Richard Matthews, 37, stole the distinctive pale blue Ford Anglia 105E from a garage in Kent on October 17, 2019 A burglar who stole an immaculately restored replica of an iconic Harry Potter car has been jailed for one year and ten months. Richard Matthews, 37, stole the distinctive pale blue Ford Anglia 105E from … Read more
Father is jailed for nine months after forcing his daughter to perform ‘astonishingly cruel’ exercise he called ‘the caterpillar’ as punishment for hours leaving her with carpet burns Father forced his daughter to carry out ‘the caterpillar’ between 2pm and 9pm Exercise involved ‘pushing her whole body up then straight down to the floor’ Combined … Read more
Lorry driver is jailed for two years for trying to smuggle ancient coins, arrowheads and statues into UK to sell for Bulgarian mafia bosses Dimitar Dimitrov, 41, was working as courier for Bulgarian organised crime gang Officers found ancient coins, pendants, brooches and spearheads in the trailer Dimitrov denied any knowledge of artefacts which are … Read more
Lorry driver is jailed for two years for trying to smuggle ancient coins, arrowheads and statues into UK to sell for Bulgarian mafia bosses Dimitar Dimitrov, 41, was working as courier for Bulgarian organised crime gang Officers found ancient coins, pendants, brooches and spearheads in the trailer Dimitrov denied any knowledge of artefacts which are … Read more
Street prowler, 25, is jailed for six weeks for threatening to rape woman and break into her house as he followed her near Clapham Common in three separate incidents Max Ronaldson, 25, hurled abuse at the woman as she walked home in London The street prowler pleaded guilty to harassment and threatening behaviour On Friday … Read more
Three Romanian women have been jailed after forming a pickpocketing gang to steal phones and purses from unsuspecting students. Ribana Mihai, 24, her sister Luminita, 21, and cousin Rebecca State, also 21, were caught by an undercover police operation after ten victims a day were targeted outside Manchester Metropolitan University. The women – all Romanian … Read more
A burglary gang who flew in and out of the UK to rob at five upmarket homes in a month and returned home to Poland for Christmas in the midst of their crime spree have been jailed. The four ‘well-organised and forensically aware’ Polish nationals communicated over walkie-talkies to avoid being tracked by mobile phone signals. … Read more
Former soldier, 29, is jailed for nearly three years for terrifying elderly customers into buying new windows and doors after challenging one upset victim on crutches who complained to ‘step outside’ Richard Evans led team telling customers their homes put insurance in danger His firm would ‘pressurise’ customers into agreeing deals by using ‘scare tactics’ … Read more
Former soldier, 29, is jailed for nearly three years for terrifying elderly customers into buying new windows and doors after challenging one upset victim on crutches who complained to ‘step outside’ Richard Evans led team telling customers their homes put insurance in danger His firm would ‘pressurise’ customers into agreeing deals by using ‘scare tactics’ … Read more
Former skipper who piloted small boat packed with migrants across the English Channel becomes tenth person to be jailed for assisting unlawful immigration this year Fariboz Rakei took an inflatable boat across the Channel but was intercepted Boat designed to take eight people but it had 13 people on board including kid Border Force took … Read more