Brian Farmer

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Police get more calls after Peterborough sex offender jailed

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

Image source, Cambridgeshire PoliceImage caption, Lorry driver Craig France was given a jail sentence in late MarchDetectives investigating a lorry driver jailed for sex offences are set to follow up more calls they have received from the public. Craig France, 33, of Hammonds Drive, Peterborough, was jailed for 10 years and seven months in late March after admitting offences against four women.
Luton paedophile Carson Grimes admits more sex crimes

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

Image source, Bedfordshire PoliceA convicted child sex offender is set to spend more time in jail after 13 more victims emerged following coverage of his case. Carson Grimes, 69, who lived in Dumfries Street, Luton, has admitted 24 further offences including rape and indecent assault. Detectives say media reporting, including an episode of the Channel 4 series 24 Hours in Police Custody, led to more people making allegations.
Fans complete 100-mile Peterborough to Stockport charity walk

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

Image source, Mike Petch/Stockport CountyImage caption, (Left to right) Dave Thompson, Jamie Reding, Steve Cunningham, Eddie Owen and David Wardle walked more than 100 milesFive football fans are counting cash and blisters after walking more than 100 miles for charity. Stockport County supporters Dave Thompson, Jamie Reding, Steve Cunningham, Eddie Owen and David Wardle made a four-day Easter trek which has raised more than £9,000.
Cambridge man guilty of murdering former flatmate

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

Image source, Cambridge PoliceImage caption, Jonathon Austin had claimed he blacked out after being threatened with a knifeA man has been found guilty of murdering his former flatmate. Neil Lakhani, 38, was strangled to death at his home in Greengates Court, Cambridge, in September. Detectives said he had accused Jonathon Austin of stealing his passport, which turned into a "trivial argument" and "escalated into violence".
Hemel Hempstead woman who murdered daughter jailed

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

Image source, Hertfordshire PoliceImage caption, Shilyrand Charigwati's two-year-old daughter Roselyn was suffocatedA nurse who suffocated her two-year-old daughter must spend at least 16 years in prison for murder, a judge has ruled. Shilyrand Charigwati, 30, of Juniper Square, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, was jailed at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday after being found guilty of murder.
Aylesbury man, 82, admits New Year assault on elderly woman

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

Image source, GoogleImage caption, Police said they were called by South Central Ambulance Service to Buckingham Street in AylesburyBBC News, BuckinghamshireAn 82-year-old man has admitted causing grievous bodily harm to an 81-year-old woman over New Year. Terrence Clarke, of Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, had been charged with attempting to murder the elderly woman. He denied attempted murder at a hearing in Aylesbury Crown Court on Tuesday, but admitted assault causing grievous bodily harm.
Man admits murdering two women on Christmas Day

1 month 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.
Murder accused asked friend to buy knives online

1 month 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.
Police's drug violence fear as murder trial ends

1 month 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.
Driver using WhatsApp killed teen crossing road

1 month 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.