Author: cps

A man who fraudulently applied for five false bounce-back loans during the COVID pandemic has been jailed. Mohammed Uddin, 37 of Dunmow, Essex, previously pleaded guilty to five counts of false representation to make gain and was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court today to 28 months in prison.  He was disqualified from acting as a […]

A group of men who diverted electricity to supply cannabis farms run by organised crime gangs have been jailed for more than 28 years. L-R top: Ross McGinn, Andrew Roberts, Graham Roberts, Greg Black. L-R bottom: Lewin Charles, Aiden Doran, Jack Sherry, Colin White. The men ran a sophisticated operation under cover of being a legitimate […]

Four men who worked for a notorious organised crime family in Liverpool have been told that they must pay back £190,000 or face more time in prison. The Proceeds of Crime Division in the Crown Prosecution Service secured Confiscation Orders against Richard Caswell, 42, Michael Nevin, 37, Jack Brownsill, 25, and Scott Smith, 51, at […]

A man who grabbed a woman in a park in broad daylight and attempted to rape her while she was with her young son has been jailed. John Whitfield John Whitfield, 37, of Layton Close, Birchwood, Warrington, grabbed the woman from behind at around 1.55pm in July 2024. She was in the park in Warrington […]

Two men have been convicted of sexual offences against two girls more than 20 years ago. The two victims in this case were aged just 14 and 15 when the offending began, and both were living in the care system. During the offending period, between September 1996 and December 1997, Paul Doyle, 64, ran a […]

The former boyfriend of murder victim Ashley Dale has been sentenced for conspiracy to supply class A drugs.  Lee Harrison  Lee Harrison, 27, of Liverpool Road, Huyton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin and possession with intent to supply cocaine on 23 December 2024 at Liverpool Crown Court. Harrison was the […]

Three men have been jailed for 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 […]

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 […]