Five men have been sentenced in connection with the death of Andrew Ballantyne in High Wycombe last summer, in a hearing at Reading Crown Court
Asher Anderson, aged 35, of Walton Gardens, Wembley was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of Andrew Ballantyne, and three months imprisonment for common assault, relating to an incident on the same evening, to be served concurrently. James Scott, aged 32 of Hawthorne Road, High Wycombe, was sentenced to six years and […]
A man caught driving almost twice the legal limit on the M4 has appeared in court
Daniel Stewart, 34, of Strouds Close, Swindon, was driving a BMW 440I Sport on the M4 near to Chippenham shortly before midnight on May 26 when he was sighted by a Roads Policing Officer who recorded his speed as 135mph. Officers stopped the vehicle and Stewart was issued with a Traffic Offence Report. He […]
Police are investigating after a woman reported that man had raped her in Yate
The attack took place overnight Sunday 27 to Monday 28 February. It happened in the area off Folly Bridge Close behind McColls and the Cranleigh Court Chapel. The woman told the specially-trained officers who first attended that she was walking home after meeting a friend when two men attacked her and one of them raped […]
A man from Camber in East Sussex who raped two teenage girls has now been given a 13-year prison sentence following an investigation by Sussex safeguarding detectives
Scott Mucklow, 29, of Denham Way, Camber, was sentenced at Brighton Crown Court on Thursday 24 February, having previously been convicted of raping a girl then aged 14 at his address in 2009, and of three counts of raping another girl aged between 16 and 17 several years later, one of them at an address […]
Jordan Mesmain has been jailed for four years after he was convicted of a drugs supply offence in High Wycombe.
Mesmain, aged 28, of Fulham Road in London, pleaded guilty to one count of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, namely cocaine, in a hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court on Wednesday (23/2). At just before 4.20pm on 23 January 2020, officers attempted to stop a vehicle on Priory Road in High Wycombe, […]
A driver’s jail sentence for killing a mother in a crash during a police chase will no longer be reviewed to determine whether it was too lenient.
Bradley Webb hit a wall in Houghton-le-Spring after driving through red lights and on the wrong side of the road. Passenger Paula Tiffin was seriously injured in the crash and later died. Following a ruling not to increase the jail term in a similar case, a referral to the Court of Appeal to consider Webb’s […]
An uninsured driver who attempted to fool police with fake documentation has been warned expect jail if he offends again
Eesa Ahmed, aged 21, was pulled over by officers in New Basford on 21 March 2020 and found to have no insurance. Ahmed, who had been driving a black BMW 5 Series registered to a member of his family, was issued with a standard traffic offence report and asked to provide proof of insurance. He […]
A man who raped two teenage girls before subjecting one to nearly two decades of abuse has been jailed
Mohammed Saleem of Cannon Street, Rochdale has been jailed at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for 33 years following a six-week trial in which he was found guilty of 31 offences including: • Six counts of indecent assault against a 14-year-old female • Rape of a 14-year-old female • Three counts of rape of a […]
A man has been charged in connection with the assault of a child in Southampton
Police were called at 3.55pm on Tuesday (22 February) following reports that a man had strangled a 12-year-old boy not known to him near Millbrook Towers in Windermere Avenue, Southampton. Officers were deployed immediately and an arrest was made shortly afterwards. Lee Mackey, 48, of Goodwin Close, Southampton, has been charged with assault by beating […]
Three men serving jail sentences for terrorism offences have been found guilty of assaulting a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London
The prison officer was attacked by Hashem Abedi, 24, Ahmed Hassan, 22 , and Muhammed Saeed, 23 on 11 May 2020. The victim suffered facial and head injuries, bruising, and received hospital treatment for damage to his hearing. The three men accused were found guilty of actual bodily harm. Abedi was also found guilty […]
