A yob repeatedly hit a police officer and spat at them as trouble erupted in Hanley. Marcus Ramsden was among the throng as officers were being pelted with missiles and abuse as a riot erupted in the city centre. The 22-year-old, of Goldenhill, was told by an officer to move …
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Greedy fraudster Richard Frost helped himself to nearly £50,000 from his elderly aunt’s savings. The 43-year-old had control of her bank accounts and began ‘borrowing’ money from them during covid. But he became addicted to withdrawing the cash. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard he also sold her car and kept the …
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A dangerous driver has been told he was lucky not to have killed someone when he smashed his motor into a parked vehicle with such force that the car was shunted into the front of a house. Graham Burton was speeding along a country road before losing control of his …
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A nursing student downloaded sexual images of children as young as four, a court has heard. Niamh O’Brian, 20, of Heol Cynwyd, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, was found by police to have possessed and distributed indecent images, both still and moving, of children. Police visited O’Brian at her home and at the …
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A supermarket worker has been convicted of his involvement in a £316,000 gold bullion scam. Michael Sajid, 38, was sent a package after a woman of 84 was duped into posting it. But he told police he was working shifts at Lidl when deliveries were made. Read More Related Articles …
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An inquest has been opened into the tragic death of a man in Devon who suffered fatal stab wounds following an incident involving his nephew. During a short public hearing, held by senior coroner Philip Spinney at Devon Coroner’s Court in Exeter on August 12, it was explained how Jonathan …
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More than 400 people have now been arrested after a week of carnage. Dozens of far-right thugs have already been jailed as the courts work around the hours to deliver justice. Police investigating the riots led by the far right say they have made more than 700 arrests for alleged …
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Two Paisley men have narrowly avoided a jail term after being caught with cannabis worth almost £15,000. Stephen Colquhoun and David McCalman were snared when drugs imported from the United States were seized by UK Border Force addressed to each of their homes. The drug-dealing duo both admitted to being …
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FILE – Britain’s Prince Harry leaves after attending an Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, on May 8, 2024. Prince Harry said that his crusade against the British tabloids has contributed to his royal family rift, according to a documentary airing Thursday …
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A sacked cleaner who used ‘inside knowledge’ to break into his former place of employment to steal more than £1,400 of charity cash was told he should feel ‘ashamed’ as he escaped jail. Simon Gilbert, 43, was told the only reason he wasn’t being sent straight to prison was because …
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