An urgent alert has been sent out to Amazon and Royal Mail customers about up to four scams circulating as the festive season draws near. Customers are being forewarned about an increase in fraudulent activities as December 25 approaches. Rob Lilley-Jones, Which? consumer specialist, warned: “With so many parcels expected …
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Police have announced that no charging decisions linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal will be made until the public inquiry’s final report is out. The investigation, now involving 100 officers from across the UK, is centred on possible perjury and perverting the course of justice related to the wrongful …
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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 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, …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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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