A man who admitted to carrying a knuckleduster for protection and saying he would be “dead” if it was taken from him was given a 12-month community order
Keelan Hobbs, of Barton Road in Newport, appeared in the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with possession of an offensive weapon (knuckleduster), to which he pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing. The prosecutor, Ann Smout, told the court that Hobbs was seen with a knuckleduster on June 4th at Howard House […]
The man who murdered Jennifer and Stephen Chapple was sentenced to at least 38 years in prison today (Tuesday, 21 June)
Collin Reeves, 35, was found guilty last week at Bristol Crown Court of murdering his next-door neighbours in Norton Fitzwarren in November last year. He was sentenced to life in prison today in the same court. Reeves stabbed Jennifer, 33, and Stephen, 36, multiple times with a ceremonial military dagger. Their kids were sleeping […]
A Metropolitan Police officer who continued chasing a violent suspect – even after she was stabbed has been nominated for a bravery award
PC Stephanie Clarke and PC Leigh Walker were running a plain-clothes operation in Westminster on 4 October 2020 when they saw two teenage boys running out of a grocery store with the storekeepers screaming after them. PC Walker got into a fight with one of the boys after suspecting them of attempting to […]
A man from Blackburn has been jailed after attempting to groom girls he thought were 13 and 14 years old and asking them to send him explicit images of themselves.
A man from Blackburn was sentenced after attempting to groom girls he thought were 13 and 14 years old and asking them to send him explicit images of themselves. Despite knowing the girls’ ages, Suleman Mahmood, 28, continued to send them sexually explicit messages. Mahmood had been communicating with decoys from the Online Child Abuse […]
A burglar who attacked a disabled man with a golf club in his Blackpool home before stealing his wallet was sentenced to 11 years in prison
At 7.46 p.m. on March 23rd, police were called to an upstairs property on Corporation Street due to reports of a man entering through an open upstairs window. He was challenged by the occupants once inside the property and left. He returned minutes later, threatening the victim and his wife and demanding money. In […]
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has admitted to controlling and coercive behaviour
PC Mathew Cooper, assigned to the Central West Command Unit, pleaded guilty to one count of controlling and coercive behaviour without violence on Monday, 20 June, at Aldersgate House.A second count of controlling and coercive behaviour involving violence will be filed.He is due to be sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Wednesday, August 31, PC Cooper, […]
The parents of a 12-year-old boy have been granted permission to appeal a court ruling declaring him dead
A High Court judge ruled last week that doctors could legally stop treating Archie Battersbee, but lawyers for the family argued in court on Monday that a higher burden of proof should have been used.They also questioned whether Mrs Justice Arbuthnot considered the youngster’s religion before making her decision on June 13.Archie has been in […]
A serial rapist from Scotland has been discovered dead in an Edinburgh prison just days after being sentenced
Stephen Charters, a former worship leader, was sentenced to five years in prison. Charters committed a series of rapes and sexual assaults on children as young as four. An investigation has been launched after his body was discovered in the Hermiston Hall at Edinburgh’s Saughton prison. The 57-year-old former worship leader attacked a teenage […]
Arrests in Margate result in firearms charges
Following police work in Margate, two men have been charged with a firearms offence. Officers noticed suspicious activity in Milton Avenue on the evening of Saturday, June 18, 2022. As part of the investigation, three men were arrested, and a firearm and a quantity of suspected cocaine […]
Ukrainian passengers onboard feared dead after North yorkshire helicopter Crash in Lonsdale
North Yorkshire Police have said that emergency services are on the scene of an incident off Bentham Road near Burton in Lonsdale, on the back road between Ingleton and Bentham, where a helicopter has crashed into a field. The incident occurred shortly before lunchtime today (Monday 20th June 2022) The public is strongly advised to […]
