A 17-year-old from London has been arrested after being found with more than 100 wraps of suspected Class A drugs in a Chelmsford park. Officers on patrol saw the teenager while he was in an alley close to New Writtle Street at about 11.40pm on Saturday January 18. When he …
Read More »Loner paedophile thought he was telling a girl, 14, she’d look ‘sexy in a swimming costume’
A convicted sex offender has been jailed after a sting by a paedophile hunter group posing as a child. Giles Cockett, of Dick Lane, Bradford, had been given a five-year community order, which included a sex offender treatment programme, back in 2018. But in August last year he started communicating …
Read More »Ilkeston stalker used fake Facebook profile during chilling campaign against seven women
A stalker harassed seven different women and threatened to rape one of them. Derby Crown Court heard how David Brudenell messaged one of the women for several months on a fake Facebook profile, sending her sexually explicit images he had super imposed her face on to as well as voice …
Read More »‘Vladimir Putin’s hacking squads won’t get payouts for striking in UK’ vow
Exclusive: Security Minister Dan Jarvis told The Mirror that cyber-criminals protected by Vladimir Putin are among the most serious threats facing the UK and vowed: ‘We must tackle it head on’ Security Miniser Dan Jarvis has pledged to tackle ransonware attacks head-on ( Image: Tim Merry) The UK’s Security Minister …
Read More »Teenager seriously injured in street attack
A teenager suffered a serious injury in an attack last night. A police cordon was put in place outside Lindo Guitars on Broomhill Road in Brislington. Avon and Somerset Police said the victim, aged 16 and from Bath, was assaulted by a group of people near Corston Post Office and …
Read More »Man caught trying to smuggle Vietnamese migrants through Dover in secret van compartment
A 23-year-old Romanian tried to smuggle four Vietnamese migrants through the Port of Dover hidden in a secret van compartment. Marian-Marius Radu was stopped by Border Force officers in September at Dover after the four migrants were intercepted while walking across vehicle lanes near the port. It was later revealed …
Read More »Kent man knocked out by ‘rival group armed with baseball bats’ after pub argument
A man knocked unconscious on an island off the northern coast of Kent has been raced to a London hospital due to the seriousness of his condition after being reportedly attacked with a baseball bat. Five men have been arrested following the incident on the Isle of Sheppey. Kent Police …
Read More »Two men in court after drugs seized in Birmingham
Two men appeared in court after drugs were seized in Birmingham. It follows a quantity of drugs and cash being discovered in Lozells. Abdi Risak, 21, and Abdullaahi Hassan, 30, were charged with possessing cannabis with intent to supply. The pair appeared before Birmingham Magistrates’ on Thursday, December 19. They …
Read More »Police hunting three men for ‘distraction thefts’ in Essex
Distraction thieves have tried to swipe large sums of cash from people in Essex, claiming there was “something on their jacket”. Essex Police have released an image of three men they want to speak to in connection to two distraction thefts in Southend on Friday (December 20). During both incidents, …
Read More »Two arrested after Kent Police raid finds 2,000 cannabis plants at Lydd industrial unit
A cannabis factory in Kent has been uncovered by police and two arrests have been made. Officers swooped on an industrial unit in Lydd. They discovered more than 2,000 cannabis plants and a large quantity of the buds which had been harvested. There was also cultivation equipment, fans and lighting. …
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