Rob Kennedy

6 days ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Rob Kennedy

Robbers got more than they bargained for when brave shop workers fought back and got the better of them. Knife-wielding Gary Brown held a knife towards the throat of one worker while Mark Robson helped himself to takings at the family-run store in South Tyneside. But after initially fleeing outside, the two victims courageously decided to defend their property. Newcastle Crown Court heard they got the better of the raiders, one of whom ended up "rolled in a ball" on the ground.

1 week ago | dailystar.co.uk | Rob Kennedy |Dan Grennan

Craig Bainbridge, 37, punched his partner and called her names before pinning her to the bed of their hotel room and chocking her until she passed out in the first of two 'abhorrent' attacksA violent thug who admitted to strangling his partner until she passed out, beat her on two occasions and dumped a cat's litter tray over her head has been jailed.

1 week ago | msn.com | Rob Kennedy |Dan Grennan

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1 week ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Rob Kennedy

A chemical attack at a Tyneside pub left several customers in pain and distress with one man screaming: "My eyes, my eyes". Stevan Newton squirted so much ammonia at three men in the toilet area of a North Tyneside pub, there was a puddle of it on the floor and a number of people were left with sore eyes and being or feeling sick. Newcastle Crown Court heard one victim suffered burns to his eyes and cheek.

1 week ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Rob Kennedy

A violent thug strangled his partner until she passed out in a hotel and emptied a cat litter tray over her head in "abhorrent" attacks. Craig Bainbridge and his then-girlfriend had gone to Ramside Hall Hotel, in County Durham, in April last year and were in a room watching TV when Bainbridge became abusive. Newcastle Crown Court heard he punched her leg and called her names and she became upset and said she wanted to go home.