Detectives investigating the death of a woman in Burnley have charged a man with murder
Police were called by the Ambulance Service around 3.30am on Sunday (April 24) to a report a woman had been found with head injuries at an address on Prairie Crescent. The woman, later named as Inayat Begum, 85, from Burnley, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. A family member has described Mrs Begum as […]
“I’m going to prison for this and I don’t ******* care.”- Dane Messam has been sentenced to a minimum of 23 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering his on-off partner Helen Anderson
Following today’s sentencing, Detective Chief Inspector Emma Vickers, from Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team said: “This was a tragic case where a woman lost her life at the hands of a man she loved who abused her trust. “Even with all the evidence against him, Messam continued to deny having any involvement in […]
A drugs gang from Trafford involved in the possession of a stash of lethal guns and grenades in the Stretford area have been sentenced to a combined total of over 42 years in jail.
Detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Group (SOCG) and the Trafford district were able to bring the woman and three men to justice following a comprehensive investigation. After a hearing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Monday 25 April Nathan Morgan 37, Brian Day 50, Gareth Curtis 45, and Sarah Tervet 43, […]
An armed robber who threatened to kill a Dartford bank worker before stealing discontinued £20 notes has been jailed for five years and four months
Roy Sinclair threatened the High Street employee with a knife, before helping himself to money from a till, in February 2022. The 43-year-old, of Otterden Street, Sydenham, handed himself in to Kent Police two days later and went on to admit robbery and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place. He […]
Awoman has been sentenced for two counts of causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink that occurred on the M1 near Milton Keynes
Mary McCann, aged 35, of Bamford Avenue, Derby, pleaded guilty to the offences at Aylesbury Crown Court on 16 February. She was sentenced to four years’ and one month imprisonment and disqualified from driving for seven years’ and two weeks’, following which she will have to take an extended […]
A sexual predator who subjected a teenage girl to an “abhorrent” rape at Liverpool Lime Street railway station in February has been jailed for 12 years and three months following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation
William John Ormandy, 31, and of Derby Court, Church Road, Merseyside, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video link on Friday 18 March where he pleaded guilty to rape. This afternoon, a judge sentenced him to 12 years and three months imprisonment. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. On […]
A man who stabbed his neighbour in an unprovoked attack has been jailed
On the afternoon of 2 November 2021, a 66-year-old man was cleaning some paintbrushes outside his address in Elm Place, Rustington, when he was approached by David Graham.Without warning, he was stabbed in the chest, and as he attempted to run away, he was stabbed again in the back.He collapsed to the floor and was […]
Suspicious activity noticed by officers from Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team has led to the jailing of a Folkestone drug dealer
Officers were on a patrol in town’s Tram Road on Friday 14 January 2022 after receiving information that drugs were being dealt in the area. After witnessing suspicious activity in a car park, officers followed and stopped a Range Rover in which Tomas Molnar was travelling along The Leas. Molnar, of […]
A man has been jailed for murder after stabbing a much-loved teenager to death in front of his family in Sydenham
Romello Harley, 19, of Kirkdale, Sydenham, was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 22 years, at Inner London Crown Court on Monday, 25 April for the murder of 19-year-old Tashawn Watt. He was found guilty of murder and possession of an offensive weapon at the same court on Monday, 21 March following […]
A man has admitted raping a woman in Fareham
John Sommerville Taylor Horne, aged 39, was charged with rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm after he attacked a woman on the footbridge that crossed over Western Way, close to Fareham train station. The woman had told police that she left Slug and Lettuce in the town at around 1am, before walking along […]
