Roofer, 28, who crossed the Irish Sea from Scotland to the Isle of Man on a JET SKI to visit his girlfriend during lockdown is jailed for breaking Covid rules after four-and-a-half-hour journey Dale McLaughlan made daring trip despite never driving such a vehicle before After reaching land, he had to trek another 15 miles … Read more
Two career criminals who murdered a 61-year-old man in his own home after tying him up and torturing him in an ordeal lasting up to an hour have been jailed for life. Craig Stanton, 43, and Alexander Mackay, 47, broke into Saleem Butt’s house in Batley, West Yorkshire, through an open window on April 24 … Read more
Two Russian hooligans who battered an English football fan into a coma and left him paralysed at the Euro 2016 tournament have been jailed. Pavel Kosov, a 33-year-old truck driver, was jailed for ten years for leading the attack on Andrew Bache, 55, ahead of England’s opening match against Russia in Marseille. PE teacher Mikhail … Read more
A mother-of-one stabbed a man to death during a row over him gate-crashing a friend’s house party. Leanne Bentley, 28, knifed 51-year old Peter Richardson in the back when fighting broke out after he was offered a beer. Bentley who was attending the party at a friend’s house had mistakenly assumed Richardson had ‘helped himself’ … Read more
A £90,000-a-year City worker who blamed her lover for the death of their miracle IVF baby was blasted as a ‘consummate actress’ today (Fri) as the couple were jailed for a total of 17 years. Clare Sanders, 44, and Thomas Vaitkevicius, 45, attacked tiny Eva on at least three separate occasions and shook her to … Read more
A thug who murdered a neighbour before trying to make it look like a burglary had gone wrong will spend at least 18 years in jail after being jailed for life today. William Nimmo, 34, was found guilty of beating 56-year-old Robert – known as Stuart – Clelland to death at his flat in Galston, … Read more
Murdered teenager Louise Smith’s ‘predatory’ uncle has been jailed for at least 25 years after beating her to death and assaulting her in a ‘sexually motivated’ killing. Shane Mays, from Havant, Hampshire, smirked as he sat in the dock to be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court after being found guilty of the murder of the … Read more
A former public schoolboy and professional rugby player was jailed today after trying to swallow 50 packets of crack cocaine and heroin. Police had chased Lewis Szewczyk, 27, over fences and through back gardens, eventually tackling him to the ground where they saw him trying to swallow numerous packets of drugs. Szewczyk, a professional rugby player … Read more
Two sisters-turned-gangsters who ran a multi-million pound drugs ring from their beauty salon business have been jailed. Shazia, 43, and Abia Din, 45, operated online beauty product supply business ‘Beauty Booth’ in Bury as a front for their covert criminal enterprise. The Dins were farming out heroin, cocaine and amphetamines to contacts in South Yorkshire, through the … Read more
Swarovski heiress socialite is ‘devastated’ after her husband is jailed for eight years in Austria’s biggest corruption trial since WWII Ex-Austrian finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser has been jailed following trial His wife, socialite Swarovski heiress Fiona Swarovski is ‘devastated’ at verdict Grasser, 51, was part of a gang that received bribes for helping property bidder The Swarovski … Read more