Brian Farmer

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Brian Farmer

A man has pleaded guilty to murdering two women on Christmas Day. Jazwell Brown stabbed Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, at a block of flats in Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley. At a hearing at Luton Crown Court on Tuesday, Brown, 49, also admitted attempting to murder 29-year-old Bradley Latter and a teenage boy during the same attack. He is due to be sentenced on 22 May. Brown, also of Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, spoke only to confirm his identity and enter pleas.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Brian Farmer

A teenager accused of stabbing a man to death has told a jury he paid a friend to buy him knives online on two occasions because he was underage. Jacob Zuco, of Kimble Drive, Bedford, said he asked a friend to order a knife for him because he was "meant to be" 18. He told Luton Crown Court he used the knife in a "tussle" with Leon Penman in March 2024 - when he was still 17.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Farmer

A senior detective has called on the public to help fight the "illicit drugs trade" following the murder of a gang "runner"Det Insp Justine Jenkins said "too often" the trade was "fuelling violence and exploitation" in Bedfordshire. She was speaking after two men were convicted of being involved in the killing of a 37-year-old drug "runner" Dean Fountaine, from Leighton Buzzard.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Farmer

A 25-year-old woman has been jailed for five and a half years after hitting a 14-year-old boy who was crossing a road while she was distracted by a messaging app. Christopher Arnett was killed after being hit by a car driven by Evie Wiles in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on 2 February 2023. Judge Andrew Hatton said Wiles, of Lockers Park Lane in the town, had gone through a red light at a junction and been distracted by a WhatsApp conversation.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Brian Farmer

Image source, Cambridgeshire PoliceImage caption, A knife was found next to Neil Lakhani's body in the flat off Histon RoadAn autistic man has denied murdering a "mate" who had cancer during a fight in a flat. Neil Lakhani, 38, died after fighting with Jonathon Austin, 23, at his home in Greengates Court in Cambridge in September 2024, a trial heard.