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  • 6 days ago | worcesternews.co.uk | Lynda Roughley

    Paedophile Michael Kelly, of Burford Close, Worcester, was found guilty of 24 sex offences against children and jailed yesterday at Liverpool Crown Court. The 66-year-old former Armed Forces veteran carried out attacks in Worcestershire and also Liscard in Wallasey on the Wirral. The court heard how his appalling behaviour spanning about 12 years came to light in 2022 when the rape victim revealed what had happened to her.

  • 1 week ago | wirralglobe.co.uk | Lynda Roughley

    A court heard how Demi McCleary and the victim, Abi Evans, were talking outside McCleary’s home in Townfield Close, Noctorum, on the evening of December 30, 2023. The discussion turned into an argument and they ended up fighting, despite McCleary’s boyfriend trying to stop them until eventually he was able to break them up. The defendant went into her kitchen and came back out with a large kitchen knife and slashed the victim resulting in her ear being sliced and she received a cut to her arm.

  • 1 week ago | warrington-worldwide.co.uk | Lynda Roughley

    A trip to a Warrington gym ended with a young woman being sexually assaulted by another keep fit enthusiast during a “mad half hour”, a court heard. Stuart Bennett molested the woman, whom he knew, at the Pure Gym in the town after pinning her against a wall on May 22, 2023.

  • 1 week ago | warrington-worldwide.co.uk | Lynda Roughley

    A furnace builder from Warrington made malicious and sinister communications to his former partner after assaulting her, a court heard. Kane Moore grabbed and pushed Jessica Brien after he lost his temper when she had been unable to borrow some shin pads he wanted. Liverpool Crown Court heard that he ran up screaming to her bedroom and shouted, ‘I f…ing hate you, you’re a f….ing b….h’ and he threw her PlayStation controller on the floor.

  • 1 week ago | wigantoday.net | Lynda Roughley

    A Wigan father-to-be who hurled missiles at police during the Southport riot has been jailed.

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