A taxi driver and former postman whose son was a promising Everton Academy footballer was secretly part of a major heroin and cocaine ring. Kevin Rimmer acted as a courier for the conspiracy led by Vincent and Francis Coggins, which involved the trafficking of hundreds of kilograms of class A …
Read More »Late-night Epsom ‘altercation’ sees Surrey Police called to high street and man hospitalised
A man has been taken to hospital with head injuries after an altercation in Epsom. Surrey Police officers were called to the high street, between the junctions for Waterloo Road and Church Street, at about 11.15pm on Friday (May 10). An investigation has been launched and police are now looking …
Read More »Mastermind behind world’s most dangerous ransomware gang Lockbit that carried out damaging cyber attacks on Royal Mail and Porton Down is unmasked as Russian hacker
The mastermind behind the world’s most dangerous ransomware gang Lockbit that carried out damaging cyber attacks on Royal Mail and Porton Down has been unmasked as a Russian hacker. The National Crime Agency has identified the Russian national behind the cybercrime group as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. The alleged leader’s identity was revealed …
Read More »Woman pulled from Yorkshire river named by police as man charged with her murder
A woman who died after being pulled from the River Derwent has been named as Lisa Welford and a man has been charged with her murder. North Yorkshire Police alongside members of the public found Lisa in the river at 11.40pm on Wednesday, April 24. She was pulled from the …
Read More »Drop £5 fine for fake ‘Chinese’ stamps, minister urges Royal Mail
Mr Hollinrake wrote: “You will be aware of concerns being expressed by parliamentary colleagues about the £5 surcharge being applied, where a number of them have claimed that they have bought stamps from legitimate sources, but which have then been identified as counterfeit by your system. “I recognise that where …
Read More »Scottish gran of baby battered by brute after mum died slams ‘unfair’ jail sentence
The grandmother of a Scottish baby who was battered by an evil brute has slammed his four years prison sentence and says it ‘doesn’t feel like justice’. Violent Mark Tannahill left the infant with broken ribs and a fractured skull after her mum died of cancer eight weeks after giving …
Read More »The e-scooter riding Nottinghamshire man who stabbed five total strangers
Police have released images of an e-scooter riding man from Nottingham who stabbed five total strangers in the street. Junior Dietlin, a paranoid schizophrenic, crept up behind each of his victims – four in Mansfield and one in Mapperley – stabbed them once in the upper arm and then ran …
Read More »Royal Mail van stolen and raided as police issue CCTV images in hunt for suspects
Police have released CCTV images after a Royal Mail van was raided and stolen. Officers are investigating the theft of a van in Kenilworth. The probe has been running since November last year and now they have released images of three men they say they want to speak to. “Between …
Read More »All the lies armed gang told in court over DPD worker’s horror daytime execution
They concocted a huge web of lies, hoping their tales of deception would set them free. But jurors rejected their claims of innocence, convicting them of their crime after listening to hours of evidence. Now four murderers face life behind bars after being found guilty of killing DPD worker Aurman …
Read More »Post Office scandal victim Janet Skinner says ‘You’re still made to feel like you’re a criminal’
A former Hull sub-postmaster wrongly jailed in the Horizon scandal says she is still made to feel like she is a criminal as she fights for compensation. Janet Skinner is one of several in the region who say they are “more frustrated than ever” about delays in getting what they …
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