A cruel fraudster who claimed to own a haulage company scammed an elderly woman out of her life savings. John Kavanagh, 58, met a woman on a dating app and shortly after the relationship began he said he had financial problems. Newcastle Crown Court heard the woman gave him £250 …
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A dangerous paedophile has been found guilty of crimes against multiple young girls. Dominic Scribbins, aged 39 and from Plymouth, sexually assaulted girls between the ages of four and 14 between 2003 and 2019, carrying out his attacks on victims in the Bristol and Dorset areas. A criminal investigation was …
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A Cheltenham man was one of two robbers who threw an axe at a police car during a long police chase through Worcestershire in a desperate and ultimately failed attempt to avoid arrest. Christopher Lamb, 27, of Vittoria Walk, Cheltenham, and Christopher Keylock, 56, of Evesham Road, Cleeve Prior, carried …
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A North Lincolnshire man was found with scores of indecent images of children along with people having sex with dogs, horses and chickens. Sky Gray, 37, of St Botolph’s Road, Scunthorpe, admitted making indecent images of children, possession of prohibited images and extreme pornographic images. At Grimsby Crown Court, Harry …
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It’s the weekend and therefore time for a look at the cases that have recently come before Cornwall’s magistrates. Everyone who has been charged with an offence, from the least to the most serious, appears initially before the magistrates. The most serious cases are then sent to the crown court. …
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A fraudster used other people’s names to obtain a passport and provisional driving licence, a court has heard. John McKinney, 42, also stole mail with chequebooks while working as a Royal Mail postman to write himself cheques to “stay afloat” while struggling financially. McKinney, of The Glebe, Cubert, appeared at …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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