Esther Halligan

1 month ago | gazettelive.co.uk | Esther Halligan

A pervert shouted and swore at a judge in court as he was locked up for child sex offences on Thursday. Karl Marper, 56, was caught with an undeclared laptop - after police turned up at a Hartlepool hotel he was living at. Marper sat on top of his device, on the bed, in an effort to hide it. He is banned from owning any online device unless he has given the police details of it under the terms of a lifelong sexual harm prevention order, imposed in 2020.

1 month ago | gazettelive.co.uk | Esther Halligan

A jilted ex, who couldn't accept his relationship was over, would not leave his former partner alone. Jake Bringloe kept turning up at his ex-partner's flat, hammering on communal doors and demanding to be let in. Teesside Crown Court heard that Bringloe's victim was left "at the lowest point of her life" after his campaign of harassment.

1 month ago | gazettelive.co.uk | Esther Halligan

A woman has pleaded guilty to blackmail in a short hearing at Teesside Crown Court. Jenna Speight demanded £7,000 off a man who the court heard had distributed information about Speight's benefits claim from Middlesbrough Council. She blackmailed her victim between August 26 and 30, last year. Gary Wood, mitigating, said that the 35-year-old had threatened to report her victim to the authorities and had demanded the cash.

1 month ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Esther Halligan

A cocaine-couriering mum was caught transporting £1.5m of the Class A drug from Manchester to the North East. Amy Elstob, 30, and her boyfriend Kevin Slack, 41, were stopped on their way back from Manchester, on November 14 last year. The police, who were acting on intelligence about suspected drug dealing, found 15kg of cocaine in the boot of the car. Teesside Crown Court heard the drugs have a street value of just under £1.5m. Elstob said she took the job in return for £1,000.

1 month ago | gazettelive.co.uk | Esther Halligan

A cocaine-couriering mum was caught transporting £1.5m of the Class A drug from Manchester to the North East. Amy Elstob, 30, and her boyfriend Kevin Slack, 41, were stopped on their way back from Manchester, on November 14 last year. The police, who were acting on intelligence about suspected drug dealing, found 15kg of cocaine in the boot of the car. Teesside Crown Court heard the drugs have a street value of just under £1.5m. Elstob said she took the job in return for £1,000.