Brian Farmer

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Brian Farmer

A team of cold case detectives recently involved in solving three major crimes still has more than 70 unsolved murders on its books. The specialist investigators are part of a joint major crime unit set up by police forces in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. Their work has made headlines in recent years after men involved in the killings of Carol Morgan in1981, Rikki Neave in 1994, and Una Crown in 2013, were jailed.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Farmer

A drug user was being investigated on suspicion of stabbing a family member when he murdered a "low-level" cannabis dealer, a judge has heard. Yasar Hussain, 27, of Cades Close, Luton, was told that be must spend at least 21 years in jail after being convicted of 53-year-old David Dosa's murder. Jurors at a trial in Luton Crown Court had heard how Mr Dosa, a grandfather, died after being stabbed in the neck outside his flat in Farley Court, Luton, on 15 August.

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

A 27-year-old man who destroyed his sim card and fled to an Airbnb after killing a grandfather has been convicted of murder. David Dosa died after being stabbed in the neck outside his flat in Farley Court in Luton on 15 August. Yasar Hussain, 27, denied murdering the 53-year-old but was found guilty following a trial at Luton Crown Court. Jurors were told he fled on an e-scooter and was arrested after being tracked down to Airbnb accommodation in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Farmer

A stabbing victim chased his attacker brandishing a walking stick shortly before dying, a prosecutor has told a trial. David Dosa, 53, ran after Yasar Hussain, 27, after being stabbed in the neck near his flat in Farley Court, Luton, in August 2024, said barrister Sean Larkin KC. Mr Hussain, who was riding an e-scooter, got away from Mr Dosa, Mr Larkin told the a jury at Luton Crown Court.

1 month 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.