Phil Coleman

Carlisle

Chief Reporter with Newsquest Cumbria in Carlisle, working for the News & Star, The Cumberland News, and our website. All the views expressed here are my own.

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Articles

Gardener feared she would be killed in dog attack at customer's Eden Valley garden

4 days ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

The professional gardener involved, who had been hired to work at the garden in Kirkby Stephen, suffered at least ten bite wounds during the “terrifying” incident, Carlisle Crown Court heard. Paul Holroyd, 60, admitted being the owner of a dog which caused serious injury while dangerously out of control. Prosecutor Tim Evans outlined the facts.
Baby suffered rib injury as Carlisle dad pushed her into couch - to stop her crying

5 days ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

The man was looking after the infant when he aggressively pushed her into a couch, doing this with such force that she suffered a broken rib, Carlisle Crown Court heard. The man admitted an offence of child cruelty. Prosecutor Gerard Rogerson outlined the offence. The lawyer said the baby’s mother had popped to a local Carlisle shop for milk on December 14, 2023, and then arrived home later to find that her partner had sent her a text message, telling her to “hurry” home.
Magistrates approve seizure of almost £260,000 in 'suspicious' cash by Cumbria Police

5 days ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

Cumbrian police officers have seized huge amounts of suspicious cash. SPECIALIST financial investigators from Cumbria Constabulary successfully have clawed back almost £286,000 in suspicious cash in a single day. The money – seized from three different motorists who were stopped under suspicious circumstances on the M6 in the north of the county – was forfeited under Proceeds of Crime legislation following police applications.
Concerns over response to '999 call' for tragic pensioner who collapsed at home

6 days ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

Police officer (Image: TVP) A PENSIONER who died after collapsing in his north Cumbrian home remained stranded in his property without help for nearly ten hours after a neighbour called 999 to ask for help. Elderly neighbours of the man called the emergency services because they noticed his house lights were on all night.
Women's cannabis operation exposed after police raided ground floor flat

1 week ago | msn.com | Phil Coleman

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Women's cannabis operation exposed after police raided ground floor flat

1 week ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

Kaye Elliott, 28, and her co-defendant Lucy Elizabeth Connelly, 25, admitted their involvement after police found incriminating evidence in a ground floor flat, including just under half a kilo of the drug and more than £6,000 in cash. Connelly, of Marks Avenue, Raffles, Carlisle, admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply while Elliott, of Parham Drive, Carlisle, admitted an identical charge as well as being concerned in supplying the Class B drug.
Jail for Maryport rapist who targeted young girls when he was a child

1 week ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

Daniel Blythe (Image: Cumbria Police) A TROUBLED young man who committed a series of “hideously serious” sex crimes against three schoolgirls when he was a child has been jailed. Maryport man Daniel Blythe, 21, was aged between 11 and 16 when he began his sexual offending, raping two of the girls and sexually assaulting the third. All were aged under 13, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
Third time drink driver caught after police saw him stall at road junction

1 week ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

When the police officers asked 50-year-old Brian Large to step out of his Ford Transit they could smell intoxicants on his breath, and he was so unsteady on his feet that they had to take hold of him to prevent him falling over. At the cityâ€™s Rickergate court, Large, of School Road, Carlisle admitted driving with excess alcohol in his system. Prosecutor George Shelley outlined the facts.
'Urgent call' blamed for driver's decision to leave petrol station without paying

1 week ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

John Johnson, 23, committed the offence on June 29 last year after visiting the petrol station at Kirkby Thore, and filling his car's tank with fuel worth £38.89. He made no attempt to pay for the petrol. At Carlisle’s Rickergate court, he pleaded guilty to the offence. Prosecutor Peter Bardsley said that as he left the facility Johnson’s Vauxhall Corsa did a wheel spin and almost collided with an oncoming vehicle as he drove away along the A66 towards Penrith.
Jai for husband who attacked his wife as she was making their tea

1 week ago | newsandstar.co.uk | Phil Coleman

Tristan Rutledge, 50, first kicked the woman's¬†leg and then punched her in the face, leaving her bruised and ‚Äúhurting like hell,‚ÄĚ magistrates heard. The defendant, of Sanderson‚Äôs Croft, Kirkby Thore, admitted an actual bodily harm assault. At Carlisle's Rickergate court, prosecutor Peter Bardsley described what happened. The couple had married in 2022 after being together for a year and then in March of this year they moved from their home in Surrey to Kirkby Thore.