The mother of a murdered teenager has explained how she and her family are living every day to honour his memory
Sixteen-year-old Joseph Whitchurch was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Boxing Day morning 2020 by Jake Rollinson, a violent criminal and small-time drug dealer. Rollinson, aged 21, was today (Friday) handed a life sentence by a judge at Nottingham Crown Court and will spend at least the next 19 years behind bars. In […]
A 27-year-old woman who hit a police officer on the head with a skateboard threw missiles at other officers and smashed the window of Bridewell Police Station has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.
Mariella Gedge-Rogers, of Clifton, Bristol was convicted of rioting in Bristol City Centre following a crown court trial last month. A jury unanimously found her guilty of being part of a group that used or threatened violence and together, caused others to fear for their personal safety outside the city centre police station on […]
A lorry driver who hid 63 kilos of cocaine in a legitimate load of electronics has been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation
Elroy Patrick Spek, 50, from the Netherlands, was driving an HGV from the Netherlands to the UK on 17 June 2021 when it was stopped at the UK border in Coquelles, France.The trailer was searched by Border Force officers and three cardboard boxes were found to have been secured to the top of the […]
A husband and wife duo have been jailed at Southwark Crown Court today after being convicted of a series of offences including rape and controlling prostitution for gain involving Romanian women who had been trafficked into the UK
Detective Sergeant Chris Weatherstone from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “This lengthy and complex investigation over several years has dismantled an organised crime group (OCG) who were exploiting women in London for their own financial gain. “Individuals are often reticent or too afraid to come forward in modern slavery investigations, so it is our […]
Man charged and second arrested after violent aggravated burglary in Brighton
Detectives in Brighton have charged a man with a number of violent offences following an aggravated burglary in which several people were injured. Lee Witts, 46, of Newtonhill in Aberdeenshire, has been charged with aggravated burglary, robbery, grievous bodily harm with intent and two counts of causing actual bodily harm following the attack on Saturday […]
A total of 74 people are due to appear in court to face criminal charges following protests in Kent
A total of 74 people are due to appear in court to face criminal charges following protests in Kent. The incidents took place on the M25 and on roads near the Port of Dover on several dates in September and October 2021. Kent Police was called to each incident in order to manage disruption caused […]
A prolific beggar has been banned from approaching people for money anywhere in Medway
Lee Swift, 43, of High Street, Chatham, was issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order following numerous complaints from business owners and members of the public about the nuisance he was causing. The order, which was granted by magistrates on Wednesday 9 March 2022, lasts for five years and prohibits Swift from: Loitering or remaining in […]
A man who attacked a woman in her own home leaving her with injuries including fractures to her eye socket, nose and ribs has been jailed for eight years
The victim, who was known to her attacker Arfan Hussein, was at home near the Aylestone area of Leicester, on the afternoon of Wednesday 14 July last year when Hussein and two others burst into her bedroom. Hussein, 31, then began to attack the woman, who is in her 30s, with a butter knife trying […]
Police are looking to speak with these 11 people pictured in connection with a serious assault that has left a man in critical condition
Officers were called to reports that a man had reportedly been punched and fallen to the ground in an attack at the junction of Upper Parliament Street and Trinity Walk, in Nottingham city centre, at around 3.35am on Saturday 5 March. A thorough investigation is underway, but detectives have now released images of eleven more […]
Seven gang members who brutally stabbed a 16-year-old to death in Moston have been jailed for a total of 146 years
The court heard how at around 6.55pm on Thursday 5 November 2020 a group of 13 males were walking along Moston Lane in the direction of Kenyon Lane, Moston. As they reached the junction, the group begin to run down Kenyon Lane and pull out weapons. It was at this point the group ran at […]
