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1 week ago | 
lancs.live | Lynda Roughley
A yob who pulled on a white face mask and then 'lobbed' bricks and concrete at police during a riot has been jailed. David France attempted to disguise himself after joining the angry mob in Southport following the brutal murders of three young girls last summer. A court heard how the 52-year-old also wore gloves in a bid to evade fingerprint evidence while on St Lukes Road on July 30.
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1 week ago | 
warrington-worldwide.co.uk | Lynda Roughley
THREE young men, including one from Warrington, accused of making bogus “active shooter” calls to prompt emergency service responses in the United States and Canada, are to face trial next year if they fail to have the charges dismissed. The trio, from Warrington, St Helens and Somerset, today (Thursday) appeared for the first time at Liverpool Crown Court facing charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Lynda Roughley |Jonny Humphries
Wife begged husband 'don't let me die' after crashLynda Roughley & Jonny HumphriesFamily handoutChristine Jones managed to get her phone out of her bag and call her husband despite her fatal injuriesA woman fatally injured by a careless driver begged her husband "please don't let me die" while laying injured in the wreckage of a crash, a court has heard.
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3 weeks ago | 
warrington-worldwide.co.uk | Lynda Roughley
A drunken drug dealer who was involved in a police pursuit, reaching speeds of 50mph through Warrington in a residential area, has been jailed for more than five years. Jay Rushton aged 27 appeared at Liverpool Crown Court for sentence for a string of drug and driving offences, yesterday, Thursday. Shannon Stewart, prosecuting, said that police officers decided to give chase after they saw a speeding Ford Transit van in Hawley’s Lane in Dallam, Warrington, at 3.40 am on March 29.
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3 weeks ago | 
wigantoday.net | Lynda Roughley
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowA Wigan care worker who sexually assaulted another carer at a Warrington residential home has been convicted of five offences. Emmanuel Onwubiko was found guilty of sexually assaulting the young woman while he was working at the premises in Warrington as an agency worker on January 1, 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
liverpoolworld.uk | Lynda Roughley
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowA holidaymaker flying back from Tenerife was so drunk and offensive that her despairing partner twice moved his seat and the captain had to tannoy her to behave. Catherine Bellis, who had hit the vodka before even boarding the Ryanair plane back to Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport, repeatedly sneakily drank from the duty free bottle she had brought with her.
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3 weeks ago | 
warrington-worldwide.co.uk | Lynda Roughley
An Orford man was found with 13 kilos of cocaine in the back of a car a court heard. Keith Sherwood appeared at Liverpool Crown Court for sentence today (Tue) but this was postponed to enable more information about the drugs to be provided by the police. Sherwood, aged 46 of Withers Avenue, was stopped by police by Tarbock Island as he was heading east along the M62 on April 17 this year.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Richard Marsden |Lynda Roughley
A holidaymaker flying back from Tenerife was so drunk and offensive her despairing partner twice moved seats and the captain even had to tell her off over the tannoy, a court heard. Catherine Bellis, 44, hit the vodka even before boarding the three-and-a-half hour Ryanair flight to Liverpool John Lennon Airport from the holiday island. She then downed a further two drinks from the onboard trolley. When she was warned not to drink any more, she resorted to swigging from a bottle of duty free vodka.
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3 weeks ago | 
warrington-worldwide.co.uk | Lynda Roughley
A teenage drug dealer with ambitious hopes of setting up a cocaine supply line in Warrington instead found himself before a crown court judge. Ruari Byrne was only 16 when his illegal activities came to light after the car he was a passenger in was involved in a crash. Members of the public saw three males emerge from the vehicle and start throwing nitrous oxide canisters into nearby woodland on Cromwell Avenue, Warrington.
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3 weeks ago | 
warrington-worldwide.co.uk | Lynda Roughley
THE grandfather of former premier league footballer Jesse Lingard is to face a re-trial over child sex allegations. Kenneth Lingard stood trial at Liverpool Crown Court last month but the jury was discharged and today a new trial date was fixed to begin in May 11 next year. Lingard, aged 86, of Northway, Orford, Warrington, who was not present for today’s hearing, is accused of offences of historic indecent assault which allegedly took place when the victim was aged between five and 19.
