Care home manager is jailed after fleecing her patients to send £23,000 to conman she fell in love with on Christian dating site Helen Hughes, 56, took money from residents of the Ashton Park Care Home She took £23,000 in total from five different residents in Newport, South Wales She gave the money to a … Read more
Police officers waging a war against violent London drug gangs who are peddling illegal substances to smaller towns and cities across Britain have smashed more than 80 supply lines as part of a major crime crackdown. Met Police chiefs say 87 ‘county lines’ drug distribution routes have been cut off and 18 dealers controlling some … Read more
A gang member who stole £4million worth of gems from a Mayfair jewellers in one of the biggest shoplifting thefts in British criminal history has been jailed for nearly four years. Mickael Jovanovic was part of a crack team who tricked staff at Boodles into handing over precious jewels then used sleight of hand to … Read more
Former hotel worker Claire Hindley was jailed for 2 years and made the subject of a five year restraining order An unruly daughter, who used her Dr Martens boots to repeatedly stamp on her elderly father after he berated her for getting drunk and frittering away money, has been jailed for two years. Former hotel worker … Read more
Lorry driver Stephen Williams, 30, was jailed for two years for terrorising his teenage lover A former soldier who terrorised his teenager lover by pouring corrosive liquid over her head and stabbing her with a pen has been jailed for two years. Lorry driver Stephen Williams, 30, forced the girl, who was 18 at the … Read more
Drug addict, 34, is jailed for seven years after befriending elderly victims and tricking them into letting her into their homes where she carried out violent robberies Kurline Scott, 34, preyed on trusting pensioners to steal cash in Birmingham On other occasions she turned violent and once kicked down a woman’s door She pleaded guilty … Read more
The killer of schoolboy Rhys Jones used an illicit phone to message a woman he met online – and has now been pictured for the first time since he was jailed. Sean Mercer, now 29, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 22 years after shooting dead 11-year-old Rhys as he walked home from … Read more
Teenage killer, 19, is found dead in his prison cell after he was jailed for beating angler to death with a plank of wood Lenny Crawt, 19, was found dead in his cell by staff during routine checks Death at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution, Bucks, treated non-suspicious Crawt jailed for the murder of Scott Wilkinson, 48, … Read more
Thug, 28, jailed for killing brave father-of-three Garry Newlove could face months longer in a tougher prison as Justice Secretary Robert Buckland blocks his move to an open jail Jordan Cunliffe, 28, was expecting to be released from closed prison this year He was 16 when he murdered father of three Garry Newlove, 47, back … Read more
Two men who targeted one of the Duchess of Cambridge‘s favourite fashion designers in a terrifying axepoint robbery, in which her £30,000 watch was stolen, have been jailed for more than ten years. Amanda Wakeley, the British fashion designer who has supplied evening dresses to countless celebrities and royals, was mugged near Chelsea Harbour, west … Read more