Three elite soldiers from the Queen’s elite Grenadier Guards have been jailed for a total of 24 years after holding up seven convenience stores in just three days. Kristopher James-Merrill, 20, Dillon Sharpe, 23, and Elnur Bracegirdle, 21, used a stun gun and knives to terrorise shop owners across south London. The Grenadier Guards regiment is … Read more
A Tesco retail store manager who dumped the body of a chef in woodland near his flat has been jailed for six years. Hiran Chauhan, 24, went to the home of Neil Cuckson, 32, after they chatted on dating app Grindr and discussed taking drugs, Manchester Crown Court heard. Cuckson said they engaged in chemsex, … Read more
A drugs gang which flooded the East Midlands and Liverpool with class A drugs has been jailed for more than 100 years. The group of 22 people sold and moved illegal drugs across the East Midlands and even as far as Liverpool. Members of the gang sold class A drugs such as cocaine, as well … Read more
People smuggler is jailed for three years after being caught trying bring THREE Vietnamese migrants hidden in a roof box with no ventilation into Britain Robert Rooney admitted facilitating illegal entry of three migrants last October The HGV driver locked two men and one girl inside an ‘airtight’ roof box He was stopped at the … Read more
The son of celebrity TV chef Rachel Allen has been handed a 15 month jail sentence for having nearly £19,000 worth of cannabis at the world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School. Joshua Allen, 19, was handed the sentence on Friday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to the possession for sale or supply of the drug … Read more
A glamorous conwoman who led a lavish lifestyle of holidays and shopping by ripping off victims through online property rental fraud is behind bars after returning to the UK. Leah Farley, 31, spent two years dodging the authorities in Turkey after she failed to turn up to court for sentencing. She was finally arrested when … Read more
A crossbow killer has been jailed for life after murdering retired lecturer Gerald Corrigan at home in Wales in a ‘medieval-style execution’. Terence Whall, 39, was also sentenced to six years, to be served concurrently, for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice after plotting to destroy the Land Rover Discovery he was driving the … Read more
Labourer, 35, who drove a digger into the front of a Travelodge causing £443,000 of damage because he was owed £600 in Christmas wages is jailed for more than five years John Manley sentenced for five years and four months at Liverpool Crown Court The labourer drove into reception of Travelodge hotel on January 21 … Read more
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Michael Willis, 74, is jailed for 18 months after being caught with nearly 500 child sexual abuse images Michael Willis – stage name Steve Merike – worked with the BBC in the 1970s Willis was caught with nearly 500 indecent images after police raided his yacht He had previously told … Read more
Masterminds behind a £10million fraud which saw the UK’s largest illegal tobacco factory produce 140 packs of cigarettes a minute have been jailed. John Watson Snr, 47, who was a director of Doncaster Greyhound stadium, Terence Jacques, 60, and security guard Russell Haywood, 48, led a 12-man gang who made millions of counterfeit cigarettes which … Read more