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lancs.live | Rachel Smith
Two men who posed as police officers to defraud vulnerable Blackburn residents have appeared in court. Jamal Yaqoob, 28, and Mubashar Ashfaq, 30, conspired together to commit the fraud between September 26 and October 11, 2021. Preston Crown Court heard the conmen pleaded guilty on the day they were due to stand trial in March. A sentence date was set for this week (Tuesday June 17). However neither had attended their appointment with the probation service to prepare pre-sentence reports.
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1 week ago |
lancs.live | Rachel Smith
A jury has been shown shocking images of the moment a car ploughed into a Blackburn dad on Christmas Day. Kirk Marsden, 37, died after being run over by the Toyota Landcruiser outside the Gate Street Bar and Grill. Mr Marsden had been with his son and friends in the pub as an annual tradition. Earlier that day he had visited his father's grave and later won £100 jackpot on a fruit machine.
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1 week ago |
lancs.live | Rachel Smith
An Audi driver smashed into a police car after being seen leaving a bar in Barrow-in-Furness. Samuel Green, 36, was spotted struggling to unlock his car, which was parked on a double yellow line in Dalkeith Street, shortly after midnight on August 31, 2024. As he drove away, officers activated their lights and sirents indicating for him to stop but Green ignored them, Preston Crown Court heard.
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1 week ago |
lancs.live | Rachel Smith
A Blackburn dad was deliberately mown down outside a pub on Christmas Day in revenge for a row about a gold chain, a court heard. Kirk Marsden, 37, was showing off a heavy gold bracelet in the Gate Street Bar and Grill when James Ward, 26, Thomas Ward, 58, and Michael O’Neill, 35, entered the bar, Preston Crown Court was told. . Prosecutor William Baker KC told the jury O’Neill asked to see the jewellery, but Mr Marsden said he was 'mad'.
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1 week ago |
lancs.live | Rachel Smith
A jury has been selected to try three men accused of murdering a Blackburn dad at Christmas. Kirk Marsden, 37, died after being struck by a Toyota Landcruiser outside the Gate Bar and Grill, Blackburn, on Christmas Day 2024. Thomas Ward, 58, James Ward, 26, and Michael O'Neill, 35, are accused of murder with an alternative charge of manslaughter available for the jury to consider. All three men deny the charges.
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