Category : Prosecution


Thief trapped shop worker's hand in till jailed

Michael Wilson, 36, trapped a shop worker's hand in a till and covered her mouth during a robbery at Birch Street Store in Jarrow, stealing £200. He was sentenced to 31 months for robbery and thefts from multiple stores.

Teen who told police 'there's a strap up there' jailed

Francis Collins, 18, directed officers to a gun in his girlfriend's attic and admitted to running a county lines drug operation. He was sentenced to seven years in a young offenders' institute and banned from Southport for a decade.

Fake taxi driver jailed for kidnapping drunk woman

Kuldip Chahal, 51, was jailed for seven years for kidnapping a drunk woman in Newcastle. CCTV captured him dragging the victim into his car. Police intervened after monitoring via Operation Salus.

Wanted Sex Offender Found Mummified in Somerset Caravan

Richard Scatchard, 70, a sex offender on life licence, was found mummified in a caravan at a Watchet campsite six months after his partner Kelly Faiers was found dead. An inquest heard he had rib fractures and no clear cause of death.

Sayers defence: prosecution 'woefully failed' in GBH trial

Defence barristers for John Henry Sayers and his son told the Old Bailey they acted in reasonable self-defence, claiming prosecutors have 'woefully failed' to prove GBH with intent after a machete and metal pole attack on Walter Patterson.

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