Two people have been sentenced following a drugs investigation into the supply of class B drugs
Mitchell Hicks, 30, of Bladen Close, Wroughton, was sentenced to two years and 11 months after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply and concerned in the supply of cannabis and acquire/use/possess criminal property, and Chloe Dempster, 33, of the same address, was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months after pleading […]
A man and woman who illegally imported 43 pet dogs before selling them without a licence have been charged with money laundering and animal transportation offences following interventions from Southampton City Council
Court proceedings were brought against Artur and Joanna Kramer after the council received reports of dogs being sold that had been mis-advertised and bred aboard. UK law states that pet sellers must meet certain conditions, including having a license issued by the local authority. Rules around keeping pets in suitable accommodation, given adequate food and […]
Four members of a criminal gang who robbed a man of his watch and two diamond rings worth £43,000 have been jailed for nearly 39 years in total following an investigation by detectives from the Met’s elite Flying Squad
The gang, who were all charged with and pleaded guilty to robbery, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 4 February. They were sentenced at the same court on Friday, 18 March as follows: Alan Kelly, 27 of Moray Road, Islington was sentenced to 10 years and nine months’ imprisonment. David Kelly, 37 of […]
A woman has been charged with murdering a five-year-old boy who was found dead at a house in Oldham
Dylan Scanlon was pronounced dead by emergency services in Elm Road, Limeside, on 31 December last year, Greater Manchester Police said. Claire Scanlon, 36, of Oldham, has been charged with his murder and will appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court later. Following his death, Dylan’s father, Gary Keenan, described his son as “happy, funny and cheeky”. […]
A bid to move the killer of Joanne Tulip to an open prison has been blocked by Dominic Raab
The Justice Secretary rejected the transfer of Steven Ling, overruling a Parole Board recommendation. Ling was jailed for life in December 1998 after he admitted to the murder of Ms Tulip in Stamfordham, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1997. A spokesman for Mr Raab said he had acted “in the interest of public protection”. This is […]
Northumbria Police are appealing for information after it was reported a man gained access to a 91 year olds home and stole money from her
It was reported that between 10.45am and 12.15pm on Thursday, March 3 a man has knocked on the door of a property on Queens Court, Newcastle, and told the occupant he was there to check a water leak. The elderly victim has then allowed the male to come into the property where he looked around […]
Fighting has erupted in the centre of the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, where residents have faced heavy bombardment for weeks
The Russian defence ministry said it was “tightening the noose” around the city, adding that “fighting against the nationalists” was taking place inside Mariupol. These claims then appeared to be confirmed to the BBC by the mayor Vadym Boichenko, who admitted fighting was “really active. Several thousand people managed to escape Mariupol last week following […]
A Croydon man linked to the supply of Class A drugs in Hove has been jailed for four years
Twenty-three-year-old Sammy Mosuambe, of Houlder Crescent in Croydon, appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday (March 8) charged with two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and one count of possessing a Class B drug (cannabis). Mosuambe was stopped and searched by officers around Selborne Road on Sunday, February 6, after […]
A man who murdered one woman and came within a “hair’s breadth” of killing another has been sentenced to life in prison
Brian Sengendo, 27 will spend at least 42 years of his life in jail after being sentenced at the Old Bailey today, Friday 18 March. Sengendo was previously found guilty of carrying out a four-hour campaign of sexual assault and violence which culminated in the murder of 44-year-old Therasia Gordon, a sex worker from Edmonton, […]
A gang of three who stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from two DPD drivers have been jailed for a total of 21 years and three months
On October 12, 2019, Andrew John Bluck, 38, and Adam Keith Merkitt, 37, dressed up as police officers and approached a DPD driver in Station Road, Rushden, informing the driver that they were undercover officers who suspected that there was a suspicious package inside his van. Forcing their way into the vehicle alongside the victim, […]
