A vigil was held outside a hospital after a judge ruled that life-support treatment for a brain-damaged boy in a coma should be discontinued
Archie Battersbee, 12, was discovered unconscious at his Southend, Essex, home on April 7.The Royal London Hospital’s doctors told the High Court that he was “highly likely” brain-stem dead.On Monday evening, people gathered outside the hospital to pray and release balloons with Archie’s mother.Hollie Dance, Archie’s mother, said she was “devastated” by Monday’s High Court […]
Officers responded quickly to reports of shoplifting from a Sittingbourne store, arresting the suspects and returning the items
At 10.43 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, 2022, Kent Police were called to the Co-op on Sheppey Way after the store reported that items such as meat, alcohol, and washing detergent had been stolen. Officers from the Swale Local Policing Team responded and within nine minutes had located three people and seized items worth more […]
A 40-year-old man sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for attempting to rape a woman at knifepoint in Northampton
Matt Mellor, previously of Kelmarsh Avenue, Leicester, began following a woman in her twenties in Wellingborough Road, Northampton, around 1.50 a.m. on February 26, 2022. He grabbed her from behind and dragged her to the ground, where he attempted to rape her at knifepoint, when she arrived at Lutterworth Road. However, the woman managed […]
A Snapchat paedophile pretended to be a teenager in order to carry out his sick “predatory” fantasies
Stephen Lancaster used six different aliases on the online photo sharing social media platform and had sexual encounters with a Teesside schoolgirl.During one encounter, the 46-year-old messaged a girl and asked, “Can I see your boobs?”After police seized the Marton man’s iPhone, they discovered a number of illegal images and videos of children. Lancaster appeared […]
Rhys Shekleton was sentenced to 43 months in prison, while Glyn Shekleton was sentenced to 38 months
After pleading guilty to drug-related charges, two men were sentenced. Rhys Shekleton, 30, of Tapster Street in Barnet, London, and Glyn Shekleton, 24, of Jewel Road in Walthamstow, London, were sentenced on Friday, 10 June, at Ipswich Crown Court. The pair were apprehended on January 29 after a warrant was executed at a property in […]
Police worked with her and another woman to secure his conviction after he raped a woman and blackmailed her over naked photos
Carlos Fletcher, who also attempted to rape a 14-year-old girl, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after the two women bravely came forward to reveal the crimes. They were able to help us build the case against Fletcher, 23, with the assistance of our specially trained officers. The first girl contacted us in […]
Police officers have recovered suspected stolen goods worth more than £10,000 after responding quickly to a report of bulk shoplifting from a store in #Sevenoaks
On Sunday, June 12, the cosmetic items were allegedly stolen from Boots on the High Street.At 2.33pm, we were called, and a search for the suspects was coordinated with the help of town centre CCTV operators.Officers had located and apprehended three teenagers who had travelled to the area from Walthamstow, London, by 3.10 p.m.A large […]
Two county lines drug dealers caught in the act by police officers in Peterborough have been sentenced
In the early hours of October 12, last year, Robert Facuna, 19, and Patrik Kotlar, 20, were arrested in Parnwell after being discovered with drugs and a “deal line” mobile phone. Officers were looking for a missing person around 1 a.m. when they discovered Kotlar’s Audi A4 parked with the engine running in St […]
A man from the Isle of Wight has been charged with a number of violent offences
Bruno Borges, 34, of Queens Road in Shanklin, was charged with the following over the weekend:• Assault causing actual bodily harm – relating to an incident on 9 June this year in which he allegedly assaulted a woman he knew on a bus en route to East Cowes, causing the woman to suffer a chipped […]
A last-minute attempt to halt a flight scheduled to transport asylum seekers to Rwanda has been rejected by Court of Appeal judges
Priti Patel’s contentious policy will go into effect tomorrow, despite charities and top figures branding it ‘absolutely chilling’ and ‘cruel.’ However, it will have fewer people on board than was originally planned after lawyers fought for individual clients on human rights and modern slavery grounds. Care4Calais, a refugee support charity, said earlier that 21 tickets […]
