weapon and drugs were seized by officers in Tunbridge Wells during the latest crackdown on knife crime. Kent Police is taking part in a national week of action in the fight against knife crime, which runs from Monday 9 to Sunday 15 November 2020. Operation […]
Three Arrested Over Halton Moor Disorder Charged To Appear In Court
Two men and a youth arrested following incidents of disorder in the Halton Moor area of Leeds are due to appear in court today after being charged with a number of offences. Mark Hargreaves, aged 48, of Ramshead Place, Leeds, has been charged with violent disorder and assault on a police officer in relation to […]
An electrician has been jailed after he ran a red light and fatally collided with 90-year-old driver
A 25-year-old electrician has been jailed after he ran through a red light in his high-powered BMW and fatally collided with 90-year-old driver John Sassons Taylor in Solihull. Mr Taylor, who was driving his white Peugeot 208, was turning right from Warwick Road onto New Road, when he was struck by Russell Averis on Wednesday, […]
A knife-wielding robber who stole from two bookmakers and a friend he was staying with in Wisbech has been jailed
John Penhaligon, 49, travelled from his home in Essex to stay with a friend in Wisbech for five days from 8 September. On 10 September he went to a branch of Betfred, in High Street, Wisbech, armed with a knife. He demanded money from the till and warned staff not to press any panic alarms. […]
