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Three men have been convicted of murdering a 36-year-old man following a drive-by shooting in Merseyside. Rikki Berry died after a balaclava-clad man riding an electric bike fired four shots at him in Quarryside Drive, Kirkby at 6.33pm on 17 July 2024. Rikki Berry The electric bike was travelling on the pavement but in convoy […]

A man has been found guilty of defrauding Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000 which was meant to support small businesses during the Coronavirus pandemic. Aftab Baig, 47 from Glasgow, made fraudulent grant claims against thirty-two properties, which were branches of Greggs, arranging for the money to go into his business account.  He […]

A criminology student at Liverpool University has been sentenced for sexually assaulting two female students. Ewan Blair Ewan Blair, 20, of Brownlow Hill in, Liverpool, met both women in the autumn term of 2023 and both said he seemed friendly at first. He met one of the women in a bar in Liverpool city centre […]

A teenager who killed three young girls and attempted to kill ten others, including eight children at a Southport dance class has been jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 52 years before he can be considered for release. Axel Rudakubana, then 17, entered the Hart Space studio on Hart Street Southport on […]

A TEENAGER who attacked children at a Taylor Swift themed dance class, killing three and seriously injuring 10 other people has today pleaded guilty. Axel Rudakubana  Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to murdering three young girls at the dance class in Southport on July 29 last year. He […]

Three convicted money launderers, responsible for illegally obtaining Australian dollars and laundering them through cryptocurrency, have today been ordered to pay a total of £23,629,031 through a Confiscation Order made by the court today. Stephen William Boys, 56, was convicted at Preston Crown Court on 13 January 2023 of money laundering along with Kelly Caton, […]

A former takeaway worker who laundered the proceeds of fraud, which saw her rise from living above a restaurant to residing in a multi-million pound rented house, in an affluent part of North London, has been ordered to pay back more than £3.1 million or face extra time in jail.  Jian Wen Jian Wen, 42, […]

Two men have been jailed for life for killing a teenager in a row over a £20 drug debt. Connor Smith and Martin Wilson Connor Smith, 26, and Martin Wilson, 37 conspired and carried out their plan to kill Nyle Corrigan, 19, on 12 November 2020. Nyle was cycling on Boode Croft, Stockbridge Village, Merseyside, […]

Former police officer Lewis Edwards and his mother Rebekah Edwards have been sentenced after attempting to conceal crucial evidence following an online child abuse and blackmail case. Lewis Edwards, aged 25 and a former police officer, was convicted of multiple child sexual online offences in October 2023 including inciting a child under 13 to engage […]

A man who planned a terrorist attack at a London law firm and made a threat to kill a solicitor has been sentenced to a hospital order. Cavan Medlock, 32, walked into the office of the law firm in Harrow shortly before 5pm on 7 September 2020 and asked to see a solicitor by name. […]