Andy Dolan

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Andy Dolan

A 'wicked' mother-of-four who was caught preparing to travel to Afghanistan with her children to make them martyrs for Islamic State has today been jailed for life. Farishta Jami, 36, pledged allegiance to Islamic State and had a 'clear interest in the use of children in warfare' including videos of children carrying out executions, which she shared online.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Andy Dolan

Ex-detective, 54, appears in court over fatal crash that killed pedestrian and injured anotherBy ANDY DOLAN Published: 06:33 EDT, 10 April 2025 | Updated: 06:33 EDT, 10 April 2025 A former Detective Chief Inspector appeared in court today charged with causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Former Derbyshire Constabularly officer Michael Cooper, 54, was charged following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Andy Dolan |Claire Duffin

He was hardly the first teenager to have his heart broken. But the 15-year-old boy convicted of killing an elderly dog walker blamed his savage attack on being dumped by a girlfriend. The youth, who was just 14 when he pounced on octogenarian Bhim Kohli in a park yards from the victim's front door, was arrested the next day after police found him hiding in a bush.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Andy Dolan

Jonathan Peter Brooks' trial for attempted murder was the ninth time it had been listed before a jury since it was first expected to get underway in September 2021. However, he failed to attend court throughout most of the case - the second time he has faced a jury over the near-fatal attack on fellow plastic surgeon Graeme Perks - after going on hunger strike in custody, something Mr Justice Pepperall said was a deliberate attempt to get the case adjourned again.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Tom Rawstorne |Andy Dolan

After more than a decade, the hatred that had simmered within Peter Brooks finally exploded. In the early hours of January 14, 2021, dressed head to toe in camouflage clothing, he left his house and cycled a mile to the family home of former colleague Graeme Perks. There, the 61-year-old smashed his way into the conservatory with a crowbar and doused the ground floor with petrol he had brought with him.