A Sheffield man was sentenced to prison today (Thursday, June 9) for the February death of a man he assaulted at Rotherham District General Hospital
Paul Franks, 48 – but 47 at the time of the incident – of Blackstock Road, was sentenced to eight years in prison at Sheffield Crown Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter prior to trial on Monday 30 May.Franks assaulted Paul Reed, 48, on a hospital ward, prompting officers to be called by a member […]
A burglar who tied up and left a pensioner for dead before going on a £550 spending spree with his stolen cash card was sentenced today to at least 33 years in prison
Police discovered David Varlow’s body at his home on Manor Lane in Halesowen after his brother and neighbours expressed concern about his disappearance.The house had been ransacked, and the 78-year-old had been strangled with a telephone cable.Adris Mohammed’s DNA was found on the handle of a knife, the handle of a pair of scissors, and […]
Officers searching a house in Strood found a large amount of heroin and cocaine
Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team executed a search warrant at an address on Station Road on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The constables discovered a locked safe inside a cupboard, and a subsequent search yielded the key. They discovered multiple wraps of cocaine and heroin, as well as compressed blocks of the latter. Both […]
A suspect will appear in court after a man was seriously injured in Rochester
The incident occurred around 3.10 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Crow Lane. A man in his twenties is said to have been assaulted and sustained an injury consistent with a stab wound. The victim was taken to Blue Boar Lane and treated by paramedics. […]
In Edenbridge, a shoplifting suspect has been charged with headbutting employees
A suspected thief has been charged with repeatedly targeting an Edenbridge supermarket and punching and headbutting employees. Police are looking into a series of thefts from Waitrose on Mont St Aignan Way that occurred between February and June 2022. It has been reported that the same suspect stole items such as meat and alcohol during […]
A man was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to dupe an elderly man into handing over £67,000 in exchange for the release of £4 million he had already lost to fraud
Richard Templeton, 61, of Alicante, Spain, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and was sentenced to two years in prison on June 1, 2022, at Leicester Crown Court. City of London Police Detective Constable Jamie Howden stated: “Templeton pretended to be someone else in a cold-hearted, feeble attempt to lure the victim into […]
A guy was sentenced to prison after fatally stabbing a teenager 20 years his junior last year
Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, of Lambeth, was discovered with a stab wound to his neck in a south London street on Monday, 5 July.Sadikee Williams, 37, of Robsart Street, SW9, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years on Wednesday, June 8, at Isleworth Crown Court.On Friday, May 27, he was […]
Two construction company executives have been jailed for health and safety violations that resulted in the death of a worker on a building site in Hove
Steven Wenham, 48, of Charlotte Street in Brighton, was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday (June 7) at Lewes Crown Court after previously pleading not guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence. He and his company, Total Contractors Ltd, were also found guilty of two Health and Safety at Work Act […]
Following the death of Lamar Jackson in Woodford Green, a second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder
The 33-year-old was arrested on Wednesday, June 8, and was subsequently bailed until early July. On Friday, 3 June, around 00:10hrs, police were called to reports of a stabbing in Chigwell Road following a party. Officers and London Ambulance Service responded and discovered Mr Jackson, a rap artist known as Hypo, suffering from stab […]
In one month, a team of detectives from Kent Police secured more than 50 charges and 27 years in prison
The Chief Constable’s Crime Squad is a group of uniformed officers and detectives who focus on burglary and robbery investigations. Officers have demonstrated their expertise in targeting people they suspect are involved in organised crime over the last month. This includes those who target innocent people who are deemed vulnerable. Kyle Thatcher was among those […]
