A suspect has been charged in connection with two incidents in Folkestone, one of which involved an attack on a police dog and its handler
Officers arrested a man after attending a report of a person seen with a possible weapon in Rendezvous Street, Folkestone during the afternoon of Monday 28 March 2022. Reece Armstrong, 26, of no fixed address, has since been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, in relation to that incident. He […]
A 19 year old man from Stevenage has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after stabbing a stranger in the eye, causing serious and life-changing injuries
On Saturday 18 December (2021) at around 3.15am, Kai Ridgewell was seen behaving erratically in St Mary’s car park. The victim, a 21-year-old woman who was on her way home from a night out with friends, approached him to ask if he needed any help. Ridgewell then turned around and stabbed her in the eye. […]
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced after he headbutted a bar manager in a cocktail bar in Monument
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced after he headbutted a bar manager in a cocktail bar in Monument. Following an investigation by the City of London Police, Luke Wilson, 28, from Gravesend, was sentenced on Tuesday 29 March 2022 at Westminster Magistrates Court for common assault and battery. Wilson was sentenced to ten […]
Officers searching for a man who reportedly escaped from lawful custody can confirm he has been located
Dorset Police received a report at 11.13am on Saturday 26 March 2022 that 32-year-old Kyle Darren Eglington had made off from a court prisoner transport vehicle in Hardy Road in Poole, having allegedly assaulted one of the security officers. Following extensive enquiries, Kyle Eglington was located by officers from Dorset Police’s Tactical Firearms Team […]
A teenager was moving rubbish to dump into a river, hours before a child’s body was found, a court has heard
CCTV captured the 14-year-old and co-accused John Cole moving bags in the early hours of 31 July, 2021. Cardiff Crown Court heard they were thrown into the River Ogmore, Bridgend, to avoid a fine. Five-year-old Logan Mwangi’s body was found in the same river later that day. The youth, Mr Cole and Logan’s mum […]
Three men have been jailed for a total of more than 45 years for their part in a pre-planned knife attack in Shefford
Gino Menga, 20, was an inmate at a young offenders institute when he encouraged Kai Woodcock, 18, of Brooklands Avenue, Bedford, and Callum Andrews, 21, of Dendridge Close, Enfield, to attack another man in a targeted assault. Woodcock and Andrews planned how they would ambush the victim and stab him, weighing up which knives […]
A man who drove his car at a group of people at Festival Leisure Park, in Basildon, has been jailed for five years after fleeing the scene and failing to hide from Police Dog McCoy
Shaquille Mathurin had been on a night out at Unit 7 in the early hours of Sunday 3 October. After leaving the venue, he was part of a group that became involved in an argument with another group. The argument then becomes physical, and Mathurin is seen to run away from the scene. Shortly after, […]
A 20-year-old man has been sent to prison for three years and four months for his involvement in a courier fraud scam which aimed to con two elderly women out of thousands of pounds
Abdul Ha-Meem, previously of Clare Gardens, Barking, was involved in the scam which took place in June 2021 and started with a phone call to two elderly women from someone pretending to be a detective working for a Metropolitan Police fraud squad. The caller stated that there had been a raid in Corby that […]
A man who assaulted two women in Peterborough city centre has been jailed for two years
The women, who are in their early 20s, were out socialising on 9 July last year (2021) when they were assaulted by 27-year-old Elliot Hadman. While in the College Arms, one of the girls spoke with an acquaintance who was sat with Hadman, when they became involved in an argument with Hadman saying “I […]
Man Jailed Over Son’s Murder Following 2001 Attack
A man who smothered his toddler son, leaving him with severe disabilities, has been given a life sentence after being convicted of his murder following his son’s death as an adult 18 years later. Alan Bird was found guilty of murder by a unanimous jury verdict at Leeds Crown Court following a trial which […]
