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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | James Tozer |Craig McGlasson
BREAKING NEWSWoman, 25, appears in court for 'attempted murder of two police officers' with knifeBy JAMES TOZER and CRAIG MCGLASSON Published: 12:07 EDT, 29 May 2025 | Updated: 12:07 EDT, 29 May 2025 A woman appeared in court today accused of attempting to murder two police officers using a knife. Hannah Smaile, 25, was charged after officers were called to an address in Carlisle at around 9.30am yesterday.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | James Tozer |Craig McGlasson
A besotted mayor who wrote unwanted love letters to a bar worker almost 50 years his junior then sent them to a different woman by mistake has been spared jail. Graham Roberts, 72, became infatuated with Kate Blacklock, 26, during twice-weekly visits to the Sunny Hill pub in Whitehaven, Cumbria where he was serving as mayor. Through his role as a town councillor, lovestruck Roberts scoured the electoral roll and found what he thought was her full name and address, a court heard.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | James Tozer |Craig McGlasson
A convicted child rapist and his partner who ran a global black market prescription drugs empire which raked in more than £4million were jailed today. The colossal criminal enterprise masterminded by Christopher Templeman, 38, and 39-year-old Lisa Harper from a rented shipping container in Cumbria operated for almost three years. At one stage their local post office had to employ two extra staff due to the volume of packages Harper was sending all over the world.
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2 months ago | 
thetimes.com | Constance Kampfner |Craig McGlasson
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Craig McGlasson |James Tozer
A woman who wore a fake 'baby' bump and burst balloons at a bogus gender reveal party while duping a man she met online was jailed today. Libby Vernon, 23, spun a web of cruel lies, tricking her unsuspecting boyfriend into believing they were going to have twins together. During the 13-month deception, she used a fake Facebook account and false medical documents to string him along, a court heard today.
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2 months ago | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Craig McGlasson |Charlotte Hadfield
"We will ache for her for the rest of our lives"The mum of a young woman found dead in a van alongside her boyfriend following a police pursuit said "we will ache for her for the rest of our lives". Ellie Marsden, 20, and 24-year-old Ryan Duffy, were found dead inside a Citroen Berlingo at around 7.30am on September 5, 2021.
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2 months ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Craig McGlasson |Chris Slater
The mum of a man from Greater Manchester who died in a crash following a 'spontaneous pursuit' by police says 'no other family should be made to go through what we have had to endure.' Ryan Duffy, 24, was found dead inside a Citroen Berlingo van alongside his girlfriend, 20-year-old Ellie Marsden, in Cumbria at around 7:30am on September 5, 2021.
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Richard Marsden |Craig McGlasson
A police officer’s decision to engage in a ‘spontaneous pursuit’ of a young couple’s van late at night contributed to a crash which claimed both their lives, an inquest jury has found today. Ellie Marsden, 20, and her boyfriend Ryan Duffy, 24, were found dead hours after their vehicle had left the road and collided with a tree near Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria.
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2 months ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Craig McGlasson |James Holt
Ellie Marsden, 20, and boyfriend Ryan Duffy, 24, both from Wigan, were found dead inside their Citroen Berlingo during a holiday to CumbriaThe mum of a young woman who was found dead alongside her boyfriend in a car following a police pursuit has spoken of her heartbreak and how the family's 'lives are shattered without her'. Ryan Duffy, 24, and 20-year Ellie Marsden, both from Wigan, were found dead inside a Citroen Berlingo at around 7:30am on September 5, 2021.
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2 months ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Craig McGlasson |Chris Slater
Ryan Duffy and Ellie Marsden were found dead inside a Citroen Berlingo in CumbriaA police officer’s late night road pursuit of a young couple’s van contributed to a crash which tragically claimed both their lives, an inquest jury has ruled. Ryan Duffy, 24, and 20-year Ellie Marsden, both from Wigan, were found dead inside a Citroen Berlingo at around 7:30am on September 5, 2021.
