A teenager has been charged following a stabbing in Barking
The 16-year-old boy was charged on Tuesday, 3 November with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a bladed article. He will appear in custody at Barkingside Youth Court on Wednesday, 4 November. Police were called at 11.53pm on Tuesday, 27 October to reports of an injured male in Ripple Road. A […]
A burglar who claimed he was trying to ‘fix’ a window in an attempted break-in has been jailed
Wayne Cuthbert, 39, from Durham was charged with the attempted burglary of an address on Fieldhouse Lane in Durham on July 4. He forced entry to the kitchen window using a spatula which he had stolen moments before from a nearby outhouse. When the victim disturbed him, he said: “I’m just trying to get […]
‘Prankster’ holidaymaker caught with batons and CS gas given a suspended sentence
A holidaymaker caught trying to import CS gas, batons and stun guns ‘for a prank’ has been handed a suspended sentence. Gary Wilson was intercepted by staff at Newcastle Airport as he returned home from a holiday to Bulgaria last summer. The 51-year-old was stopped by customs officers who uncovered the haul of weapons […]
A man who subjected two women to serious sexual assaults in the space of four days has been jailed for 11 years
James Frost attacked a woman he had just met at his home address in Kursaal Way, Southend in the early hours of 27 March this year.The woman was eventually able to fight him off and escape from the address.Then, on 30 March, Frost forced his way into an address in Southend and sexually assaulted the […]
Soldier Steffan Wilson vicious and unprovoked attack on taxi driver results in nine years and nine months’ imprisonment
A soldier who carried out a vicious and unprovoked attack on a taxi driver has been jailed for nine years and nine months. Steffan Rhys Wilson, aged 26, of Maesyfro, Station Terrace, Llanybydder, Sir Gar, West Wales, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today – Tuesday 3 November 2020 – having pleaded guilty to […]
A Blackwood man has been sent to prison for 26 weeks after he was found guilty of torturing and mutilating a hedgehog
Richard Coyle of no fixed abode, appeared at Newport Magistrates’ Court for trial on Tuesday 3 November, to face two charges which he pleaded not guilty. The first offence – under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 – was that on 27 August in 2019, in the area of Highfield Way, Blackwood, he caused unnecessary suffering […]
A corrupt money transfer business owner responsible for a £5 million money laundering scheme is being sent back to prison after the National Crime Agency found he had flouted the terms of his release
Shafiq AhmedShafiq Ahmed, 59, from Leigham Court Road, Streatham, London was today (3 November) sentenced to a year in prison at Kingston Crown Court for breaching his Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO). A stricter SCPO has been granted with restricted terms, and he has to forfeit a phone and two SIM cards. Ahmed […]
A former school dinner lady has avoided a prison sentence after sending sexually explicit messages to a young boy
Jayne Sewell, 53 of Saint Mellons, Cardiff appeared for sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court today where she had previously pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in sexual communication with a child aged under 13 years old The court was told that Sewell was working as a dinner lady and cleaner at a local […]
Two men have been jailed at Hull Crown Court after racing at speeds in excess of 100mph on the M62
On 1 July 2018, a Honda, driven by Israr Muhammed at very high speed, suffered a blown-out tyre, plunged down an embankment and collided with a tree, killing Muhammed’s three-year-old son and causing life-changing injuries to his wife and daughter, then aged seven. A third child survived with relatively minor injuries. Muhammed (41) was […]
A drink driver who caused the death of a man walking his dog in Eynsford near Swanley has been sentenced to more than four years’ imprisonment
Maurice McAnallen had consumed as many as five pints of lager before his Range Rover mounted a pavement and collided with the victim earlier this year. McAnallen, aged 63, had been drinking at a football club in Chislehurst during the afternoon of 25 January 2020. After leaving at around 6.30pm, he entered his car […]
