Tag Archives: Courts

Huddersfield double murderer Marcus Osborne has had his appeal to reduce his sentence rejected. Osborne was handed a whole life order in March this year after murdering his ex-partner, Katie Higton, and her new partner, Steven Harnett. Osborne – who had been bailed after Katie told police she feared he …

A prolific shoplifter who targeted Lynn stores can expect a knock at the door from police after failing to turn up for court. Ricky McGrath, 34, of Wedgwood Drive in Wisbech, was due to appear at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to be sentenced for a raft of theft offences …

A Wisbech man can expect a knock at the door from police after failing to turn up for court. Ricky McGrath, 34, of Wedgwood Drive, was due to appear at King’s Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to be sentenced for a raft of shoplifting offences. McGrath had previously admitted some …

A man has been jailed for 20 weeks after he breached a criminal behaviour order banning him from Rushmoor for two years. Daniel Jankovic, 27, of no fixed abode, was charged with breaching the order, which had been issued on April 18 last year, after he was spotted on Holly …

A former Grimsby sub-postmaster whose life was torn apart by the Post Office scandal has sadly died before receiving full compensation for being wrongly sacked. Gillian and David Blakey were finally cleared in 2021 along with dozens like them who were wrongly sacked or convicted of theft, fraud and false …

A postman hid 12 sacks of mail, including some 4,000 letters and parcels, in his loft. Jason Cooper admitted to opening some of the parcels but said he did not remove any of the contents. Opened parcels were found scattered across the eaves of the loft when police raided his …

Post Office scandal victim Jo Hamilton drew attention to the ongoing compensation struggle, revealing at the National Television Awards (NTAs) that they “still haven’t been paid”. While accepting the special Impact award for the ITV drama Mr Bates versus The Post Office, the former postmaster highlighted that “nothing has changed” …

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 …

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 …

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 …