Simon Parkin

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Contributing Writer at The New Yorker

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

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Articles

Aldi checkout scam shoplifter told she is banned from every store in Norfolk

2 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Christina Mustafa used a self-service till scam to steal huge hauls of household items including shampoo, washing powder tablets and deterrent. The 31-year-old mother-of-three from Peterborough hit supermarkets in Norfolk and Lincolnshire before being caught at a branch of Aldi in Norwich. Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told a VW Passat used in previous raids had been identified at the Sprowston Road store on May 9.
Russian spy who masterminded operations from Great Yarmouth jailed for over 10 years

2 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Orlin Roussev, 47, a Kremlin agent, was the leader of the espionage operation from his unlikely base in a guest house in Great Yarmouth. He headed a network of Bulgarian nationals - dubbed the Minions - engaged in a series of surveillance and intelligence operations over three years, working for the Russian intelligence service, GRU. It is believed to be one of the “largest and most complex” enemy operations to be uncovered on UK soil.
Norfolk town ‘flasher’ banned from every public toilet in UK

2 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Donatas Sakalauskas was arrested after another man accused him of behaving in a lewd manner towards him in council-run toilets overlooking King’s Lynn’s historic Tuesday Market Place. The 41-year-old denies outraging public decency by behaving in an indecent manner by exposing his erect penis in a public place. Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told he had entered the toilets shortly after 2.30pm on May 10 and had deliberately stood next to the other man at the urinal and began looking at him.
Police officer cleared over incident where he 'punched' wheelchair-bound man

3 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Footage captured on CCTV and camera phones showed the male constable ‘pushing and punching’ during a confrontation with Michael McQueen after using PAVA spray during the incident in the centre of Great Yarmouth. Witnesses said Mr McQueen, who has one leg, was in the middle of the road and holding a bottle of alcohol when the officer arrived on the scene, outside a Londis store.
Man, 28, accused of sending explicit images to 12-year-old girl

4 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Callum Rose is accused of sexual messages sent via Snapchat to what he believed was pre-teen (Image: PA) An online police sting has seen a man appear in court accused of sexual communications with a 12-year-old. Callum Rose, 28, is said to have sent messages to what he believed was a pre-teen girl but was in fact an undercover police officer. Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told it was alleged he had initiated the communication using Snapchat at Wymondham in October 2023.
Drug dealer who used e-bike to peddle cocaine had previously been deported from UK

5 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Drugs and £30,000 in cash were found after the arrest of Aurel Kacorri (Image: Newsquest) An Albanian drug dealer who used an e-bike to peddle cocaine on the streets of Norwich had previously been deported from the UK. Aurel Kacorri, 27, was arrested after 38 sealed bags of drugs and a quantity of cash was discovered when he was stopped by police on his electric bike on May 7.
Albanians in court over cannabis worth £150k found after police stopped car

5 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Two Albanians were arrested after a large haul was cannabis was found in a car stopped by police in Norwich (Image: Newsquest) Two Albanians have appeared in court charged with drug offences after 15 kilos of cannabis was discovered when police stopped a car in Norwich city centre. The huge haul of drugs and a quantity of cash was found when officers proactively pulled over the vehicle on Queens Road on May 7.
North Norfolk pair accused of conspiracy to steal £105k

5 days ago | northnorfolknews.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Carli and Dean Morgan appeared at Norwich Magistrates' Court (Image: Newsquest) A man and woman have appeared in court to face charges over the theft of more than £105,000 from a woman. Dean Morgan, 38, of no fixed abode, and Carli Morgan, 36, from the Aylsham area, entered no pleas at Norwich Magistrates’ Court to a single joint charge of conspiracy to steal. The offence is alleged to have happened in Aylsham between August 2019 and May 2023.
Man accused of forging cheque to steal £7.5k from 98-year-old deaf woman

5 days ago | eveningnews24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Ricky Bale is accused of defrauding 98-year-old by cashing cheque at Barclays in Norwich (Image: Newsquest) A man has appeared in court accused of defrauding a 98-year-old woman who suffers from dementia. Ricky Bale, 57, denies coercing the woman into signing a cheque for £7,350 that he is then accused of paying in and withdrawing.
Man drove BMW at pensioner in bitter dispute over land in village

6 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Simon Parkin

Daniel Hill drove at pensioner over a dispute over land in the village of Haslingfield, south of Cambridge (Image: Geograph/John Sutton) A Norfolk man who drove at a woman in a dispute over land has been sentenced. Daniel Hill was caught on CCTV driving his BMW towards a woman in her 70s in the Cambridgeshire village of Haslingfield on March 9 last year.