Bruce Unwin

6 days ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Bruce Unwin

2 1/1 A woman accused of making a false report to police investigating the recent shooting death in Stanley has been refused bail by a judge. Michaela Hetherington was one of the first two of six people now arrested amid widespread inquiries into the killing of Barry Dawson in a shooting through the downstairs front window of his home in Elm Street, South Moor, on Saturday, April 5.

1 week ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Bruce Unwin

3 1/1 An inexperienced teenage driver "showing off" to passengers was responsible for the death of a young woman celebrating her 18th birthday. Three other passengers suffered serious, debilitating injuries in the single-vehicle high-speed collision on an unlit, part-flooded rural road in County Durham, in October 2023.

2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Bruce Unwin

2 1/1 A banned driver, at a low point, "panicked" on seeing the blue light of a patrol car and tried to evade police, a court heard. Kieron Nicki Lee Lewis, who was said to have an "absolutely dreadful record", accelerated while at the wheel of a Seat Leon. As police followed he was seen frequently crossing onto the wrong side of the road, in residential areas of Peterlee, on January 20 this year.

2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Bruce Unwin

2 1/1 A man who could not accept his ex-partner was seeing someone else carried out his threat to come to her home armed with a knife, a court heard. Glenn Armstrong, who was carrying a large kitchen knife, smashed his way into his ex-partner’s Spennymoor home via a patio door, shortly after 3.30am on January 2 this year. In messaging shortly beforehand, he told his ex-partner he would come around with, "knives, guns and dogs".

2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Bruce Unwin

2 1/1 Motorbike couriers, who deliver vital blood and medical supplies to the region’s healthcare facilities, have, themselves, received an important donation. The £1,000 “shot-in-the-arm” from Durham City Freemen, will contribute to the running costs of Northumbrian Blood Bikes’ fleet of a dozen bikes and eight cars. Those vehicles use more than £7,500 worth of fuel per year and face an annual £26,000 insurance bill.