Tag Archives: Crime

A family of car thieves who committed a spate of keyless vehicle thefts across the South East were caught after incriminating messages were found on their phones. The trio targeted high value motors over an 18 month period from May 2022 to November 2023. Father and son George Bolton Senior, …

An Italian school teacher who admitted sexually assaulting a Ryanair flight attendant as a plane was about to land has dodged jail. Sebastian Russo, 39, was travelling on the flight from Krakow in Poland to Edinburgh when he touched the cabin crew member on the behind while she was attending …

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 …

Plymouth has seen an increase in the number of teenage girls being violent and aggressive. There are now almost twice the number of girls in the criminal justice system compared to pre pandemic times. Police say girl-on-girl violence is becoming more prevalent and there are more female offenders under 25 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

A ‘violent’ and ‘abusive’ man has been jailed at Glasgow High Court after carrying out a campaign of sexual offences, violence and abuse across the country. Anthony Gibson subjected several women to abuse across Lanarkshire, Fife, Edinburgh and Midlothian. Gibson, 37, has been jailed for 13 years. Gibson was charged …

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 mother has been left fearful over the security of her career after being given a penalty fine for taking her daughter out of school during term time for a holiday. Natalie Saunders travelled to Bodrum, Turkey, on holiday with her eight-year-old daughter for a week-long getaway in May of …